Having made it all the way to the quarter-finals, Fr Ray Kelly has danced his final dance.

Tears flowed freely as the heartbroken sisters of the teenager killed in a car crash on the northside of Cork city last week promised that her memory will never die.

Fr Paddy Mooney PP of St. Patrick's Church in Glenamaddy is giving the ashes to parishioners as they pass through.

"I hope that his death will be a warning to other young teenagers who are been groomed by the ruthless criminals, that the promise of money and gifts will inevitably end in tragedy."

The pair danced to National Express by Divine Comedy and Fr Ray, dressed as a bus conductor, put his heart and soul into it.

A “big culture shock” is how Galway’s Conor Whelan describes their June 15 exit from the 2019 hurling championship.

Further toxicology reports are needed to determine how the three children found at in their home in Dublin on Friday evening died, but it is thought they may have been suffocated.

There are currently 1,200 'active' cases in the mortgage to rent process nationally and Fr McVerry wants to see the number increased significantly this year.

John Fogarty previews the weekend's GAA fixtures.

Projects entered in the Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition have reached a level of sophistication that co-founder and judge Dr Tony Scott could not have imagined more than 50 years ago.

It will be an all-Cork Dr Harty Cup semi-final, and a repeat of last year’s decider after champions Midleton CBS got the better of DLS College in Dungarvan to set up a penultimate round against Christians Brothers College.

THE past festive season was extra special for newly- weds Yvonne Coleman and James Twohig as it was on a December 26 night out that the couple first laid eyes on each other.

Large crowds are expected in a Kerry church this evening to be blessed with one of Padre Pio’s trademark fingerless gloves.

Viewers of a certain age will associate the Glenroe theme tune with the end of the weekend and the haunting spectre of school in the morning.

The weird and wonderful world of showbiz did not disappoint when it came to some of the global celebrity stories that made the headlines in 2019.

Fr Brian D’Arcy was born nearEnniskillen, Co Fermanagh in 1945.

Shane Bennett will not be part of the Waterford senior hurling panel in 2020, the Irish Examiner understands.

A Co Limerick man who was died instantly when his van collided with the back of an articulated truck outside Limerick city, Saturday has been named locally as Ivan Harvey

Caring professionals, not just billionaires, should be valued according to President Michael D Higgins.

"I met Peter when I was 10 years of age. I was homeless and Peter asked me one day what I was doing walking around Summerhill all day."

The Religious Sisters of Charity says it is confident of a “positive outcome” on the legal transfer of its land shares for the building of the new National Maternity Hospital.

ACCLAIMED filmmaker Damian O’Callaghan is well used to creating cinematic magic on screen.

The light from a strong winter sun shone down on the funeral cortege as it arrived at the church.

The Association of Catholic Priests received many messages from people applauding the organisation for coming out strongly in support of Co Cavan priest Fr Oliver O'Reilly after it emerged that businessman Sean Quinn complained about him to the Vatican.

Adrian went to Scoil Oilibheir, Dublin Hill, for primary school and then on to St Finbarr’s College, Farranferris, for secondary school.

The mother of tragic schoolboy Brooklyn Colbert paid a heartbreaking tribute to her beloved “brown-eyed boy” at his funeral Mass in Limerick today.

The popular broadcaster passed away last Monday at the age of 85.

Broadcaster Gay Byrne will be laid to rest tomorrow with RTÉ airing live coverage of the funeral.