Brave transplant patient Isabel Terry is said to be in “great form” after being transferred from intensive care to a special ward.

Running isn’t just good for physical fitness, it also helps to combat the ill effects of anxiety and depression, says Clodagh Finn

Courageous Isabel Terry has been described as a “warrior” focused on recovery following her double lung and heart transplant operation.

She’s been waiting 15-years for the phone call that could transform her life.

From the very start, this was about more than money. It was about public education, writes Terry Prone.

Ailbhe Keane began creating stylish spoke guards for her wheelchair-using sister Isabel. They now have a proper business, writes Ruth O’Connor

A Cork father-of-nine who brutally raped his teenage daughter on a weekly basis when she was aged between 16 and 17 has been jailed for nine years, writes Isabel Hayes.

Pet O’Connell goes hill walking in Dingle, and brushes up on her Irish language skills while she’s there.

What started out as a final-year college project has developed into a fully-fledged business.

Scarred by the horrors of World War One, army veteran Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender) opts for self-exile as a lighthouse keeper as The Light Between Oceans (12A) begins. 

Helen O’Callaghan looks at problems that may irritate tots.

Crowds jeered the French prime minister as he joined other officials in Nice to remember victims killed during the lorry rampage on the city’s promenade.

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Isabel’s treatment lacked even the most basic level of human decency and was shocking in its lack of compassion, writes Alison O’Connor

A politician who lost his business and came through the “difficult and chaotic” personal insolvency process was celebrating last night after being elected the Lord Mayor of Cork.

A Donegal coroner has described the deaths of two elderly sisters — whose lives had been turned upside down after an aggravated burglary almost three years ago — as a terrible tragedy.

Police in England have arrested a 37-year-old woman after a Staffordshire bull terrier bit 11 children in a park.

A Cork woman, who has been waiting for a double lung and heart transplant for 13 years, has launched a campaign to increase the number of organ donors in Ireland, reports Sarah Horgan.

THE history of the Norman conquest is threaded through the forthcoming New Ross Piano Festival. The Ros Tapestry shows how the Normans were invited by Dermot MacMurrough, whose daughter Aoife married Strongbow.

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A nine-year-old girl has died after a sand hole collapsed on her at an Oregon beach.

His daughter’s illness prompted Michael Lawlor to change his career and in the process, to improve her health.

The good Samaritan who gave the coat, and more, off her back, to a baby born on a bustling New York street corner has been reunited with the child’s parents

When Cian and Polly McCourt moved from Ireland to the US, little did they suspect that the arrival of the newest Big Apple of their eye would get more views than a hit Broadway performance.

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The last time Derbyshire-born hard man Jason Statham shed a tear on camera, he was probably recoiling from a swift kick to his expendables in one of the testosterone-fuelled action thrillers that have become his trademark.

A 12-year-old Dublin girl has developed an app with over two million downloads.

A calculator developed by a 12-year-old girl and her Irish father has become the number one-rated app worldwide on Amazon’s Android App Store.

Dr Harvey Karp’s calming techniques have made him America’s most influential expert on children. Rhys Blakely (and daughters) meet him.

The Kingmaker’s Daughter

The Light Between Oceans

For most of us, skiing constitutes a leisure activity more than a sport, but for Cork sisters Claire (15) and Isabel (13) O’Leary it could be the ticket to representing Ireland at the Winter Olympics.

The Greatcoat

NTERVIEWING Joanna Trollope is always a pleasure.

A TAIWANESE woman allegedly sold into slavery as a child has returned from the US to the island for a family reunion.

AN auction of actress Elizabeth Taylor’s world-renowned jewels took in $116 million (€89.4m), more than double the record for a single collection and setting new marks for pearls, colourless diamonds and Indian jewels.

THREE 16-year-old girls have gone missing in Cork city, raising concerns for their welfare.

Gardaí in Cork are today seeking the public's assistance in locating 16-year-old Isabel Tache.

Isabel Tompsett continues to make steady progress from the serious injuries she received in a fall at Fakenham in May.

Isabel Tompsett is reported to be making good progress as she continues to recover from a bad fall at Fakenham last month.

We Are Besieged

NO OFFENCE intended to that silly old bear Winnie the Pooh (G), but it’s a telling indictment of the week’s releases that an animated movie for a young audience is the most accomplished film of the week.