Look, we know what it’s like in Croke Park at half-time of a major game.

Young women stand up and fight — that is the rousing cry of barrister and owner of Lissadell House, Constance Cassidy.

"Victor's driving skills were amazing. There were lots of obstacles in his way. We passed dozens of crashed and abandoned cars. There is just no way I could have gotten home without him."

Still to come are storms Karen, Larry, Octavia, and Paul.

According to studies this weekend it is the toughest weekend for those trying to complete dry January.

Four Irish rowers enjoyed a breakfast of orange juice, fruit, Coca-Cola, and a burger — their first proper meal in a month — after completing an epic transatlantic row in record time.

A magnificent historic stone doorway, along with a 10-metre section of a large rampart, has fallen into the sea following weather damage to the cliff at the foot of a 2,500-year-old fort on the Slea Head drive in west Kerry, an archaeologist said yesterday.

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Storm Eleanor may have come and gone but for one County Antrim farmer January 3 will certainly be a memorable occasion.

Just the thing to zone-out the talk of Christmas.

A top ploughman died in a farm accident in Wexford yesterday as some of his family were at the National Ploughing Championships in Offaly.

Aileen, Iona and Larry could be blowing into the UK and Ireland over coming months.

Latest: An Irish woman caught up in a powerful earthquake that struck the Aegean sea says it wouldn't put her off going back.

John Coffey is hurling’s oldest living holder of an All-Ireland medal, having turned 99 in January. He played corner forward for Tipperary in the 1945 final win over Kilkenny, scoring the opening goal, writes PM O’Sullivan.

The crew of LÉ William Butler Yeats is fully trained and equipped to deal with a new role in Operation Sophia, according to the ship’s commander.

Tony Twomey’s family felt abandoned by hospital staff in the wake his sudden death. They spoke to Catherine Shanahan in the hope of generating a debate about what hospitals can do to improve the supports available to traumatised next of kin

When Alex Hosford was told he had multiple myeloma almost two years ago, he did not know what it was.

Tackling a taboo subject in the shape of caring for an elderly relative was the inspiration for her cathartic novel, Kate Beaufoy tells Sue Leonard.

Ireland AM was inundated with tea cosies after announcing their Great Big Tea Cosy contest this spring. Competitors were asked to knit or crochet a tea cosy.

And all because a few good men and women wanted to do the impossible for a worthy cause, writes Fergus Finlay.

For anyone whizzing by Ballinascarthy on the N71, it’s hard to miss the gleaming stainless steel statue of an iconic Model T Ford.

When Cork-based Ford dealer William Slattery II paid a visit to the company’s HQ in the US in 1955, he decided to bring a little piece of Ireland over with him.

One year on – Oliver Plunkett Street traders reflect on their ‘Great Street Award 2016’, writes Marjorie Brennan.

Dozens of childcare professionals yesterday marched from one of Cork City’s social welfare offices to another. They were protesting the Government’s failure to agree contracts with workers who will operate day care centres this September.

Rolls-Royce has given us a glimpse of what the future holds — the Vision Next 100 concept.

A couple whose convictions for killing a 59-year-old MS sufferer by neglect were overturned earlier this month, will not face a retrial.

When Eleanor Burke eventually asked her grandmother why she never spoke about her membership of Cumann na mBan in Kerry, Ellie Rice replied: “We learned not to speak or say anything because one idle word during that period could cause somebody’s death.”

A couple convicted of killing a 59-year-old MS sufferer by neglect have had their convictions quashed by the Court of Appeal.

Some mother-and-daughter relationships are distant while others near suffocating. In the run-up to Mother’s Day, Ailin Quinlan met three mothers and their daughters who manage to work together.

Frankenstein’s monster is a Hollywood horror icon, but Paul McGuigan’s Victor Frankenstein (12A) attempts to give Mary Shelley’s tale a fresh spin. 

Thanks to Eleanor and the team at Novus in Cork for enquiring about using social media in the B2B context. This is a great question, there is such great emphasis on social media for B2C organisations that we can sometimes neglect the other side.

Check out our guide to what to watch on TV tonight.

Meath Rose Elysha Brennan has been crowned this year’s Rose of Tralee after a whirlwind festival of poems, party pieces and all the parades a town could handle.

Her family hasn’t given up hope.

As the sky dimmed over the West Cork town of Skibbereen, the smell of peat smoke was in the air.