She’s come a long way since her Cork Opera House debut, aged 11, as Little Red Riding Hood. Next week, the actress tells Marjorie Brennan, she returns to the same stage in Angela’s Ashes.

He decided to take early retirement five years ago following 38 years as Ireland’s most prolific newsman. But Charlie Bird has not taken up any new hobby, or — perish the thought — golf.

Euro 2016 was a melting pot of mediocre football and banter.

Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald and Garda Commissioner Noirín O’Sullivan will be joined by one-time US presidential hopeful Martin O’Malley and Bernie Sanders strategist Tadd Devine on a heavy-hitting schedule for this year’s Kennedy Summer School.

We are the Boys in Green, the best you’ve ever seen

Charlie Bird was in Cork this evening to promote his new book, 'A Day in May: Real Lives, True Stories'.

Des O’Driscoll looks at five things to do in the world of arts and culture this week.

Charlie Bird saw many remarkable things in his 40 years in RTÉ but nothing could have prepared him for meeting the people who live in a graveyard.

He said that he picked the infamous sum Anglo needed on guarantee night “out of me arse”, later leaving for the US and telling a reporter who tracked him down to “have a bit of respect”.

The banking inquiry is to decide on Monday whether to allow former Anglo chief executive David Drumm to give evidence from the US by video link next Wednesday to get around legal issues with his return to Ireland.

The Derek Davis remembered at his funeral service in Dublin was a big man in so many other ways than the obvious.

Former Fianna Fáil TD Pat Carey, who last month revealed at the age of 67 that he is gay, has urged committed Catholics to support the marriage equality referendum as they have been “the torch-bearers for human rights on other issues”.

THE season of goodwill is almost upon us but while festive cheer is all around us, it can be a stressful time for those left toiling over a hot stove. 

All-Ireland MBHC final: Kerry 3-18 Meath 2-15

Lismore, Co Waterford

Broadcaster Charlie Bird has said students should not pay any attention to comments from the founder of The Summit yesterday, where he said he preferred Trinity graduates when hiring.

Good news.

It was the kind of gathering Colm Murray would have loved.

After the Kerry footballer issued a strongly-worded statement in response to slagging of his facial hair (yes, really), we look back at the evolution of the Galvin goatee.

Businessman Denis O’Brien told the High Court yesterday he pays his taxes in Ireland and in all countries he and his company Digicel are connected with.

Lawyers for the Irish Daily Mail are questioning businessman Denis O'Brien as to whether he believes the newspaper "deliberately tried to get him".

An allegedly defamatory article in the Irish Daily Mail has been described by businessman Denis O'Brien's lawyers as a "spiteful piece of nonsense".

July

Love him or hate him, Charlie Bird will be missed on our TV screens. But is that really because of his news skills, asks Padraic Killeen

The retired judge who caused outrage by punishing Tim Allen with community service for having child pornography has defended his ruling and said the controversy was fuelled by media misreporting.

The retired judge who caused outrage by punishing Tim Allen with community service for having child pornography has defended his ruling and said the controversy was fuelled by media misreporting.

Without any fanfare, one of the country’s best-known journalists bowed out from his on-air career with RTÉ after almost 40 years with the station.

Iconic RTÉ reporter Charlie Bird has announced his retirement after 38 years on the airwaves — but insists he wants “new challenges” in an apparent push for bids from rival stations.

RTÉ employees who have been accepted on to the latest round of early retirement and voluntary redundancy packages at the station are leaving on a phased basis.