WHAT do Homer Simpson and Enda Kenny have in common, apart, that is, from celebrating anniversaries? The Simpsons is 30 years in the making and Mr Kenny is today the longest surviving Fine Gael Taoiseach.

Who needs breakfast in bed? The very brave Pat Fitzpatrick explains why he thinks Mother’s Day should be abandoned altogether. 

Eoin Colfer couldn’t resist setting the latest instalment of Iron Man in Ireland, writes Ed Power

For golf fans the time has arrived. Cancel all engagements, lock the doors and draw the blinds, it's Ryder Cup time.

Doctor Who will feature in Lego Dimensions. In fact, all twelve of them will, although only Peter Capaldi has lent his voice to the role.

Bart Simpson will be killed off in 'The Simpsons'.

Your spoiler free guide to tonight's TV.

The makers of the Simpsons followed through on their promise to kill off a character last night.

While the hugely popular British preschool animated television series, Peppa Pig, portrays the father in the family as a lazy bumbler, his redeeming qualities do offer an alternative view to kids.

He’s a confident man.

D'oh!

This guy really loves the Simpsons.

Move over Homer Simpson. Take a backseat, Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski.

Last week Dr Simon Singh, a mathematician and author, gave the third Berkeley Lecture on ‘The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets’. Prof Stephen Buckley, head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics of NUI Maynooth, heard Singh’s theory.

Insert Lego-themed pun here.

A man got his arm stuck down a toilet while trying to retrieve his wedding ring.

Duff Beer and Lard Lad Donuts – those mainstays of Homer Simpson’s diet – are now a reality.

So long, Simpsons and ta ta, Del Boy — Mrs Brown’s Boys are the country’s favourite TV family.

Fathers’ Day is looming but a survey in Britain suggests many parents believe the way in which dads are portrayed in much of popular culture inaccurately paints them as feckless and lazy.

A survey suggests the way fathers are portrayed in popular culture may be eroding their status as role models — so maybe it’s apt that, as I begin writing this piece, I am drinking a yoghurt from the carton because I couldn’t be bothered trying to find a spoon.

When people take to Google to find out about Irish people, you’d be surprised what the most common questions are…

Remember when Homer Simpson drove out of New York with a wheel clamp still on his car?

In one of the great scenes in one of the great television series Homer Simpson is philosophising from his couch as he uses his TV’s remote control to flick aimlessly from channel to channel.

HERE’S an upside to the downturn.

The self-styled patron saint of septic tanks was finally martyred by Micheál Martin on the altar of Europe.

The world-famous scientist refuses to let his debilitating condition hold him back, writes Maria Cheng

THEY say that when you are in a deep hole you should stop digging.

Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness and independent David Norris struggled to beat ‘Inanimate carbon rod’ in a popular online poll of potential presidential candidates recently.

A MAN who decided it would be fun to try and split the atom on his kitchen stove is now facing two years in jail.

'American Pie' star Eugene Levy has been named the most embarrassing on-screen dad in a poll of film fans.

A British man who weighs 20 stone said today that he intends to put on weight because he is not overweight enough to qualify for weight-loss surgery.

Usher has been accused of copying Homer Simpson.

IN 1992 Galileo was welcomed back into the fold of the Catholic Church by Pope John Paul II and last week Homer Simpson was ‘converted’ to the faith.

HOMER SIMPSON has debated with God on the merits of religion versus sport, been banished to hell and frolicked nude in the Garden of Eden.

MEXICAN soldiers seized 105 tonnes of marijuana with a US street value of more than $340 million (€246m) on Monday in Mexico’s biggest-ever pot haul, the army said.

Mexican security forces seized at least 105 tons of US-bound marijuana in the border city of Tijuana, by far the biggest pot bust in the country in recent years.

If there’s one weekend where you too can form a Homer Simpson-like indentation in your sofa, it is the three-day jamboree that is the Ryder Cup, writes Simon Lewis

YOU know that noise Homer Simpson makes?

BEER-SWILLING, doughnut-lover Homer Simpson has been named the greatest character created for television and film in the past 20 years.

Homer Simpson has been voted the greatest film and TV character of the last 20 years.

Homer Simpson calls himself the new Messiah in an upcoming controversial 'The Simpsons' episode.