A two-year-old boy who was knocked down in a hit and run in Mahon on the south side of Cork city has been diagnosed with a diffuse axonal injury (DAI) to the brain.

A fundraising campaign set up just days ago to help with treatment costs for a Cork toddler badly injured in a hit-and-run last week has already generated more than €12,000 in donations.

Two-year-old Zac Higgins incurred serious injuries when he ran onto the road while playing with a ball near Castle Meadows on the Skehard Road in Mahon in Cork city at about 4pm on Monday.

The father of a toddler who was left with serious injuries after a hit-and-run in Cork has said that he is “absolutely blown away” by the support from friends and family.

2-year-old Zac Higgins suffered a broken collarbone and shoulder blade, and a bleed to the brain after being struck by a car while playing at about 3.50pm on Monday in Castle Meadows estate on the Skehard Road in Mahon.

Yowsa. Tonight’s grand finale of Dancing with the Stars was loaded with talent, glamour and brio, and I don’t mean Westlife or Leo.

Páirc Uí Chaoimh GAA stadium in Cork will have a full house of 45,000 for the Liam Miller benefit soccer match on September 25. The fixture is now sold out.

The Galway Plate looks a really good and competitive renewal, but I fancy my own horse, Saturnas. I thought he was a decent hurdler and off a mark of 142 and with just 10-8 on his back he’s got a great chance.

It was the summer of 2016 when Lauren Fortune, the fiction editorial director at Scholastic publishing, contacted me, asking if I would be interested in writing a feminist re-imagining of The Little Mermaid, writes Louise O’Neill.

In 1997, Billy and Bridie Miller made the difficult decision to say goodbye to their 15-year-old son Liam, who left Ovens having caught the eye of football scouts across the Irish Sea.

He was remembered as a family man above all else. Remembered for his life off the pitch, rather than on it.

Before the Requiem Mass, a long, solemn hush settled in a packed St John the Baptist Church in Ovens, Cork, yesterday.

Liam Miller's former teammates have paid tribute to a "down to earth" man off the field and "model pro" on it, after the 36-year-old died from pancreatic cancer.

Former Celtic, Manchester United and Republic of Ireland midfielder Liam Miller, who died last night at the age of 36 after suffering from pancreatic cancer, fulfilled two boyhood dreams.

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is Ireland’s top-grossing film at the box office this year.

Des O’Driscoll shares his top tips for upcoming events

Des O’Driscoll’s got all the home-grown music and entertainment news you need to know rounded-up right here.

Here are the top three films you don’t want to miss this week, writes Declan Burke.

And yes, it’s everything you imagined and more.

“Bonjour, Bonjour - there goes the baker with his tray like always”.

As the popcorn goes stale on another cinema-going year, film critic Damon Smith looks forward to the action-packed blockbusters, heartbreaking dramas, uproarious comedies and potential Oscar winners that will be lighting up the big screen over the next 12 months

Disney’s films can have a strong cultural impact, so it’s important that Moana continues the trend for smart, dynamic heroines, writes Declan Burke

Ok so I've been a bit skeptical of the live action Beauty and the Beast remake, but this new trailer is rather lovely.

One commentator even when to the lengths of unfollowing the presenter, “I'm going to unfollow you! Thought you had better breeding than this”.

Ok so Disney is releasing a new take on Beauty and the Beast in a live action musical starring Emma Watson as Belle. The first teaser is here.

The success of Disney's live action Cinderella and The Jungle Book for the big screen has started a new trend at the house of mouse - remaking its classic animated films with real actors and stuff.

Holly Ryan is from Waterford and is playing Belle in the Cork Opera House panto, Beauty and the Beast. She is 18 and living in Cork (and away from home) for the first time to work on the production.

Pop priestess Grace Jones, dance veterans Underworld, and student disco icons Belle and Sebastian were among the highlights as the Electric Picnic music festival began at Stradbally, Co Laois, Friday night.

The first session of the two-day Kanturk-Duhallow point-to-point fixture at Dromahane took place on Saturday and Sam Curling’s Grand Gold indicated that he’s set for a particularly productive campaign by easily winning the four-mile ladies open in the hands of the Liz Lalor.

Buzzfeed have put together this historically accurate look at what Belle, Jasmine and the others would have really looked like.

ENGLAND: A polar bear appears to have turned up in London.

Belle and Sebastian are happy to ignore the jibes and just get on with the music, says Ed Power.

Torquil Campbell gets on people’s nerves. The Stars frontman once interrupted a Dublin concert with a screed about child abuse and has merrily waged Twitter feuds with indie pop kindred, The Magnetic Fields, and scenester bible, Pitchfork.

No one's slick as Gaston, no one's quick as Gaston...

Of all the Disney characters to challenge to a push up contest, why would you pick Beauty and the Beast’s Gaston? Why not Goofy? Or Pinocchio?

Cromac Belle overcame a tough-looking draw to win the €7,000-to-the-winner Gain Dog Foods Christmas Oaks on Saturday night at Shelbourne Park. The bitch was most impressive from the inside box in the semi-finals, and a switch to the outside made little difference as she produced a similarly emphatic performance for Jim O’Kane, Belfast.

Cromac Belle set the pace in the semi-finals of the Gain Dog Foods Christmas Oaks on Saturday night at Shelbourne Park.