An animal charity has been inundated with puppies and is looking for good homes for 60 of them.

A woman jogging on a sunny Sunday morning in East Cork was killed when she was struck by a car. Yesterday the family of the deceased said it prayed the elderly motorist would find peace.

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A bank yesterday sought to repossess the luxury family home of one of the country’s best-known hoteliers, who became broke in the property crash.

Whether it’s a unicycle, BMX or just an ordinary model, there are lots of events planned for cyclists this week, Áilín Quinlan reports.

On Fools’ Day, Róisín Meaney recalls her childhood dreams of fancy nuptials. But in these times of once-worn dresses, four-tier cakes and chair ribbons, she has more sense. And money...

“Always be ready for anything, you never know what will happen to you.”

An inquest has found that a farmer fatally wounded by multiple gunshots was unlawfully killed, while his brother-in-law, found later in a nearby farm shed, died by suicide.

The death has occurred of Sean McNamara, one of the most respected prop forwards in Munster rugby for more than a decade immediately after World War II and who then went on to coach Thomond during the most successful years of the Limerick club.

OVER the last six years Age Action has trained more than 11,000 older people in how to use a computer and, in doing so, has opened up their lives to a whole range of new and exciting experiences.

Hilda Jordan yesterday did what no woman should ever have to as she buried her husband and brother within a matter of hours.

The funerals of brothers-in-law George Rothwell and Michael Jordan will take place today following moving scenes last night.

The funerals of the two farmers killed in an apparent murder-suicide in Co Carlow on Wednesday are likely to be delayed after their bodies were only released last night to their families.

The two Carlow farmers who died in an apparent midweek murder-suicide will be given a joint wake today in their native Bagenalstown.

A dispute over a plot of land appears to have resulted in a suspected murder-suicide among neighbouring in-laws in Co Carlow — and there may have been an exchange of fire.

One of George Rothwell’s beloved horses stopped in his tracks for a moment and stared out from one of the fields fronting the stately Ballycormick House.

he family of two brothers-in-law found dead on neighbouring farms in a suspected murder-suicide have been devastated and numbed by the tragedy, a local priest said.

ANDY GRAY and Richard Keys might be stuck in the Dark Ages when it comes to the role of women in football but the vast majority of fans attending games here have long moved on according to a leading female Irish referee.

AN overjoyed Batt O’Keeffe walked his daughter Hilda down the aisle over the weekend as she married her fiance, Damien Smyth, in a church ceremony in Ballincollig, Co Cork.

Freed aid worker Sharon Commins has been honoured with a humanitarian award.

An Irish aid worker touched down on home soil after being held captive for almost four months in war-torn Sudan.

Aid worker Sharon Commins and her Ugandan colleague kidnapped in war-torn Sudan more than three months ago have been freed, the Government revealed today.

The head of the charity whose aid workers were kidnapped in Darfur tonight appealed for their safe return.

A 17-year-old American girl died just hours after her health insurance company reversed an earlier decision and said it would pay for a liver transplant.

MARIA Esther de Capovilla, the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died in Ecuador aged 116.

Grieving relatives, many black-clad and weeping, arrived at a central Athens morgue today by bus, taxi or on foot to try to identify the remains of some of the 121 people – including 10 families – killed in Greece’s worst plane crash.

THE Pope was looking after us. That was the unanimous chorus of delight and surprise from privileged Irish pilgrims who found themselves witnessing history close up in St Peter’s Square yesterday.

Grant Mitchell has been voted as the soap character most television viewers want to see back on their screens.

TRIBUTES poured in yesterday for Rumpole of the Bailey actor Leo McKern, who has died at the age of 82.

Coronation Street's Hilda and Stan Ogden have been voted the most romantic TV couple of all time.