After battling through the floods with family in tow, Glenlo Abbey was a sight for sore eyes for Esther N McCarthy. 

Most of us have had them: Those eureka moments down the pub with your buddies when the beers and creative juices begin to flow and answers to everything, from world peace to the meaning of the universe, suddenly seem within easy reach.

Ron Moody, who will forever be associated with the role of Fagin in Oliver!, was on his way to becoming a sociologist when he fell into acting.

Only half of GPs sign up for U-6s scheme; One man is still critical after an industrial accident which killed another in Dublin; and travellers are refusing to move in to a €5m facility in Cork. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

It’s not the first time that the Simpsons have faced marital difficulties but this time it appears to be serious as it has emerged that Homer and Marge are to “legally separate” in the new series.

USA: A New York man who sought help from a fortuneteller to fix a romantic relationship says she scammed him out of more than $700,000 (€623,000).

Bart Simpson will be killed off in 'The Simpsons'.

A great result for UCC yesterday as Mahoo were named winners of TG4’s Busker Abú.

USA: A cat in Florida is on the mend after clawing his way back from the dead, surfacing five days after he was hit by a car and buried for dead, according to the Humane Society of Tampa Bay.

Talk about nine lives eh?

* Warning this article contains graphic pictures and video of the cat’s injuries.

ENGLAND: Britain is trying to make sure its citizens are more nice than naughty while soaking up the Arabian Gulf sun this Christmas.

In case you missed it in the transfer deadline day madness, this actually happened.

D'oh!

The Griffins meet the Simpsons in this long-awaited crossover episode.

Forbidden Fruit, Dublin

Lisa's voice in Spanish is almost as weird as Bart's in Japan.

Amongst his more familiar but less tactful friends, Donal Leahy is oft jokingly referred to as The Nearly Man. Mafi Magic and Two Excuses must accept their share of the blame for that.

Cork County Council is to seek legal advice on whether it can ban the “importation” into the county of manure which has been claimed to contain chicken carcasses and which has led to an outbreak of botulism in cattle.

Polish police are searching for whoever severed an arm from a statue of former president Ronald Reagan that was erected last year.

Fans of the Simpsons and Family Guy are in for a treat - the cast of both shows are going to meet each other next year.

While most Leaving Certificate students nervously await their results and college offers next month, one Filipino student will be equally as worried about being granting Irish citizenship.

America’s Cup regatta director Iain Murray has revealed former Olympic champion Andrew Simpson died after being trapped under his AC72 catamaran when it nosedived during a manoeuvre that required it to change direction.

Royal Yachting Association Olympic manager Stephen Park says the death of Andrew Simpson has been like losing a family member, with the news leaving the British sailing team feeling “broken”.

An Irish Jesuit who went missing for eight days in Rome and was eventually located in hospital remains in intensive care but is showing some signs of improvement.

Renovated, old master gunner’s house is for sale, says Tommy Barker

Justin Bieber has landed a cameo role on 'The Simpsons'.

Benedict Cumberbatch is making a cameo appearance in 'The Simpsons'.

It’s one of the most coveted prizes in greyhound sport and a new Queen of the Track will be crowned on Saturday when the Sporting Press Irish Oaks is run at Shelbourne Park.

Hopes of a major Royal Ascot winner for Queen Elizabeth in the year of the Diamond Jubilee were dashed when So You Think finished too strongly for Carlton House in the 150th Anniversary of the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes yesterday.

So You Think finished strongly for Carlton House to win the 150th Anniversary of Prince Of Wales's Stakes this afternoon.

REACHING a 500th episode is an enormous milestone in TV.

One of the best-kept secrets in television history has been revealed, with The Simpsons creator Matt Groening pointing to Springfield, Oregon, as the inspiration for the animated home town of Homer and family.

The Simpsons' hometown is based on Springfield, Oregon.

One of the best-kept secrets in television history has been revealed, with 'The Simpsons' creator Matt Groening pointing to Springfield, Oregon, as the inspiration for the animated home town of Homer and family.

Gardaí are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 31-year-old Bernard "Bart” O’Donovan from Ballygurteen, Co Cork.

ONE of Bart Simpson’s more memorable lines involves him sitting in front of a television flicking from channel to channel wondering what science ever did for him.

A US air traffic controller was suspended after being asleep while a medical flight was landing in Nevada.

No candidate has been elected in Kildare North, which had a quota of 10,245. Fine Gael's Bernard Durkan topped the poll, with 10,168 votes.

Halle Berry is to make a guest appearance in ‘The Simpsons’.

HOMER SIMPSON has debated with God on the merits of religion versus sport, been banished to hell and frolicked nude in the Garden of Eden.

The producer of the Simpsons admitted today he was baffled after the Vatican declared that Homer and his son Bart were true Catholics.

Katy Perry is to guest star in ‘The Simpsons’, it has emerged.

Ricky Gervais is to star again in ‘The Simpsons‘.