Having delayed the inevitable longer than anyone could possibly imagine, Peter Stringer last night finally brought down the curtain on his 20-year rugby career.

Having delayed the inevitable longer than anyone could possibly imagine, Peter Stringer last night finally brought down the curtain on his 20-year rugby career.

"I cannot describe how it feels to have lived that dream for nearly all my life."

Hit series Glow tells the story of women wrestlers. But off camera, there was a female-dominated production crew too. It made for a liberating experience, Alison Brie tells Ed Power.

A Daily Mail journalist has told the Charleton Tribunal that she believed a colleague who allegedly told her a garda whistleblower was a child abuser was “being used” by somebody.

Did you ever realise you had been mispronouncing a word all your life? Did that realisation happen on national television?

Latest:  Gardaí investigating the death of a woman at her home in Rathmines in Dublin have confirmed that she died of natural causes.

A mother of five found dead in a hotel room in Galway earlier this week was the “very essence of life” and a much-loved parent, grandmother, and childminder, says the priest in her parish of Donoughmore, Co Cork.

Should we get a heatwave, I’ll become a permanent fixture in The Puffin Cafe, says Joe McNamee.

If Caitlyn Jenner can pick her new name as an adult, why not us ordinary mortals too, asks Nuala Woulfe

Actor and singer Debbie Reynolds died barely a day after the death of her daughter Carrie Fisher, with her final words being: “I want to be with Carrie,” writes Francesca Gosling.

Actor and singer Debbie Reynolds has died, barely a day after the death of her daughter Carrie Fisher.

The use of her son as a model helped artist Debbie Godsell imbue her work with a new sense of hope following a long grieving process for a brother lost to suicide, writes Colette Sheridan

“Now she’s just a jumped-up dancer with no talent. She is running around like a sweet and innocent widow but she doesn’t fool me.”

Paul Daniel’s passed away from a brain tumour in March of this year, aged 77.

A coroner has highlighted the need for extreme vigilance on farms after an inquest heard how a toddler died in a farmyard accident in West Cork last year.

Irish charity, To Children With Love, has reunited two Russian orphans with their grandmother, 15 years after their adoption to America.

Burdened by conflicting demands, 40-something couples can often turn against each other, says Helen O’Callaghan.

Helen O’Callaghan looks at a successful therapy programme that encourages parents to be understanding and compassionate about their child’s eating disorder.

For most of us, the closest we’ll come to tending farm animals is our Twitter feed, writes Ronan Jennings

Eoin English met voters in Cork North Central whose issues are reasonably-paid jobs, services, and housing

They say love needs no words, but Phil Scott’s declaration on St Valentine’s Day was worth a king’s ransom in light of the mammoth effort it took just to say “I love you”.

While X Factor didn’t make her rich, Mary Byrne is happy with her lot and delighted to be starring in Menopause the Musical, writes Colette Sheridan

PETER STRINGER is tackling social media in a bid to connect directly with fans during the Rugby World Cup. 

THIRTY years after his childhood trip to Walley World in Vacation (1983), Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms) takes a similar Vacation (15A) with his wife Debbie (Christina Applegate) and sons James (Skyler Gisondo) and Kevin (Steele Stebbins). 

Anchorman actress goes on very different car journeys in her next two movies, writes Jeananne Craig

One-year-old Tegan, with her parents Tina and Michael, is among the cochlear-implant patients featured in The Sound Barrier on RTÉ One on Tuesday.

USA: A delicious starter may seem like the perfect way to begin a memorable restaurant meal.

Irish Examiner journalist Ann O’Loughlin last night launched her debut novel based on the forced adoption of Irish children in institutions to the US.

PHOTOS: After a seven-year romance, rugby star Peter Stringer has finally married fellow Corkonian Debbie O’Leary — they tied the knot in Marbella, Spain, yesterday.

High court reporter Ann O’Loughlin sees us at our most distressed moments and is particularly passionate about the plight of children put up for forced adoption, a thread in her first novel. She explains all to Sue Leonard.

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland has launched a campaign to address the stigma that adversely affects thousands of people living with dementia and their carers often preventing individuals from seeking or sharing a diagnosis.

Prayers were offered at masses around West Cork yesterday for toddler Ben O’Regan, who died after a gate hit him on the head as he was feeding hens.

An Irish stained-glass artist who has exhibited both nationally and internationally, and whose commissions include a stained-glass window for a theatre in New York, has lost most of his life’s work following a catastrophic studio fire.

ROBERT PATTINSON has said it is “weird” that the lead character in Fifty Shades Of Grey is based on his Twilight alter-ego.

Tributes have been paid to right-to-die campaigner Debbie Purdy, who has died after suffering from primary progressive multiple sclerosis for almost 20 years.

Ten years ago he wouldn’t have been home for Christmas. Instead 23-year-old Chris Craig from Arizona was over here, playing with and coaching Kieran Donaghy and the Tralee Tigers. The National Cup semi-finals and final were in January and he had a team to prepare.

Rory O’Moore, a real family horse, ran his rivals ragged to land the featured Ticket Sales Online Handicap Hurdle at Cork yesterday.

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Susan Loughnane set to release book in August.