Isobel delivered her little boy at 6.30pm and by 7.10pm was out on the street of the Yorkshire clinic where she had given birth carrying her baby’s body in a cardboard box. From there she and her partner went back to their hotel.

Isobel was told at CUMH that her baby would either die in the womb or an hour after being born. She decided to go to England for a termination but was appalled by the service and her treatment there, writes Alison O’Connor

With more than 1m people watching his emotional rendition of ‘Mr Brightside’ on a Kerry bar top, Brian O’Sullivan hopes the passing of the man he was honouring will help highlight the need for everyone to carry donor cards.

Cricket’s progression in Ireland from minority interest to the World Cup stage can arguably be attributed to one man, from one extraordinary family.

ACTRESS Isobel Mahon knows all too well the mindset of Pam, the character she plays in the comic play, Weighing-in, which is coming to Cork after a successful run in Dublin. 

Belle and Sebastian are happy to ignore the jibes and just get on with the music, says Ed Power.

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A Co Antrim school has brought in trained counsellors to help children and staff cope with the death of an eight-year-old boy.

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

A 93-year-old widower has broken his own record to become the world’s oldest wing walker.

Four rides at Ascot today, two at Thurles tomorrow and no Big Buck’s sums up my weekend rather neatly, I think.

It’s been Ireland’s best kept sporting secret but from tomorrow through to Sunday, snooker’s version of the Champions League final takes place in Galway — and over 40 million people will tune in to watch it.

RAILWAY UNION’S Julia O’Halloran will seek to plot the demise of some old friends as she welcomes her former UCC colleagues to Park Avenue for a refixed Irish Hockey League clash tomorrow (5pm).

ALTHOUGH Isobel Butler knew the River Poddle ran underground near her home in Harold’s Cross, she never realised how close it was to her property.

NEW facilities for one of Cork city’s oldest schools have moved a step closer with the granting of planning permission for a major refurbishment and extension.

SATURDAY

“IT took them 10 minutes to lay off 600 people.”

Mark Durkan steps down as the leader of the SDLP today after a decade at the helm.

“I MEAN Isobel was screaming to me ‘Mummy I’m drowning, help me’ – words that no parent ever wants to hear their child say when they are helpless to do anything.”

A man believed to have killed his two young daughters before committing suicide phoned their mother to say “the children have gone to sleep forever”, a family friend said.

A taxi driver found in possession of drugs worth over €110,000 has been jailed for seven years by Judge Frank O’Donnell at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Kylie Minogue, Amy Winehouse and Paul McCartney shared the spoils at the Q Awards today.

A robber was convicted today of the murder of wealthy financier John Monckton, who was stabbed to death in front of his wife and young daughter.

THE parents of a young girl swept to her death in a tragic balloon accident yesterday paid tribute to their “little angel” as they appealed for privacy to come to terms with their grief.