Organisers of the Cartell.ie Rally of the Lakes (May 1-3) will use the stages along the Beara Peninsula on the opening day of the event rather than the second and final day as in previous years.

COMMUNITY leaders in west Wicklow are setting up a crime text alert system linking several towns and involving gardaí in the wake of the release of local convicted sex offender Larry Murphy.

Suri Cruise is to become a star in her own right after she was signed as the new face of Baby Gap, according to reports.

British soul sensation Joss Stone's stint as the face of Gap is set to be short-lived - R&B star John Legend has already been named as her successor.