The 11-week old cocker spaniel has begun training with their Dog Unit to qualify as a specialist detection dog.

Kya deLongchamps celebrates 30 years of romance on ice at the world’s original ice hotel in Swedish Lapland.

The game has been locked away for 20 years, but now a full remake has escaped from Capcom studios.

"Last year I heard Santa fall down the chimney, he landed on his butt. I saw him, and I heard him, because I was peeking"

"I didn’t think I’d be here, to be honest, at the start of the year.”

Munster rugby legend Donncha O’Callaghan is relishing becoming ‘a great dad’ when he hangs up his boots this weekend

Des O’Driscoll shares his top tips for upcoming events

Here’s your latest arts and entertainment round-up with Des O’Driscoll.

Your Christmas starts here.

Lena Gourley said: "It was like having my sight taken away."

A Cork woman is hoping to have her “eyes” back soon after her guide dog’s weight forced a charity to remove her for intensive training.

The scramble for Star Wars film merchandise helped increase revenues and sharply reduce losses at the Disney store on Dublin’s Grafton Street last year.

Poor Elsa and Anna…

We know we shouldn’t laugh but this is too good.

We have an awful lot of little princesses in this country, and they should hold their tiaras high, because there are many who would prefer to see a world full of scaredy-cat women, writes Clodagh Finn

Emperor Haile Selassie, ‘the conquering lion of the tribe of Judah’ and a direct descendant of Solomon, was an animal lover. Lions were taken from the wild in Ethiopia for his private menagerie.

Who runs the world? Channing Tatum, obviously.

And we thought nobody could beat our auntie's Christmas Day rendition.

Gardaí investigating Longford helicopter crash release man; Torrential early rain left its mark on the Old Course at St Andrews as play was suspended for more than three hours; A police officer in the US is being investigated after a video has emerged of him arresting a naked woman in her home. Here’s today's lunchtime irishexaminer.com round-up.

The frenzy over Elsa dolls from the movie blockbuster Frozen was not enough to prevent further losses at the Disney store on Dublin’s Grafton St last year.

A photo posted to Reddit of two cakes went viral over the past week. But like many things on the internet, there is more to the story.

The ECB pushed Greece to the precipice of leaving the euro last night; Mortgage rules introduced by the Central Bank earlier this year are already affecting consumer sentiment and house prices; A Naval Service crew was forced to ‘abandon ship’ when further problems were detected on the new €70m LÉ James Joyce. Here’s this morning’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

After a 97-year hiatus, Elsa is again one of the 500 most popular baby names in the United States.

Hundreds of mourners are attending the funeral of Eoghan Culligan, a Government Minister said there will be no referendum on abortion before the next election, Sean McComb has earned Ireland’s second medal of the European Games in Baku and we pay a musical tribute to the late James Horner. These are some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

YOU know the drill. You’ve been on a diet for a fortnight, but all you’ve lost is 14 days.

Some photos of a dad and daughter dressed up as Frozen characters on the London Underground have been getting a lot of attention online since being posted to Reddit over the weekend.

It’s the country’s most internationally renowned celebration, and everybody knows it. All across the world, people with itchy feet are making bucket lists — Brazil for Carnivale, India for Holi, and Ireland for St Patrick’s Day.

Winter is coming, again, after Disney unveiled a sequel to the mega-hit animation Frozen.

Do you wanna set a record? Come on, let’s march in the parade.

The short sequel to Frozen brings back the whole cast of characters for a special story which you can see ahead of Disney's Cinderella

The mini-movie will see the famous character reunite with the director and most importantly songwriters from the original smash hit Let It Go.

Let it glow: Frozen’s Snow Glow Elsa was the most in-demand toy at Christmas and the new Lego Disney Princess Elsa’s Sparkling Ice Castle has already picked up a Best New Toy Award at the London Toy Fair.

Des O’Driscoll reveals what he expects will be the arts and entertainment  highlights of spring 2015.

Test your knowledge of the year just gone with our entertainment quiz. The answers are at the bottom of the page. No peeking now!

"And now the fingers point at me, cos Fabregas has turned up at Chelsea!"

Prince William has confessed to US president Barack Obama that in the “chaos” of the maternity delivery room, he forgot to ask if Prince George was a boy or a girl.

Disney’s animated tale of two princess sisters is the fifth- highest grossing film ever. With parents fighting in shops for its spin-off dolls, how did it become an object of obsession, asks Ed Power

Idina Menzel has announced Dublin dates.

Idina Menzel has confirmed a 'Frozen' sequel is "in the works".

Oscar-winning Idina Menzel, the star of the most successful animated film of all time, Frozen, has spoken about the film’s impact on her life, and the struggles of juggling career and family.

When optimist Anna set off on her epic journey to find her sister Elsa, just before Christmas last year, few would have predicted that Disney’s Frozen would become the top grossing animated film of all time, with merchandise flying off the shelves for captivated young fans.