And the moment was captured on video.

The Dublin Fire Brigade and DSPCA joined forces yesterday for a very important rescue operation.

Cormac O’Keeffe spends an adventure-filled weekend in the child-friendly, Newpark Hotel in Kilkenny.

Three-time major winner Billy Casper has died at the age of 83, the US PGA Tour has announced.

Show jumper Billy Twomey gave Ireland its first win at the five-star show in Basel, Switzerland, yesterday, taking the top prize in a 1.45mtr speed class.

Tragic pensioner Peggy Mangan died from hypothermia having walked for 23 kilometres, an inquest has heard.

Casper Smart says it's "hard" being Jennifer Lopez's ex-boyfriend.

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are officially divorced.

There are just hours to go until the World Cup gets underway, with an opening ceremony in Sao Paulo which WILL feature Jennifer Lopez.

Jennifer Lopez reportedly sought advice from ex-husband Marc Anthony before splitting with Casper Smart.

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CHRISTMAS is when we become acutely aware of the people who mean most to us; their presence or absence, their love or their loss. Conversely, dutifully gathering with people from whom we’ve grown apart can leave us feeling as wretched as Ebenezer Scrooge when Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas had finished with him.

Peggy Mangan and her dog Casper had one last outing together along the short road and quiet avenue between the church where they were mourned and the cemetery where they were laid to rest.

Gardaí have ruled out foul play in the death of Peggy Mangan, the grandmother whose body was found at the weekend, four days after she went missing while out walking her dog.

Some 35,000 festival-goers are making Stradbally Co. Laois their home this weekend at the Electric Picnic.

It has all the ingredients of a classic ghost movie.

Jennifer Lopez can be "militant" about work.

Jennifer Lopez hasn't given up on marriage.

Jenny Frost has given birth to twin girls.

Jennifer Lopez worries about the age gap between herself and her boyfriend.

Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart celebrated their one-year anniversary by sending each other gushing messages on twitter.

Jennifer Lopez is reportedly on the verge of breaking up with Casper Smart.

Jennifer Lopez is reportedly taking legal action over reports her backing dancer and boyfriend Casper Smart was "caught" in a "gay sex club" and an exotic massage parlour.

Jason Lee has become a father for the third time.

Not surprisingly, given the victory in the Memorial tournament, the bookmakers have installed Tiger Woods a 7/1 favourite for this week’s US Open at the Olympic Club in San Francisco.

Jennifer Lopez has asked a judge for permission to take her children on tour.

Jason Lee is to be a father for the third time.

Jennifer Lopez is reportedly dating dancer Casper Smart.

Jason Lee has married his wife for a second time.

THE widow of a Laois man who died near the summit of Mt Everest said yesterday her husband had her “unwavering support” in his decision to climb the world’s highest mountain.

Hearts face action from the Scottish Football Association after Derek Riordan’s derby winner for Hibernian sparked a pitch invasion at Tynecastle.

The Zimbabwean prime minister’s party today called for an investigation into the car crash that injured Morgan Tsvangirai and killed his wife, but warned Zimbabweans not to jump to conclusions about the cause.

Incarcerated rocker Pete Doherty has been moved to a secure area of a London prison after thwarting a group of fellow inmates' plots to assault him.

Johnny Miller claimed three-time major winner Billy Casper had the “greatest pair of hands God ever gave a human being”. Even at 76 that was evident last week when the former Masters winner showed he had lost little of his subtlety around Fota Island in Cork. He spoke to Tom Aherne.

THE announcement on Monday of the Irish nations cup quintet for the Fáilte Ireland Dublin Horse Show (August 8-12) allows the chance for a more educated guess as to the make-up of the squad for the European Championships, which take place the following week.

Supermodel Claudia Schiffer is in mourning after her father, Heinrich, died of a heart attack in France.

CAMERON HANLEY is the last Irishman to win the grand prix at the Fáilte Ireland Dublin Horse Show and he is not ruling out a repeat in two weeks’ time.

THE five-man squad to represent Ireland in the nations cup at next month’s Dublin Horse Show was announced yesterday.

Former champion Irish amateur Philip Fenton saddles his first runners at Cheltenham next week as he begins his quest to add a training success to that as a jockey.

BURY manager Chris Casper has launched a stinging attack on the Football Association after they upheld their decision to throw the club out of the FA Cup.

Bury manager Chris Casper has launched a stinging attack on the Football Association after they upheld their decision to throw the club out of the FA Cup.

A LIMERICK firefighter swapped his fireproof clothing and helmet yesterday for a wetsuit to rescue a dog who was thrown into a river.

“IT was a close one!”