The Love/Hate actor is up against presenter Mairead Ronan and singer Cliona Hagan in Sunday's final and thinks a woman will be crowned champion in 2019.

All the contestants had to dance on the double, with the St Patrick’s Day special featuring one dance apiece to contemporary Irish music.

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Holly Carpenter couldn’t hide her disappointment after becoming the second celebrity eliminated from Dancing with the Stars.

Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for ages

Arlene Harris talks to the founders of a charity set up to help ease the financial stress parents with children with life-limiting illnesses can experience, added to the pain of watching their child suffer.

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Up to 28% of children, aged eight to 13, have had occasional or daily contact with a stranger on social media, messaging and gaming platforms, an Irish cybersafety charity has warned.

Protecting from danger and providing companionship — it’s all in a day’s work for Layla’s autism assistance dog, writes Mary Hogan

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Elephants, dogs, and tribes, oh my!

Faith Ryan samples a delicious lampshade, mosaic table coasters and vintage-print coffee cups.

I’ve lived in a tent in South Sudan for a year and spent hours at checkpoints in Iraq, but nothing prepared me for what ebola is doing in western Africa, writes Save the Children worker Sarah Murphy

AT TIMES it is forgotten that business is about people and in Ballynahinch this is very much the case. 

When it comes to the pub trade, the ‘real capital’ is clearly elbowing its way to the counter in the nation’s capital.

When Christine Buckley’s older son, Darragh, came home from school one day, fresh from a teasing about his afro hair and frustrated that he didn’t look like everyone else, she told him never to be afraid of standing out from the crowd.

The funeral of Christine Buckley will take place in Dublin today.

Christine’s closest friend Carmel McDonnell Byrne says she hopes she will never, ever be forgotten for her hard work.

LAUNCHED earlier this week, the inaugural IndieCork Film Festival (Oct 16-20) is very much a showcase for independent films. It includes seven Irish premieres, consisting of three feature films, two documentaries, one experimental film and an anthology of Cork-themed films entitled ‘Cork, Like’. There are two ‘Creative Cork’ programmes, featuring 20 short films from established and first-time local filmmakers.

MANY parents have a child who wets the bed. Research shows that bed-wetting occurs in more than half of Irish families, but children still feel distressed and humiliated when they do it. Also, parents worry the children miss out on many of the activities that are part and parcel of childhood.

AFTER a keenly-felt absence of many years, cult Japanese beauty brand Shu Uemura is back in Ireland and wouldn’t you know it, its retail and education manager is none other than Cork gal Clíona Sweeney.

A nine-year-old Galway boy has become the first non-Asian child to make it to the final in a national story-telling competition in China.

ADARE MANOR, the beautifully-located course on thebanks of the River Maigue in Co Limerick, will celebrate this week for one of their most esteemed members, Sean McMahon will be elected president of the Golfing Union of Ireland at their AGM in Carton House on Friday.

THE best Christmas presents were still wrapped yesterday — in swaddling clothes and baby grows.

TRIBUTES from far and wide have been paid to the much-loved singer and entertainer Ronnie Drew who has died following a long illness.

A 26-YEAR-OLD Kilkenny woman rescued by two men who later drowned has been described by neighbours in the quiet country village where she lived as “a kind, intelligent and free-spirited young girl” who they fear will be deeply impacted by the tragedy.

THERE was a time when sending the children to Irish college meant a few weeks of peace at home but mums and dads are now taking the chance to improve their use of their native language at the same time.

THE god-like status of victorious Cork hurling captain Seán Óg Ó hAilpín could be put into perspective next year if the Rebels win three-in-a-row.

LIVING with Aileen is hard, her mum Siobhan admits.

The death has been announced of John O’Grady Walshe, who was the Dublin-based managing director of investment management firm ZAIS Group’s European operations.

A MAN who left a young woman bleed to death after shooting her three times as he stole money to buy a plane ticket to Portugal may now be sent home courtesy of the Government.

AS the heat of a balmy summer’s day began to fade last night, the family of a young girl brutally shot dead last year stood in silent protest in a bid to force a State agency to fully investigate the circumstances surrounding her murder.

CLIONA FITZGERALD could barely reach the piano keys when she started showing signs of a rare musical ability.

THE Irish Horse Board (IHB) this week reaffirmed its commitment to the formation of an umbrella body for the sport horse sector.

A RED rally jacket and a black riding hat. A red rose and a school photograph.

Hundreds of mourners gathered at St Patrick’s Church, Fermoy, Co Cork, yesterday, to pay last respects to two young students found dead from gunshot wounds last Friday night.

IRISH youngsters are by far the most suicide-prone group in Europe, according to the Union of Students in Ireland (USI).

A day of mourning is to be held to mark the deaths of two students whose bodies were found in a house on Valentine’s night.

MIKE DILLON was on his way to work a year ago today when he heard the nine o’clock news headlines.

PAUL NOLAN has just bought a house in Limerick. Yesterday, he lost his job and his future suddenly became unclear.