FITNESS expert, author and entrepreneur, Pat Divilly believes in dogged hard work. He knows from experience that there is no fast track to success.

IT’S not often you see Snapchat and sexual health education in the same sentence. But that didn’t stop social media influencer and entrepreneur James Kavanagh.

TOP-CLASS rower Sanita Pušpure may have returned from the world championships in Bulgaria with a gold medal for Ireland last month, but she’s not about to rest on her oars.

He may be 71 years old but rock/blues veteran Rob Strong is still, as his name suggests, going strong.

A BUDDHIST monk will often retreat by foot to the mountains to find some zen. But when RTÉ rugby pundit Brent Pope wants inner peace, he heads to the Wicklow Mountains on his cruiser motorbike, a burly Suzuki Volusia.

SHANE BYRNE likes to take on a challenge.

HE’S known as Little Jimmy Osmond but there’s nothing small about his career. The youngest of the 1970s chart-topping Osmond family, Jimmy joined his brothers aged three, earning his first of six gold records two years later. And though he has sung and glittered with showbiz royalty through the decades — including Elvis and Andy Williams — he carries his fame lightly.

“There’s more flexibility in terms of going to weddings and important things like that. I can’t say I’ve met everyone loads in the last couple of months but at the same time, I’ve a little more flexibility.”

THERE’S luck and there’s talent, and in rough-and-tumble contact sports one often depends on the other. But for All-Star winning hurler Ollie Canning it’s all down to luck.

DR RANGAN Chatterjee believes in walking the talk and so do his children. His seven-year-old son and five-year-old daughter literally follow in the footsteps of their dad, a GP from Manchester who is also the presenter of BBC’s

STANDING behind every new Rose of Tralee winner is a supportive sisterhood of former winners stretching back through the years.

TV and radio presenter Muireann O’Connell joins a long line of women who’ve thrived in their 30s. However, as a younger woman, she wasn’t convinced by what the hype, writes Irene Feighan. 

He describes himself “an actor who can move rather than an actor who can dance”. But as much as Ciarán Bermingham, the dynamic dame in this year’s Everyman panto, loves to move to the beat, it’s not easy being surrounded by lithe professionals dancers.

Before Niamh Kavanagh underwent surgery on January 31 for an ongoing problem with her thyroid, she sounded as if she was asthmatic, writes Irene Feighan. 

Aonghus McAnally is about to go on a nationwide tour in memory of Christy Hennessy, the man and his music, writes Irene Feighan.

SHEILA O’Flanagan has decamped to her summer home outside Alicante. But while the summer sun is pouring down outside, her mind is on a white winter.

“Last week I cried at ‘The Young Offenders’ movie... happy tears”

The inspirational Mark Pollock speaks to Irene Feighan and reveals how he aims to make Ireland the world’s leading research centre for robotics and spinal stimulation.

Irene Feighan sits down to have a chat with Connacht rugby player, Bundee Aki, about his health and nutrition.

If there was a song to describe Michaela’s life right now it would be Queen’s ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’. The RTÉ2 Scorchio actress is "having a good time"  and staying in shape, even if it means living in fast-forward mode seven days a week, writes Irene Feighan.

IT’S difficult not to be moved by the trails and triumphs of the leaders from Operation Transformation. And RTÉ presenter John Murray is no exception.

WEIGHT management is a numbers game and Operation Transformation’s clinical psychologist Dr Eddie Murphy is no exception, writes Irene Feighan. 

RACHEL STEVENS is reaching for the sky — yet again, says Irene Feighan.

Dan Corcoran learned he didn’t have to be there for the entire process, he tells Irene Feighan.

RACHEL Allen has built a stellar career as a creative yet accessible cook. Her no-nonsense approach ensures she has a legion of loyal fans and her books always feature in the bestseller category.

Corkman Darragh O’Leary tells Irene Feighan how his love of dance led to a life-changing experience at the London Olympics

YES: ‘Phones offer great advantages to kids’

Alison Campbell, engaged to heralded sportsman Darren Clarke, is tall, blond and beautiful. And more importantly, she is a successful businesswoman in her own right, says Irene Feighan.

THE death has taken place of one of the best-known and most popular female journalists in the south of Ireland.

MEDIA group Thomas Crosbie Holdings (TCH) last night conferred diplomas on 25 graduates of its Higher Diploma in Journalism Practice course in the company headquarters at South Mall, Cork.

NO money, no porn.

WEARING hats of every shape and size and sporting dazzling colours, women turned out in style for Ladies’ Day at Tralee Races, yesterday.