The father of the late Donal Walsh, the Kerry teenager who inspired the country with his plea against suicide, has called on the Government to legislate for mental health awareness in schools and sporting clubs.

The People of the Year committee has written to embattled former Console head, Paul Kelly demanding he return his award as calls grow for the Government to urgently grant the charity regulator investigative powers.

Last Sunday, I spent a few hours out in Spa national school, a beautiful setting overlooking Tralee bay glistening with the bright sunshine bouncing off the water. There were hundreds out there supporting their annual fundraiser in aid of former student Donal Wash. And it got me thinking about him again.

Communities throughout West Cork will celebrate the region’s first ever ‘Feelgood Festival’, a mix of sports, good food, music and companionship later this week.

The mother of a teenager from Kerry whose terminal cancer inspired him to exhort his peers not to take their own lives, has urged those with depression to seek help early.

She misses him and “everything about him” every day. But Donal Walsh is still inspiring people, his mother Elma tells Clodagh Finn.

Maria Walsh made history yesterday, becoming the first ever Rose of Tralee to parachute into the annual festival.

How’s Dáithí fixed for another Ice Bucket Challenge? Will one of the escorts pop the question? Or maybe things will take a more modern twist — will it be one of the Roses down on bended knee?

The lights are up, the cameras are ready, and the action is waiting to burst onto the streets.

The annual search for individuals and groups who have heartened and inspired the nation is under way, as nominations open for the 2015 People of the Year Awards.

Ireland’s rugby captain Paul O’Connell has spoken about how teenager Donal Walsh is an inspiration to him

“The apology says it all,” said minister of state Kathleen Lynch last night after she settled a defamation action against Cork’s 96FM.

Follow news and reaction from the 7th annual UCC Journalism Conference at UCC today in our live blog from the event.

A host of Irish sports stars joined the late Donal Walsh in a fantastic video to promote an organisation that wants to help athletes affected by catastrophic sports injuries.

The recipient of the 2014 Hugh O’Flaherty International Humanitarian award is to be the surgeon, Dr John Beavis, the founder of an organisation dedicated to the relief of suffering and poverty in conflict zones.

The 10 men who graduated as the navy’s newest officers yesterday handed over a cheque for more than €7,000 to a charity set up to prevent suicide among young people.

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It’s more than a year since Donal Walsh died, but his message still resonates, says Donal Hickey.

If the rest of the summer on Valentia island is anything like June, the ice-creams in Tony Walsh’s shop will be selling like — well — hot cakes.

Passengers recall horror as plane crashed, reports Eoin English.

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250 cyclists are taking on a 200km journey across the country today in aid of suicide awareness - among them is Celebrity chef Derry Clarke.

Global pop giants One Direction have helped two Irish schoolgirls unearth a worrying online trend, prompting an internet safety warning for teenage girls.

This year’s Irish Film and Television Academy awards promise to be the most exciting yet, with superstars Colin Farrell and Michael Fassbender being tipped for a gong.

Budding film-makers and actors are taking inspiration from the life of a courageous teenager who promoted an anti-suicide message among his peers.

Donal Walsh's father is joining some of his former schoolmates in beginning a walk in his memory today.

TEENAGERS these days are accused of being everything.

A survivor of one of Ireland’s worst plane crashes in 50 years wants European aviation regulators to implement a raft of safety recommendations contained in the final crash report, published yesterday.

Aviation accident investigators included some details of interviews with the survivors of the Cork plane crash in their report.

The final report into the 2010 Manx2 plane crash disaster at Cork Airport, in which six died, is due to be published within days.

I hardly noticed. Six months in Paris came and went on New Year’s Day.

“Time is a great teacher but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.”

The family of Donal Walsh has called on young people to remember his message against suicide as they face their first Christmas without the Kerry teenager.

The family of Donal Walsh has called on young people in Ireland to remember his message against suicide as they face their first Christmas without the brave teenager.

Some people are entering 2014 because of teenager Donal Walsh’s exhortation to live life to the maximum, a coroner has said.

A motion to outlaw the use of goalkeeper’s hurleys for scoring has been forwarded to the Galway County Convention to be prepared for the GAA National Congress.

Donal Walsh, the inspirational Kerry teenager who spent the last months of his life raising awareness of a “suicide epidemic”, was last night posthumously presented with the Outstanding Contribution to Public Debate award at the National Newspaper Awards.

A half-century after his passing, the deeds of a heroic Irish priest who helped saved thousands of people in Nazi-occupied Rome during the Second World War are still talked about.

Escaping the bubble of his home city and Munster rugby has helped Ronan O’Gara move on with his career as a coach and his new life in Paris, according to the rugby legend.

A street collection in memory of inspirational teenager Donal Walsh during the Rose of Tralee Festival realised €12,500.

Cancer victim Donal Walsh’s video message encouraging young people to reach out for help has thousands of views already, after being released on Saturday night.

A bronze statue of an Irish priest credited with saving the lives of thousands of people in Rome during the Second World War will soon grace his hometown.

A Kerry teenager’s message of life will live on in Ireland’s first suicide resource centre.