Rape Crisis Midwest announced in May it will have to close some services this summer because of a funding shortfall. Why hasn’t the Government put a proper strategy and supports in place, asks Claire O’Sullivan

She cooks, decorates, buys the gifts and cleans up. And she loves it, says Áilín Quinlan.

FIONA QUINN was taken aback when her 12-year-old daughter revealed the latest Confirmation trend — designer cakes.

A FILM and play telling the true story of the 4,000 Famine orphans who were transported from Irish workhouses to Australia between 1848 and 1850 will feature in Limerick this week.

Cork's management is banking on a settled side to collect the county's second successive TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC title tomorrow afternoon.