"Whatever way the man grabbed her arm, Kate saw an opening and thankfully remembered her kempo training...She kicked him hard in the ribs."

As the Blue Book turns 45, Marie Toft joins the women at the helm of Ireland’s country houses for afternoon tea.

PRETTY Woman, Erin Brockovich, Notting Hill; it’s easy to reel off a long list of Julia Roberts’ hit films. Try and name a TV show she has starred in though, and you’d struggle — until now, that is.

As he takes the call in the office of his Toyota dealership in Clonmel, John Kennedy looks at the framed photograph of Clonoulty-Rossmore’s 1997 senior county-winning team. The win, over Mullinahone, doubled the two-time All-Ireland SHC winner’s county senior medal haul, following the 1989 success against Holycross-Ballycahill.

While the vast majority (98%) of those who were looking after home/family in 2016 were women, the CSO figures show the number of men looking after home/family nearly doubled in the 10 years up to 2016, rising from 4,900 to 9,200.

“It was a terrific day, a wonderful way to celebrate the centenary of Ford in Ireland.”

When Ford was described by UCC President Professor Patrick G. O’Shea as “a Cork company with an American subsidiary”, it was a remark that perfectly captured the light-hearted mood during the visit of William Clay Ford Jr.

For anyone whizzing by Ballinascarthy on the N71, it’s hard to miss the gleaming stainless steel statue of an iconic Model T Ford.

A terrified mother was confronted by a man who started "rocking the car on the road" while she and four children were inside.

The legacy of the late Owen O’Callaghan can be seen throughout his native Cork and beyond.

You could have the chance to play the game with an emoji.

Hasbro have launched a vote online to select eight completely new tokens for this year’s version of the iconic boardgame.

Talking to eventer Padraig McCarthy this week as he prepared for the startof Ireland’s Olympic challenge tomorrow, the conversation has a recurring theme: Positivity. 

Ireland is famed for it's appeal to tourists, but how many people who live here can say they have really explored our fine island?

Emily Dickinson, TS Eliot, Elizabeth Bishop, and Paul Durcan were the poets examined in a higher-level Leaving Certificate English paper lasting over three hours.

By the time the 2016 State examinations started yesterday morning, outside temperatures had already reached 20C in some parts of the country.

For over 60,000 students, Junior Certificate English was first on the cards at schools around the country yesterday.

Three valuable paintings that were stolen from a house in Wicklow last year have been recovered, after a man cutting a hedge found them discarded in a black bag.

The heartbroken husband of an Irish woman killed in a terrorist attack in Tunisia two weeks ago has thanked all those who comforted him.

A loving mother of two killed in the Tunisia beach massacre will be remembered for her goodness and kindness, her funeral Mass has heard.

Hundreds queued yesterday to pay their respects to the Athlone couple who were murdered at a beach-side resort in Tunisia a week ago.

A kind and caring woman, Lorna Carty has been described as a beautiful and genuine person who never stopped smiling.

Rising Twirl looks the best bet in tonight’s quarter-final of the Sporting Press Irish Oaks at Shelbourne Park.

With chronic shortages of basic goods and services, price increases of 60%, and 30,000 murders per year, the natives, especially the middle classes, are fleeing abroad, says Richard Fitzpatrick

A woman has spoken about how she was tied up and repeatedly raped by a masked machete-wielding man while she was working as a holiday representative in Portugal.

IT’S quite common for children — when transitioning from pre-school to primary — to develop a really strong attachment to one friend.

Emily Blunt thinks 'Frozen' triggered her labour.

The duo tackle Damien's song Sing All Your Cars Away.

Julia Roberts thinks she has taken a "risk" by not having cosmetic surgery.

The level of state supports for the family of toddler Hassan Khan are set to be investigated following his shocking death.

"I remember her as a little child in my garden, she played together with my kids. And this is what was ahead. It’s heartbreaking."

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Legends like Harry Bradshaw, Fred Daly, Christy O’Connor Senior, Paul McGinley, Darren Clarke and Pádraig Harrington have won the Irish PGA Championship over its 104-year history.

How to Write a Story

A surreptitious visit from Santa at Christmas or a tooth fairy fly-by are standard overnight surprises in childhood but little Tadhg Buckley’s treat when he awoke from slumber was far more substantial.

Almost nine years ago, on the night of November 2, 2005, Patrick O’Kelly, a 61-year-old security guard, fell from his bed in the then Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick where he was being treated for a suspected stroke. Within hours of that accident, his family was summoned to his bedside to be told that Mr O’Kelly was dying.

Ger O’Neill has a couple of reasons for believing he might win the championship for five-year-old horses at Millstreet International Horse Show.

A music student who suffered a devastating brain injury after her car was rear-ended on the way to a school Christmas carol service has settled her High Court action for €6.8m.