A seven-year-old girl drowned at her best friend's birthday pool party while there was no lifeguard on duty, an inquest heard.

Ladies to show competitive edge in fashion stakes

Ecologist Carl Dixon tells Ellie O’Byrne how an article he wrote for this newspaper inspired him to make a documentary about a female angler that is enchanting audiences in the US and Europe

1 The tracksuits of terror: Where are they?

Model and TV presenter Glenda Gilson turned up a fashionable 36 minutes late for her wedding yesterday in an overcast but mainly dry Kilrush in Co Clare.

Newlyweds who were grounded when their aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing after a suspected fuel leak passed the first big test of their married life together — with flying colours.

Tune into TV3 at 8pm tonight for the 13th national celebration of Irish style at the Marker Hotel in Dublin where the country's most fashionable celebrities, including the Xposé girls, are in attendance.

A memorial service will be held today in Donegal for two small boys killed in Superstorm Sandy in New York.

A priest has condemned New York residents who refused to open their doors to a mother of two Irish boys who were swept away by Superstorm Sandy in the US.

The parish priest of Portnoo in Co Donegal has expressed shock at the deaths of two young boys during Superstorm Sandy on Staten Island in New York.

Women would be lost without their trusty handbag resting on their shoulder or in the crook of their arm. But what does your choice of handbag and the things that you keep in it really reveal about you? Lisa Jewell asked well-known American psychic Victoria Bullis to give readings for three Irish celebrities — she based them on a picture of the bag and a list of the contents, but the celebrity’s name was kept anonymous

Adam Sandler and friends have scored a new high — or low — among voters of the Razzies, an Academy Awards spoof that presents prizes for the year’s worst movies.

Adam Sandler's 'Jack and Jill' swept the boards at the 32nd Annual Razzie Awards in California last night.

A brother of model and TV presenter Glenda Gilson has pleaded not guilty to possessing cannabis and driving under the influence of an intoxicant.

Glynis Barber has announced she is leaving 'EastEnders'.

High-profile drug deaths, marital break-ups, musical satire and aeroplane misdeeds, 2010 will certainly be remembered as a year of celebrity meltdown, writes Richie Taylor

Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) leaves Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) for dead when the ‘EastEnders’ hardman suffers a heart attack.

IT appears that the stress associated with being the number one 55-year-old multimillionaire that 20-something Irish models can’t get enough of has finally got to property tycoon, Johnny Ronan.

EIGHT celebrities have swapped their glamorous lifestyles for the raw passion of a GAA training ground.

Eight celebrities have swapped their glamorous lifestyles for the raw passion of a GAA training ground.

ALL art is quite useless according to Oscar Wilde but these three paintings could prove very useful to People in Need.

ONE of the areas that the Equality Authority’s study is certain to examine is the way women appear in advertising shots and how they are seen by those who are viewing the advert.

Sunderland legend Ian Porterfield’s funeral will take place in Surrey next Thursday afternoon.

AFTER Charity You’re a Star and the excuse for a summer we’re experiencing, you’d have thought there was enough real-life horror on this rattled little island without inventing more.

A FISHING lodge near Fermoy has been voted as the number one destination by readers of a well-known British angling publication.

Police cautioned swimmers on the Indonesian resort island of Bali today after a storm-driven 10-foot wave killed one person.

The remote north-west Australian fishing town of Onslow was lashed by torrential rain and winds gusting at 100 mph as a severe tropical cyclone crossed the coast today from the Indian Ocean, government weather authorities said.

Friends, family and fans came together today to celebrate the life of soccer legend John Charles in his home city.

Bottled water company Deep RiverRock has launched www.deepriverrock.com — a new, interactive website with party-girl and top model Glenda Gilson as Showbiz Reporter.

IRELAND’S rugby captain Brian O’Driscoll has expressed annoyance at the media intrusion into his personal life.