The injuries to Bobby Ryan's body were not caused by debris falling on the skeleton when gardaí removed the concrete lid covering the tank in which the body was found, a senior garda has told the Central Criminal Court.

Mary Lowry visited a psychic to see if would help when her boyfriend Bobby "Mr Moonlight" Ryan disappeared, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Mary Lowry said she did not make the recording and did not give anyone permission to record the conversation.

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The funeral is taking place tomorrow of Kilkenny woman Mary Phelan who campaigned tirelessly to find her missing sister, Jo Jo Dullard.

'I looked like the most patriotic flyer ever. I sat on the plane singing our national anthem, Amhrán Na bhFiann, for eleven hours straight,”

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In April, the dubliner dropped her new album LIFE. LOVE. FLESH. BLOOD followed by three sold out dates at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre.

From enchanting Morrissey to moving Imelda May, Damien Dempsey’s music often provokes an emotional response, writes Ed Power.

Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos has been buried at a heroes' cemetery in a secrecy-shrouded ceremony.

The Philippine Supreme Court has ordered the government to put on hold a divisive plan to bury former dictator Ferdinand Marcos in a heroes’ cemetery, a court spokesman said.

So, I've been doing this shtick of dressing on point for The Marquee gigs this year. Before you ask, it's because, honestly, I don't get out much these days and I'm quite easily amused.

American rocker Meat Loaf is being lined up to perform on Irish television, according to Imelda May.

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Sharks, paramedics, and the Lusitania - a varied mix of TV tips tonight.

Check out our spolier-free guide to Christmas Day TV.

The Christmas spirit is alive and well in Cork city, where an 11-year-old boy from Fermoy spent most of his Christmas budget to buy gifts for a homeless woman's children.

The Christmas spirit is alive and well in Cork city, where an 11-year-old boy from Fermoy spent most of his Christmas budget to buy gifts for a homeless woman’s children.

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Two Presentation nuns who died at Inch Strand, in Co Kerry, on Thursday night, are now believed to have drowned, investigators have concluded.

It was the end of another day which had, up to that point, been uneventful for the lifeguards. Just after 7pm, they were routinely taking down the flag at a popular strand in the south-west.

Both nuns were from Tipperary and were highly regarded among the leaders of the Presentation Order in this country.

Two children died just hours apart in Cork and Tipperary, heralding a tragic start to the Bank Holiday weekend.

Rachel Pilkington makes plea to Irish Government.

As Marquee acts go, Elbow aren’t in the same vein as entertainment icons Dolly, Tom or even our own Imelda.

It was a packed-out tent at the Marquee, with an all-ages Saturday night crowd clad in rockabilly dresses and super-styled fringes as Imelda May came to town.

It’s the sheer energy that gets you. Imelda May multitasks like a real livewire — she lashes out credit to singers and songwriters; she reminisces about childhood picnics; she jokes about clearing up the havoc wrought by her little girl armed with a marker in a hotel room; she struts around the Marquee stage on her extremely high heels like an ultra-glamorous dressage pony — and above all the lady sings.

MUSIC NEWS: With appearances on the Graham Norton Show and beyond, you’ve probably been seeing quite a bit of Imelda May lately. The Dublin rocker’s publicity drive is all part of the campaign for the release of her new album Tribal, out today.

Limerick’s own Neil Cusack saw a lot in America, like hillbillies with shotguns chasing athletes, but for a moment he owned America too. This weekend 40 years ago he won the oldest and most celebrated city marathon in the world, a moment that brought a welcome sense of joy and colour and even the exotic to Ireland 1974

Imelda Keenan’s eldest brother got on his knees and begged for the return of his sister during a graveside ceremony in Co Laois yesterday.

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.

Kian Egan’s camp-mates toasted him with champagne when he became King of the Jungle.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter was visibly moved yesterday when he launched Missing Persons Day at Farmleigh House in Dublin.

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The last family remaining in a housing estate earmarked for redevelopment have won their battle with Cork City Council over the terms of their move, and have handed over their keys amid emotional scenes.

Caroline Kennedy was just 5 when her father kissed her goodbye and left the US for his visit to Ireland, but she has made that journey in her imagination many times since.

Former Boston Marathon winner Neil Cusack pledged to return to the city of his greatest triumph in a gesture of solidarity after Monday’s bombings.

The only family remaining on an estate due to be demolished are living in fear, says Eoin English

Martina Evans draws on her Mallow childhood for her new work written in the unusual form of an extended prose poem, says Colette Sheridan

An elderly couple is living in fear after being left isolated in a housing estate, vacated for regeneration.