Dublin-based interior designer Elaine Verdon left her job in a marketing agency to follow her passion.

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A nanny goat called Daisy has given birth to twin “geeps” — goat/sheep hybrids — after a week-long dalliance with a Cheviot ram on a Co Mayo farm.

A man arrested on suspicion of murdering the daughter of Holby City actor John Michie at Bestival is also being questioned on suspicion of supplying a Class A drug, police said.

Actor and singer Ryan O’Shaughnessy surprised a little girl recently who is battling a rare condition.

The madcap annual clamber up the sides of a fast-eroding mountain, which to outsiders must seem slightly bonkers, claimed its usual list of casualties, from heart attacks to head injuries, writes Catherine Shanahan. 

They mightn’t pay the new Doctor Who as much as a man but at least she doesn’t have to choose between Miss, Mrs or Ms.

This is a warm hug of a book packed full of wise words of reassurance for millennials. 

A pair of rescue golden retrievers who could not be separated have been found a permanent home.

Valerie O’Connor wades into a current debate on farming practice. 

Two of 2017’s ‘Operation Transformation’ leaders tell Ruth O’Connor their stories and share their hopes for this season’s show

She was 42.

Willie Mullins brought his tally to 10 winners in a week when sharing a double with Ruby Walsh in Wexford yesterday.

A father who said he violently threw his crying baby daughter onto the sofa in a fit of temper has been convicted of her murder.

Oh would you look at her face.

Rachel Marie Walsh shares her favourite fragrance launches for summer.

Sage is a select band of Irish restaurants determinedly questing for that elusive modern Irish cuisine in the manner prescribed by Redzepi. 

Celeste Mountjoy is the meme artist behind Filthy Ratbag.

Nintendo has announced a set of seven new Amiibo for its Super Mario series, alongside the three The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild figures.

UPDATE: Check out this exclusive footage of Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley and the rest of the Star Wars cast arriving into Cork Airport today from where they will head to Brow Head in West Cork to continue filming on the latest installment of the hit franchise. 

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Laughter was the last thing expected at David Byrne’s funeral.

Star Wars director JJ Abrams said he wanted to make female characters a central part of The Force Awakens so it would “feel the way the world looks and feels”.

Work continues apace at Willie’s yard as the load on the winter horses increases but, as anticipated, it’s still relatively quiet with regard to entries.

The action returns to Clonmel this afternoon, where Fever Pitch can once again show his liking for the Co. Tipperary track by taking the Download the Attheraces App Rated Chase for Arthur Moore.

There are two meetings in Ireland today, with the action getting underway at Gowran Park, where the nap comes in the shape of Whiteout.

Check out our guide to the best TV shows on tonight.

WRITE what you know about is the mantra for (especially) first- time novelists, but if you know nothing about the author, then how can you match what you read with what you know?

Like the idea of being well read but can’t face actually reading the book?

It was moving, solemn, and dignified.

It’s Oaks day at the Curragh, and Curvy looks capable of justifying favouritism in the feature, but it’s Final Frontier who gets the nap to make a successful step up to Group 3 level in the Jebel Ali Racecourse & Stables Anglesey Stakes.

On their son Bryce’s birthday this year, Silene Fredriksz-Hoogzand and her husband Rob went to a Dutch airbase, watched pall bearers solemnly unload seven coffins from a military cargo plane and wondered if they contained parts of the remains of Bryce or his girlfriend Daisy Oehlers.

WHEN something that has driven you nuts gets exterminated, it’s time for fists in the air and wild whoops of glee.