Two weeks volunteering abroad is the norm, but the Mac Aonghusas stayed 10 months in Gambia, says Rita de Brun

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will lead several politicians who will be getting on their bikes for the annual Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle, on Jul 6.

AN Irish language play, written by Paul Mercier with music by his brother, Mel, is coming to UCC’s Granary Theatre on May 9-10 as part of a six-venue tour around Ireland.

Garda sources don’t yet know if the shots fired at disgraced developer and former Fianna Fáil councillor Ger Killally were an attempted robbery, a warning to pay up money he may have owed, or “something even worse”.

A disgraced developer and former general election running mate of Brian Cowen fled from a gunman with his father and two young children in Co Offaly yesterday.

A tragedy that touched the hearts of the nation exactly 12 months ago was remembered in a fishing village last night.

The sole survivor of the Tit Bonhomme trawler tragedy has spoken publicly for the first time about his fight for survival.

Some felt it in their hearts, some read it on their heart rate monitors.

The Ladbrokes Irish Grand National is one of the most precious jewels in Ireland’s racing crown, and it was Lion Na Bearnai who came up trumps, returning at odds of 33/1, with the crowds happy to cheer him into the winners’ enclosure with his popular local trainer Tom Gibney.

The family of the skipper who drowned along with four of his crew off the South-West coast have pleaded with authorities to make technology available which would pinpoint fishermen lost at sea.

For one family, the mourning can finally begin. For another, the agonising wait continues.

Fishermen could be offered grants to buy personal distress and location beacons under proposals being considered by Marine Minister Simon Coveney.

Fishermen could be off-ered grants to buy personal distress and location beacons under proposals being considered by the marine minister, Simon Coveney.

AS closure came for some of those waiting on the quays for five long days, the anguish went on for others.

TAOISEACH Enda Kenny had the minor advantage of familiarity when he lined up alongside golf’s golden boy Rory McIlroy for the glamour Irish Open Pro-Am in Killarney yesterday.

A 19-YEAR-OLD man was last night charged in connection with the death of a 46-year-old woman near who was found stabbed to death in her isolated Co Mayo home on Wednesday.

IT was all smiles and handshakes last night as the blooming new coalition had their first “love in” at Áras an Uachtaráin.

Newly elected Taoiseach Enda Kenny admitted it felt "very different actually" after he received his honours from President Mary McAleese.

THE Kevin Commins owned and trained Ferdia Bound was fastest in the semi-finals of the IGB National 750 at Shelbourne on Saturday.

THE only singer in the house is the Singer sewing machine, say the owners of Kinsale’s Fisherman’s Hall, a place that hits the right note on all other fronts.

PEOPLE between 18 and 25 will soon have to carry ID if they want to drink in pubs, Justice Minister Michael McDowell said yesterday.