The new Lord Mayor of Cork says he is confident that a “fair compensation package” for the county council can be worked out to secure a city boundary extension.

He recently turned 90 years old.

First Dates Ireland once again proved tha there are two ways to watch this show.

Buoyant US presidential contender Hillary Clinton says she is looking past Donald Trump and widening her mission to help fellow Democrats seize the Senate and chip away at the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.

Sweet dreams: If your child is having difficulty getting off to sleep at night Higher Nature Kids Relax & Unwind, €20.43 for 10 sachets, might help.

Terra Nova Gardens, Dromin, Kilmallock, Co Limerick, are having their last open day of 2015 on Sunday, August 30, from 2pm to 6pm.

WALES: Viking coins from 1,000 years ago have been officially declared as treasure.

A man who was shot more than 13 years ago has died from his injuries, police said.

A teenager in England has spoken of his shock when he suffered a stroke leaving him paralysed just days after he celebrated his 18th birthday.

Blackrock flower and garden club have a teaching night with Rose Hickey, AOIFA, on Tuesday, April 7, at 7.30pm in the Ursuline Secondary School, in Blackrock. All are welcome.

A Cork hotel has stepped in to save the day for a couple who had their lavish New Year’s Eve wedding renewal party cancelled at the last minute.

It is what’s on the outside that counts, or so the fashion cognoscenti have declared with the humble coat being heralded as the autumn/winter ’14 hero piece.

A 28-year-old woman who died after tumbling down her stairs while wearing new flip-flops has given the gift of life to five people.

Abbey Clancy has dismissed speculation about her relationship with her Strictly Come Dancing partner Aljaz Skorjanec.

Eminem's childhood home in Detroit was badly burnt in a fire on Thursday.

Phil Chevron would have approved.

James Gandolfini’s portrayal of criminal Tony Soprano in the landmark drama series The Sopranos was just one facet of an actor who created a rich legacy of film and stage work in a life cut short.

James Gandolfini, the actor famous for his lead role in mob drama The Sopranos, has died in Italy, according to his managers.

Name: Barbara Stack

Mary Leland enjoys a talk by Peregrine Cavendish — the Duke of Devonshire — on his family’s extensive collection

Robin Morgan worked with iconic photographer Terry O’Neill on his book of James Bond images, writes Alan O’Riordan

It is the festive display to beat all others — Claire O’Sullivan goes behind the scenes at Brown Thomas Cork to see the Christmas window in the making.

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Anna Paquin is "so happy to become a mum" as she and husband Stephen Moyer prepare to welcome their twin babies later this year.

THERE’S a photograph in Mary Byrne’s autobiography, showing Mary as a teenager.

A PARALYSED former professional footballer is helping Middlesbrough scout players by rating them using a system of blinks.

The American parents of a child named Adolf Hitler have been banned from bringing up their children.

Carlos Santana didn’t mind that it rained on his wedding day.

THE husband of a woman who died following an elective hysterectomy at a private hospital said after an inquest at which a verdict of medical misadventure was recorded that they had “got justice” for his wife.

THE family of a Kerryman who died following routine surgery on a broken wrist has welcomed an apology from the HSE for its various failings in the treatment of their 44-year-old father and husband.

The HSE has sincerely apologised for its various failings in its treatment of a 44-year-old father of three who died after severe brain injuries he sustained following surgery he underwent at a Co Kerry hospital on a broken wrist.

CENTURIES separate the exterior and interior looks of Abbey House, a Kinsale hideaway with surprises galore under its skin.

The case against a man charged with throwing a coin at footballer Craig Bellamy collapsed today.

AN early taste of higher education is helping disadvantaged and migrant teenagers make up their minds about going to college.

A PRIEST married his own son in Galway yesterday.

ON every great team there is the player who picks up the pieces and has the ability to make things happen; the ones who suddenly appear out of nowhere when the going gets tough.

Cerys Matthews has given birth to a boy.

Jade Goody was given a posthumous "inspiration" award accepted by her friend and publicist Max Clifford.

Singer Cerys Matthews is pregnant for the third time.

Pension funds, so badly hit in the downturn, have shown their fifth consecutive monthly improvement, according to Hewitt Associates, a global human resources services company.

AN IVF couple compensated by an NHS trust after their last embryo was implanted in the wrong woman by mistake said yesterday they may use the money to try for another child.

THREE youths face life sentences today after being found guilty of the brutal killing of Ben Kinsella, the 16-year-old brother of former EastEnders actress Brooke Kinsella.