After losing his son last year, Joe Biden yesterday gained an Irish family.

Joe Biden’s life was forged in the school of hard knocks while Donald Trump enjoyed a privileged upbringing, with an obvious effect on the men’s politics, writes Bette Browne

US vice-president, Joe Biden, has said he is overwhelmed by his son’s death and unconvinced he could commit to being president, in an emotional interview that cast a deep pall over his deliberations about the 2016 presidential race.

Dáithí O Sé presents the Rose of Tralee on RTÉ One on Monday and Tuesday.

Despite being 72 and grieving the recent loss of his son, questions remain about whether Joe Biden will challenge for the Democratic nomination, writes Bette Browne.

Vice-president Joe Biden’s associates have resumed discussions about a 2016 presidential run after largely shelving such deliberations while his son was sick and dying earlier this year.

WHEN something that has driven you nuts gets exterminated, it’s time for fists in the air and wild whoops of glee. 

Politicians, military leaders and celebrities from across the US have paid farewell to former Delaware attorney general Beau Biden, whose death at age 46 opened yet another chapter of grief for his father, vice president Joe Biden.

Beau Biden, who followed his father, US vice president Joe Biden, into politics has died of brain cancer at the age of 46, less than two years after he was diagnosed.

As a Spice Girl, Emma Bunton enjoyed global fame and success but now her happiness is closer to home. She tells Gabrielle Fagan about the loves of her life and why there’s no time to walk down the aisle

A Florida mother who shot her two teenage children in the head says she knows what she did — but not why she did it.

A Florida mother who shot her two teenage children in the head says she knows what she did – but not why she did it.

JOE Biden was a no-show last year, so US president Barack Obama’s confirmation last week that his vice-president plans to visit Ireland may not have set the political world on fire.

Ruby Walsh has admitted he would not have ridden Big Buck’s any differently in last Saturday’s Cleeve Hurdle.

Big Buck’s lost his unbeaten run over hurdles when he was relegated into a narrow third by shock winner Knockara Beau and At Fishers Cross in the galliardhomes.com Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham.

Jennifer Lopez treats her children like little adults.

The Spice Girls were reunited once again tonight at the opening night of stage musical Viva Forever in London.

Geri Halliwell "is finally comfortable in her own skin".

The Spice Girls told today how their stage musical Viva Forever would help convince their children about their chart-topping pop career.

George Charlton believes Knockara Beau would not be a forlorn hope should he line up for the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Emma Bunton insists getting married is not a "major priority".

Lady Gaga has had strong words with her boyfriend to tell him to stop taking phone calls from his ex-girlfriend.

Emma Bunton has told how she and fellow ex-Spice Girl Victoria Beckham have been swapping baby tips – after becoming mums again just weeks apart.

Mel C thinks the “Spice babies” would make a Spice Girls reunion difficult.

FORMER Spice Girl Emma Bunton is “over the moon” after giving birth to a baby boy named Tate.

Emma Bunton has given birth to a baby boy.

You know you have something not quite in kilter when you see that McGraw, the only genuine country singer in the cast (with 11 Number One albums), never actually gets to sing during this curiously misshapen drama.

Emma Bunton has got engaged.

FORMER Spice Girl Emma Bunton is pregnant with her second child, she confirmed.

Emma Bunton is pregnant again, it has been revealed.

HOPEFULLY it isn’t ominous – but the dining room lightshade hanging over the table at yacht designer Rob Doyle’s design-savvy home is a design called Titanic. On the plus side, the sleek, long light has been in place for quite a few years, unlike that fateful ship.

Emma Bunton wants a new baby soon. The former Spice Girls singer - who has two-year-old son Beau with her partner Jade Jones – said that she can’t wait to get pregnant again.

Emma Bunton won’t tour with the Spice Girls while her son is so young.

Emma Bunton wants to get pregnant again soon, she has revealed.

WON a best actor Oscar, his first, for his role in Crazy Heart as a drunken country singer who finds redemption.

Emma Bunton was left devastated after her boyfriend's father died on Christmas Day.

Knockara Beau is set for a trip to Aintree following an impressive victory in the Grade Two totepool Premier Kelso Hurdle at the Borders venue.

Former Spice Girl Emma Bunton is adamant she doesn't need to marry her boyfriend Jade Jones to "justify" their relationship.

America needs “more than a good soldier” as its next president and Republican John McCain only offers “more of the same”, Barack Obama’s running mate said today.

Adrian McGuiness believes his hand has been forced with Beau Michael, who will tackle the JCB Triumph Hurdle rather than the Fred Winter Juvenile Novices’ Handicap Hurdle.

BEAU MICHAEL can complete the hat-trick in the Grade 2 Winning Fair Juvenile Hurdle at Fairyhouse this afternoon.

Emma Bunton gave birth to her own Baby Spice today – a boy called Beau.

RIDER Richie Harding dominated yesterday’s well-attended Muskerry Foxhounds point-to-point meeting at Birch Hill outside Grenagh by partnering a three-timer.