Locals and tourists alike will take a walk on the wild side this weekend as the culture, heritage and activities associated with one of Waterford’s most famous mountains returns.

You have to wonder about legislators bringing in law that is, inevitably, going to make employers not currently gagging to employ females even less likely to want them, writes Terry Prone

Got a dilemma? No problem! Ask Audrey has all the answers.

Got an issue? Ask Audrey...

Ask Audrey’s been sorting out the people of Cork for ages. Here’s the latest advice she’s dished up.

This is a story for the teachers out there who wonder if what they do makes a difference to children’s lives.

This girl thought she would have a bit of fun with it.

Coming out to your family can be a daunting experience but this Californian teen thought that she should have some fun with it.

THE Marble Collector opens with a memory. Sabrina Bloggs, aged three, watches as her mother launches the teapot at the ceiling. 

VISIT THIS

Gina Ahern found it hard enough to be homeless but to be branded a fire hazard too left her in despair.

Age: 32

An anti-water charges protest at Fingal County Council in which a number of protesters sat between the panes of a revolving door resulted in a woman receiving injuries when a glass pane shattered.

Corofin (Galway) v Slaughtneil (Derry)

Sonya Kelly puts a funny spin on her battles with bureaucracy to secure an Irish visa for her Australian girlfriend, writes Pádraic Killeen

The funeral Mass of 40-year-old Shay Casey, who died in an avalanche on the Alps, was not so much an outpouring of grief as a celebration of a life passionately lived.

The family of a climber killed in an avalanche in Italy have spoken of their devastation at the death of their youngest son.

Congratulations Jimmy and Molly.

She wants to get him modelling and onto reality shows. Oh, the power of the internet...

Four of Crescent Comprehensive most distinguished sporting alumni returned to the Limerick school yesterday for the official opening of a new trophy room.

Jimmy Kimmel is set to become a father for the third time.

Work is under way to establish a rapid response volunteer corps to help flood victims in Cork.

GINA Kerry rates the phone calls from strangers in Ghana purporting to have seen her missing aunt and asking for money to be wired through Western Union among the crueller hoaxes she’s endured in the 20-year search for her loved one.

Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart said she plans to relinquish control of a multi-billion dollar family trust, ending a long-running and bitter feud with two of her “lazy” children.

A man has been charged with rape and kidnapping after three women missing for a decade were found alive at his Ohio home.

One of the men accused of holding three women captive in a suburban Cleveland home has been charged with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape.

Former school bus driver Ariel Castro has been charged with four counts of kidnap and three of rape over the missing women inquiry in Ohio.

The three women held captive for about a decade at a run-down US house were apparently bound with ropes and chains, police said today, while charges were expected by the end of the day against the three brothers under arrest.

One of the suspects in the case of three women who were rescued this week, 10 years after they went missing, had been active in neighbourhood searches and vigils for the women, neighbours say.

Forged in the same creative fire as ‘StreetDance’ and its sequel, ‘All Stars’ is a resolutely feel-good family comedy about a group of resourceful tykes who take matters into their own hands to stop bureaucrats from wrecking their local community.

The 'Man of Steel' star Henry Cavill and the 'Haywire' actress Gina Carano stepped out arm-in-arm at the 18th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards in California yesterday evening, where Gina was nominated for the Best Actress in an Action Movie prize.

A family that has united to fight the flab has lost a combined eight stone — equivalent in weight of that of a 14-year-old.

SATURDAY NIGHT, and I’m on the sofa, whiling away the evening with a book, jar of lime pickle, lump of cheddar and my own company.

Parents can help to turn around the troubled behaviour of their son or daughter by creating a safe, love-bombing experience.

Aidan Murphy completed the line-up for the 2012 Hurley’s of Midleton King of the Roads when he beat Christy Mullins by a bowl of odds in the Mick Barry Cup final at Ballincurrig on Sunday.

IT’S BEEN a tough year for RTÉ and, as one of its most prolific presenters, Miriam O’Callaghan has also been through the mill.

The Forgotten Waltz

Ireland’s number one tennis player, Conor Niland, has today announced his retirement from the professional game with immediate effect due to a persistent hip injury.

I WANT Shelly Corkery to be a bitch: even just a bitch off the record.

Amy Conroy’s I Love Alice Love I runs at the Peacock Theatre from next week. She tells Pádraic Killeen why its subject matter is so important

The High Court has reserved judgment in an action for alleged overcharging against the director of a cleaning company who claims she is the victim of a vendetta by developer Sean Dunne.