Liam O’Gradaigh has battled along with his wife Sheena to keep their son Donagh, who is now aged 11, alive.

Colin Sheridan's A to Z of 2019

As the Bohemian Rhapsody film hits cinemas today, Rami Malek tells Laura Harding about the tough task of taking on the role of Queen’s late singer

An unholy trinity of ghastly misadventures in sport happened at three historic venues: Aintree; the old twin-towered Wembley; and St Andrews. That the misadventures are still talked of five decades later says everything about their enduring appeal, writes Peter Jackson.

Ulster’s new will-o’-the-wisp fly-half Billy Burns is in ebullient mood ahead of tomorrow’s PRO14 clash with Edinburgh, one of only two teams that chalked up a victory at the Kingspan Stadium last season.

BBC news presenter Rachael Bland has died after being diagnosed with incurable cancer, her family has announced.

Former England midfielder Ray Wilkins has died, his former club Chelsea have announced.

Drumm also said he intended to go to “that fucking shower of clowns down in Dame Street,” to look for emergency funding for the bank, his trial has heard.

Although it's been ten years since Jade Goody’s death, we still picture her sons, Bobby and Freddie to be little kids.

No drama, then? Goals, clean sheet, calm and poise? Not sure quite how to respond, frankly.

Romelu Lukaku will have to cope with Manchester United’s relentless fixture schedule as Jose Mourinho cannot afford to rest him until Zlatan Ibrahimovic returns.

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor tells Esther McCarthy about playing an IRA man in prison-break film, Maze

Aidan O'Brien is convinced Churchill will not fail for a lack of stamina when he runs over a mile and a quarter for the second time at Leopardstown on Saturday.

Freddie would invite his best friends to his dream dinner party. "You can insult and tease them and they just come back for more," he says.

6.15am

Even in a time notable for larger-than-life characters, Freddie Mercury stood out.

She was 42.

Leicester boss Richard Cockerill praised Freddie Burns’ “stardust” qualities after the fly-half inspired Tigers’ 27-17 European Champions Cup victory over Racing 92 at Welford Road.

From where Munster was 18 months ago, things looked and felt a whole lot more positive from where I was sitting Tuesday night, writes Ronan O’Gara

Semi Final One comes live from The Globen Arena in Stockholm and our man in Sweden is ready to give his verdict.

After playing Nidge and Padraic Pearse, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor is happy to just be himslef for a chat to Clodagh Finn

The 28-year-old married the late Big Brother star just a month before she tragically lost her battle with cervical cancer on March 22, 2009 - at the age of 27.

Jeff then took to Twitter himself to reveal that the trio paid their respects to their late mother by laying flowers at her grave followed by a trip to Brighton pier.

One Direction star Louis Tomlinson has shared the first picture of his newborn son Freddie online.

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Clonmel went ahead at the third attempt but without the two chases intended for the seven-race programme. 

It's your worst Nightmare - a being which can kill you in your dreams, making sure you never wake up in the real world. What you need is a warrior, one well aquainted with dreams. What you need is Leonardo DiCaprio.

He’s back in favour with Les Bleus, but the mercurial No 10 of the unpredictable temperament continues to be the poster boy for France’s fragility, says Gavin Mortimer

LOVE Notes for Freddie is an entertaining novel set in 1969 in one of England’s dullest towns, Welwyn Garden City. 

Here's what to watch on a rainy Bank Holiday.

An 8-year-old girl has written about her battle with cancer to give other children hope of beating the disease. (Scroll down to read Erin’s story in her own word)

The denouement of the maiden European Champions Cup has arrived and for the third year in succession, there is no Irish interest in the final of the continent’s showpiece competition.

Jan Harlan has fond memories of his time in Ireland with the late director for the making of Barry Lyndon, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

A US housing regulator is set to take two of the world’s biggest banks to trial on Monday to try to recoup more than $1bn (€955m) in damages over mortgage bonds sold to government-run mortgage finance companies ahead of the 2008 economic crisis.

Farloe Blitz continued his serene progress through the Greyhound & Pet World and Odds On Dog Food Supersprint with a wide-margin victory in the first semi-final on Saturday night at Curraheen Park.

“Fat” Freddie Thompson has been jailed for 20 months for his part in a pub brawl “sparked by slagging” at a funeral during which a beer bottle was thrown at the victim.

One of the men who went missing at sea off Brighton beach in England during the early hours of the morning was swept in after taking part in a dare.

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew will today consider whether to make a fresh approach to the Premier League over whether he can sign a goalkeeper on an emergency loan ahead of the Tyne-Wear derby.

She entered our lives as part of the reality TV show, Fade Street, going on to marry Brian McFadden. Now, twenty something Ms Williams is fronting an RTÉ show on the afterlife, writes Ailin Quinlan

Love/Hate star Tom Vaughan Lawlor has revealed he finds it very tough to act out scenes of violence against women in his role as gangland villain Nidge.

Frederick ‘Freddie’ Thompson has launched a High Court challenge against the Prison Service’s decision to transfer him from Cloverhill to Cork Prison.