Olivia, 3, has dislocated her elbow two or three times, but was able to pop it back in to place herself.

A selfless daughter who took her parents into her home to care for them full time is Ireland’s Carer of the Year.

Victoria Smurfit returned to Ireland from LA to take a starring role in twisty thriller about to be screened at the Cork Film Festival, writes Esther McCarthy

Whichever style has piqued your interest this autumn, Kya deLongchamps shows you the best way to achieve it, from tone on tone to wood notes.

Complete with a head tilt and eye twitch.

A young mother and her two children are battling an illness that is consuming all of their short lives.

Jason Smyth (28), a visually impaired sprinter from Derry, is officially the ‘fastest Paralympian on the planet.’ His 100m personal best (10:22) is the second fastest ever by an Irishman and he is also one of only 10 Irish men to break 21 seconds. He won T13 gold at both 100m & 200m in the 2008 Beijing and 2012 Paralympics and won his fifth Paralympic gold medal by winning the T13 100m final in Rio de Janeiro.

Jason Smyth is a visually impaired sprinter from Derry, is officially the ‘fastest Paralympian on the planet.’ In this month's blog, he discusses his final preparations and why he's skipping the opening ceremony. 

THIS much-anticipated debut novel of Emma Cline, already a well-regarded short story writer and fiction reader for the New Yorker, will probably get summarised a lot as ‘that Charles Manson novel’. 

There are all kinds of white lies parents tell their kids to get out of sticky situations, like not knowing why the sky is blue and why they should eat all their vegetables, but here is one dad who took things to the next level.

A new selection process, twice as many Roses, an extra night on television, and a longer festival are all reasons why this year’s Rose of Tralee will be the best yet, according to host Dáithí Ó Sé and reigning rose Elysha Brennan.

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is coming soon, continuing the now yearly cycle of games in this long-running franchise.

The Dinosaur That Pooped by Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter (Red Fox €17.80)

For the first time in the Assassin's Creed series you can play as two different characters in Syndicate - but which is better

The new playable character of Evie Frye in Assassin's Creed Syndicate has unique abilities - see them in this video walkthrough

Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate is official and here is its debut trailer. Apparently Ubisoft doesn’t know that you’re not supposed to talk about fight club.

Arlene Harris asks five well-known women what being a mum means to them, how they juggle a career with a family and whether it is possible to ‘have it all’?

An Australian couple have released a heart-rending statement describing their "ongoing hell" and "unfathomable pain" over the deaths of their three children in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine.

Up and Down

The parents of three West Australian children who were killed with their grandfather in the MH17 plane disaster say they are living in "a hell beyond hell".

Are we going to die, Granddad? It hardly bears imagining what torture must have gone through the mind of Nick Morris in the brief instant between life and death after a missile tore through Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine.

Linda Grant Virago, £14.99;

A nationwide hunt in the UK is under way for five chihuahuas, including a Crufts champion, stolen after raiders smashed their way into the dogs’ home.

DAITHI Ó SÉ, 37, RTÉ PRESENTER, TODAY SHOW

Black Sheep

Our top baby names prove yet again that, when it comes to christening our children, we’re an intrinsically unimaginative nation.

Jack and Emily were the most popular baby names last year.

Actress Victoria Smurfit has recalled how she came within inches of death when a gunman opened fire on a taxi she was travelling in while holidaying in South Africa.

Alan Hughes, TV presenter/panto star

From his old school in Indonesia to a Japanese beach town that happens to share his name, people around the world have cheered Barack Obama’s re-election as US president today.

THE TALK at the end of another international year is of the big picture but, typically, it’s the little details which continue to absorb and animate Giovanni Trapattoni.

IRELAND’S absentee list continues to grow before tomorrow night’s friendly against Norway.

The widow of a fireman from the North faces losing thousands of pounds in a dispute over his pension, it was claimed today.

A MOTHER yesterday celebrated her “miracle triplets” after they survived being born 14 weeks premature.

Melinda Messenger and husband Wayne Roberts have taken the unusual step of appearing in a photoshoot together to talk in depth about their trial separation.

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are to launch their own clothing range using their nicknames for one another as inspiration for the brand name.

Jamie Spencer is reported to be “fighting fit” to partner Red Evie in the Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus Matron Stakes at Leopardstown.

Red Evie has been given the green light to defend her Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus Matron Stakes title at Leopardstown next weekend after pleasing in a workout on Saturday morning.

Michael Bell’s continued faith in Red Evie was rewarded when the admirable filly completed a full set of victories at every level when landing the CGA Hungerford Stakes at Newbury.