Irish composer and conductor Eimear Noone will become the first woman to conduct at the Oscars in February.

The mother of a Kilkenny girl who died at a concert in Dublin is preparing for a fourth Christmas without her beloved daughter.

Heartbreaking CCTV footage of a confused terrier being abandoned, casually tied to a tree outside Dogs Trust, is set to form a central part of their Christmas TV campaign to keep canines for life.

The West Cork ladies footballers had some difficulty in securing a pitch to train on last Wednesday evening. Four days out from their county senior final date with Mourneabbey, it was hardly an ideal scenario to arise.

West Cork are through to the Cork ladies SFC final after their win over Éire Óg at Cloughduv last night.

Fitzgerald has drafted Emma Spillane, Maire O’Callaghan and Áine O’Sullivan into his starting line-up.

A mother who lost her daughter and niece when a balcony collapsed in the US paid a touching tribute to them.

The new Lord Mayor of Cork said he wants to build connections between various communities and residents of the newly enlarged city.

Rival captains Niamh Kelly and Doireann O’Sullivan have both highlighted the significance of tomorrow’s Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 1 clash between Mayo and Cork.

Former Limerick star Andrew O’Shaughnessy says he can’t afford to worry about his multiple sclerosis (MS).

A seven-year-old who died of leukaemia on New Year's Eve just months after he received 10,000 birthday cards from well-wishers from all over the world has been described at his requiem mass as a "miracle child" and a "gorgeous, happy chatty little man."

Full-time YouTuber Eimear McElheron has a talent for makeup

A brave boy battling cancer said he had the “best birthday ever” as thousands of cards and parcels from well-wishers all over the world were delivered to his home.

Even an experienced postman would be fearful of this dog. He was big, black and barking loudly. But despite her fright the canvasser stayed put until the door was opened.

Lauren Ferris had a rib and a disc removed and three rods inserted, held in place by 19 screws, to correct the curve in her spine that suddenly appeared last year, putting an end her twin loves of dancing and karate.

The enjoyable Blues Sisters gave us plenty of what we are familiar with. The Sacrifices and The Demands. The Savage Hunger. The fierce hurt from last year, writes Larry Ryan.

An Irish woman who had been reported missing in southeast France has been found dead in a public park.

Passports at the ready!

Lesson learned: If you don’t ask, you won’t get.

Celebrations took place around the country yesterday as Junior Certificate results were received by more than 61,000 students.

Iarla Ó Lionáird is from Cúil Aodha, Co Cork, and is vocalist with The Gloaming. He is currently preparing for a performance at Masters of Tradition festival in Bantry next Friday, where he will appear with Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin and others. See westcorkmusic.ie

One of the more delightful pageants of Irish broadcasting is the Monday hurling draw on Morning Ireland, writes Eimear Ryan.

Chloe Ryan, 23, from Limerick’s South Circular Road, won the Irish, Ulster, and Munster girls’ golf titles in her teens and first played for Munster Ladies when she was just 15.  She plays off a +3.5 handicap for Castletroy Golf Club and Ireland. This week, she is playing in the Irish Women’s Close Championships in Mullingar GC.

Eimear Varian Barry has 69,000 followers on Instagram. She tells Ruth O’Connor how it has proved lucrative.

Slaughtneil’s bid to reach three All-Ireland finals this spring begins tomorrow, with the club’s senior camogie team squaring off against Burgess-Duharra in the All-Ireland semi-final (Inniskeen, 2pm).

The stand and temporary seating were packed and the star attractions didn’t disappoint as Skibbereen’s O’Donovan brothers lit up the 2017 Indoor Rowing Championships at the University of Limerick on Saturday.

A family touched by tragedy hopes to help get Ireland’s first doctor-led air ambulance service in the air.

EIMEAR NOONE isn’t inclined to blow her own trumpet — but at least she has four to choose from. “Blizzard finally gave me a fourth trumpet for Overwatch — that’s what Overwatch means to me. I’ve a one-track mind.”

Monaghan 6-17 Kerry 1-16: Monaghan manager Paula Cunningham couldn’t but be impressed with her side’s 16-point win over Kerry in Saturday’s All-Ireland Ladies SFC quarter-final in Birr, but knows that a bigger test awaits in the semi-final against Cork.

Fiona Doyle probably wouldn’t have taken kindly to the suggestion at the time but the Limerick swimmer knows now that failure to make the Olympics four years ago may be one of the best things to have happened to her.

Members of the band Kodaline were among the mourners of Kilkenny teenager Ciara Lawlor who died attending their gig in Dublin at the weekend.

The Visually Impaired Walking Group make great strides as they pound Cork paths, writes Dan MacCarthy

But he's very cute so we'll forgive him.

Eimear O’Donnell was at home in Leitrim with her brother Seán when their Golden Retriever, Beau, decided to stir up some mischief by stealing Seán’s phone.

Fiona Doyle has waited for her chance, and is very determined to make the most of Rio, says Helen O’Callaghan

WHEN runner Sergiu Ciobanu landed in Ireland 10 years ago at the age of 22 he didn’t even know what language the people spoke. 

A deaf man has been ordered to stay out of his native Donegal until he is sentenced for harassing a doctor and his family.

Almost seven years have passed, but Olive Loughnane can still see the way Olga Kaniskina looked at her in Berlin. 

Kenneth O’Brien has been laid to rest after his funeral in Dublin earlier.

Family, friends and politicians bade a final farewell to PJ Mara yesterday as the former government press secretary was laid to rest in Co Galway.