Parents breaking down under the strain of ‘educational apartheid’, writes Michael Clifford.

General election candidates will be briefed on a major health scandal in Limerick tomorrow involving a €2.9m respite centre for disabled children which has lain idle since being completed 15 months ago because the HSE does not have the money to support its running costs.

Contemporary Ireland is different. There’s a new voice of rebellion in the air

TOM Russell was recently thrilled to receive a package in the post from his old friend, Bob Dylan. Dylan had his people send his fellow songwriter a case of his new Heaven’s Door whiskey. Wrapped around the bottles were the lyrics to ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’, stylised so that it seemed Dylan had himself scribbled all over the printed words with a pen.

"Wot's wrong wid 'em tiday?"

In advance of his visit to Cork for the jazz festival, US star Kurt Elling tells Ed Power why he loves improvising, even while taking on classic songs

Gardaí are looking for help in finding a missing teenager from Dublin.

When it comes to exercising after having a baby, it’s important to start at your own pace and build it up, says Aoife Hearne

Colin Sheridan With the sporting summer we’ve so far had — Irish cricketers storming Lord’s, young Irish soccer players dazzling in Europe, young Irish sprinters winning medals, and some lad from Clara winning the Open up north, you could almost be forgiven for forgetting about the hurling.

‘Not a day goes by that I don’t think about what happened to Louise and what we could have done to prevent Shane’s death’

Dylan Kinsella, 15, was last seen in the Clondalkin area on Friday night.

Shortly after 5pm on Sunday, gardaí were called to the scene of a collision involving a motorcycle at Kilpadder South, Dromahane, approximately 8km south of Mallow.

Operation Transformation dietitian Aoife Hearne believes women need to be realistic about their post-pregnancy bodies, writes Ciara McDonnell.

You’d have thought that Ireland had filled its 80s nostalgia quota this week alone. Stranger Things season 3 and its references to the decade of excess streamed just last Thursday.

The Cork man who was raped as an 11-year-old has spoken out about his ordeal on the day his abuser was sentenced to seven years in jail.

IT’S soaring in popularity as an urban pastime and crane-counting was very firmly on the agenda when I took up a challenge to find out just how much I could pack into a 24-hour architectural and interiors fact-finding mission in Dublin.

Back in the 1970s, a few years after Bob Dylan released Blood on the Tracks, he was being interviewed about how it was such an outstanding album.

Noel Burke was born in London to Sligo parents.

Des O'Driscoll has you covered for things to stream this June.

This is Easter Monday and Christians will celebrate core, unchanging beliefs: The ideas of redemption and rebirth encapsulated in yesterday’s resurrection rejoicing.

Des O'Driscoll shares the latest from the entertainment world

Five men have been convicted for offences spread over three incidents on one weekend, and all in the context of what a court was told was a “long-standing feud” between two related families.

WHEN Karen O’Donohoe tore her Achilles tendon last year it had an immediate effect on her choice of footwear and her identity. “I gave up my beloved Converse — it was like letting go of the last bit of my youth. I’ve now got some really cool, some more supportive Nike ones,” says the Grow, Eat, Cook presenter.

IT has just occurred to bestselling author Aileen Cox Blundell that the initials of her new book (Baby-Friendly Family Cookbook) are BFF, or ‘Best Friends Forever’.

Every year sees more and more delayed autism assessments. The HSE has a proposal to fix the problem, but is it simply a case of lack of resources? Michael Clifford reports

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A couple with a child on the autism spectrum has tried to get a place for their son in 26 different schools — without success.

Ian Diamond and his wife, Josie, have failed to secure a place for their autistic son in 26 schools and are unable to find a home tutor willing to stay long-term. Every day is a gruelling battle for their rights, says Michael Clifford.

It is Christmas Eve and Santa and his team are getting ready to deliver gifts to children all around the world. If you are wondering just how he does it, you are not alone; here are some of the questions sent in by children with equally curious minds. The first question comes from four-year-old Harper.

Damien Enright visited Ibiza to discuss a book he has written about the time he spent there between 1961 and 1965

In her wildest dreams, Eileen Simpson couldn’t have predicted her son would climb a wall.

Two ladies dominated day two in Killarney, Maxine O’Sullivan ensuring a day to remember for her family when winning aboard Citizen Al before doubling up in the bumper, aboard the gambled-on Raya Time, and Rachael Blackmore also completing a brace, aboard Icantsay and Benkei.

Joan Baez has declared that this is to be her final tour. She isn't quite going out with a roar, over-the-top displays of emotion never having been the protest singer's style.

Former Munster and Ireland scrum-half Michael Bradley is being touted as a contender to take charge of Ulster.

England captain Dylan Hartley is expected to be available to face Ireland at Twickenham on Saturday but doubt now hovers over the fitness of Elliot Daly.

On a day of surprises at the Irish Life Health All-Ireland Schools’ Cross Country Championships, Sarah Healy made light of the mud and hills to make history at the WIT Arena in Carriganore.

In total there are five changes to the side defeated by Scotland at Murrayfield.

A family trapped by snow have issued an emotional thank you to an “army of angels” who helped ensure the safe delivery of a very special snow-storm baby.