As a major study highlights soaring rates of childhood and adolescent obesity around the world, experts tell how parents can tell if their child is obese.

Garda sources claim they repeatedly warned a man who survived a Kinahan cartel murder attempt on Wednesday to stay out of the city, but that these warnings were ignored.

Two men who received 20-year prison sentences for an aggravated burglary in Co Tipperary had their sentences reduced to 18 years on appeal.

A lost drug shipment was suspected of sparking the appalling violence that resulted in a hard-working and loving family “losing everything”.

Pobalscoil chorca Dhuibhne  1-12 Roscommon CBS 2-5: Patience, then enterprise. One without the other and Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne’s stay at the summit of schools football was at an end.

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Leading hoteliers John and Darina Gately have blamed the recession, office closures, and the decision on the location of Cork’s proposed events centre for the closure of their Boardwalk Bar and Grill venue.

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Stephen Gately's family are reportedly hiring a private investigator for a fresh probe into the tragedy, five years on from his death.

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RIVAL developers competing to build Cork’s first indoor events and conference centre have launched an intensive lobbying campaign ahead of a review to determine who should get a €16m state support package.

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IT WAS supposed to be his dream house in the perfect estate to raise a family.

A nurse who gripped the hand of Savita Halappanavar while delivering her dead baby daughter revealed how her patient later thanked her.

A nurse who gripped the hand of Savita Halappanavar while delivering her deceased baby daughter revealed how her patient later thanked her.

Boyzone have been banned from using the voice of singer Stephen Gately on their next album.

Losses at the firm controlled by Boyzone band members more than halved to €75,448 last year, new figures show.

KILDARE’S Ciaran Kelly played the captain’s role to perfection with two goals as the Lilywhites lifted their first Leinster Junior title since 2004 at St Conleth’s Park last night.

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Boyzone have funded a scholarship for a music student in memory of their bandmate Stephen Gately.

BROADCASTER Neil Prendeville, who performed a lewd act while travelling on an Aer Lingus flight from London to Cork, will remain off air until Garda investigations into the incident are complete, his employers have said.

Family and friends of the late Stephen Gately will gather in Dublin this afternoon for a ceremony marking the first anniversary of his death.

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Stephen Gately’s family will scatter his ashes on the first anniversary of his death.

Stephen Gately's widower Andy Cowles will receive nearly €1.18m from his husband’s estate.

There are moves being made to have the Docklands train station in Dublin named after the late Stephen Gately.

AS Oscar Wilde once pondered: “The public is wonderfully tolerant.

A memorial to the late Stephen Gately is to be erected on the street where he grew up.

The four remaining members of Boyzone have performed on stage together last night for the first time since Stephen Gately's death.

Boyzone are making an emotional on-stage reunion this month for the first time since the death of bandmate Stephen Gately, it was revealed today.

TWO of Ireland’s leading pop and folk music stars who lost their lives last year have been honoured by their peers at the annual Irish Meteor awards gala.

DEVELOPMENT lands in Athlone valued in 2006 at €31 million have a current value of €600,000.

Boyzone have performed together for the first time since the death of bandmate Stephen Gately.

A complaint that a newspaper comment piece about Boyzone star Stephen Gately’s death was “inaccurate”, “intrusive” and “discriminatory” was not upheld, the British Press Complaints Commission (PCC) said today.

Stephen Gately's voice will be heard on his up-coming TV tribute show.

Ronan Keating still thinks Stephen Gately will call him.

BANK of Ireland is seeking judgment orders for €17.4 million against a property developer under personal guarantees provided by him over certain loans to three of his companies.

Boyzone’s Mikey Graham is among the stars who will take 'Dancing On Ice' on the road this year, it was announced today.

IT’S a pity those who bemoan the demise of the club game weren’t in Dubarry Park on Saturday afternoon.

Boyzone star Keith Duffy has been having panic attacks since the death of his bandmate Stephen Gately.

Ronan Keating is not sure if Boyzone will be able to perform some of their biggest hits ever again.