Yesterday, thousands of people attended a four-hour public reposal of rock star Dolores O’Riordan in her native Limerick. The county has begun three days of mourning.

Davy Russell has been issued with a caution following an inquiry by the referrals committee of the Irish Turf Club over an alleged incident involving the treatment of his mount Kings Dolly at Tramore on August 19.

Cara O’Sullivan has started exercising in Educo gym in Ballincollig in the last few months. 

Stem cell research might be 20 years behind where it is today if Dolly the Sheep had never been born, according to the scientist whose team created the world’s first mammal cloned from an adult cell.

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Sixty-six million years after they disappeared from the face of the Earth, the dinosaurs have become animal celebrities; children everywhere are fascinated by them. 

Alex Reid would "love" it if his daughter were to take up cage fighting.

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USA:  A man who was unhappy with his haircut faces criminal charges after police say he became enraged and threw items around a Connecticut salon.

Dolly Parton is worried Reese Witherspoon's breasts are too small for her to play her in a biopic.

Bailegangaire will be staged alongside Tom Murphy’s new prequel to his classic play, writes Pádraic Kileen

Diana Ross is in talks to perform at Glastonbury next year.

Glastonbury Festival could have a Supreme line-up next year as Diana Ross is reportedly in talks to play a headline slot.

Miley Cyrus is desperate to play Dolly Parton on the big screen.

Dolly Parton will never retire, unless ill health forces her to do so.

Dolly Parton is disappointed she won't get to adopt a dog found at Glastonbury.

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Dolly Parton has spoken of her relief after a dog she offered to adopt when it was left behind at Glastonbury was reunited with its owners.

One of the more unusual forgotten items left behind at Glastonbury this year was found cowering in a pile of rubbish - a white lurcher which has since been named Dolly.

Country music star Dolly Parton answered the critics who questioned whether she was miming during her Glastonbury Festival set in her own inimitable style, telling The Sun: “My boobs are fake, my hair’s fake but what is real is my voice and my heart.”

Dolly Parton has denied miming at Glastonbury.

Country queen Dolly Parton ruled Glastonbury yesterday as she attracted the biggest crowd of the festival to the Pyramid Stage.

Country queen Dolly Parton ruled Glastonbury today as she attracted the biggest crowd of the festival to the Pyramid Stage.

The final day of Glastonbury will see the most talked about act of the festival finally take to the stage today.

As Marquee acts go, Elbow aren’t in the same vein as entertainment icons Dolly, Tom or even our own Imelda.

Dolly Parton claims she looks "like hell" without make-up.

The sun shone like one of the many rhinestones at the Marquee in Cork as the rather mixed crowd strolled down the Monaghan Road.

Dolly Parton's husband doesn't like her music.

Country music star Dolly Parton has signed up to play this year’s Glastonbury Festival.

The country music icon has been secretly booked to fill the Glastonbury Legends slot on the Sunday of the UK festival, according to The Sun newspaper.

Walrus role

These small dishes by Ludick are sold as a pair. Each piece is treated as a blank canvas so no two are alike.

Dolly Parton has announced a string of European dates for 2014.

Dolly the cloned sheep and the groundbreaking possibilities offered by human embryonic stem cells were what propelled a Corkman into an area of science that yesterday saw him presented with a hall of fame award at his alma mater.

Chantelle Houghton has branded her ex-fiance Alex Reid "sick".

Scientists from Britain and Japan shared a Nobel prize yesterday for the discovery that adult cells can be transformed back into embryo-like stem cells that may one day regrow tissue in damaged brains, hearts or other organs.

Chantelle Houghton has revealed she is “devastated” about former fiancé Alex Reid's tell-all interview.

Alex Reid thinks he and Chantelle Houghton need "professional help" to make their relationship work.

Chantelle Houghton has dumped her fiance Alex Reid.

Alex Reid has been released without charge by police after he was arrested in connection with a disturbance involving his girlfriend, former Big Brother star Chantelle Houghton.

One man can make a difference and British film-maker Joe Wright does behind the lens of ‘Anna Karenina’.

Alex Reid has been arrested.

Alex Reid believes that he is a "hands-on father" despite admitting that he only looks after his two-month-old daughter Dolly 10% of the time.