Right from Steve Cooney’s first didgeridoo note on the opening track of their third album, Dublin-based seven-piece the Bonny Men command their audience’s absolute attention.

“We have it all on cctv, if the poster finds its way back into the bar over the weekend we'll say no more about it!”

If anyone doubts that Ireland has more climate than weather, they should take a trip to Crosshaven, home to Cork Week 2012.

Foreign Affairs Minster Dermot Ahern tonight paid tribute to one of the country’s leading aid workers who died in Sri Lanka.

THE first deployment of Ireland’s new rapid response corps to help in disaster areas was announced yesterday.