Lynne Kelleher Five years after preparing to consign him to the slaughterhouse due to his sexual orientation, the former owner of Benjy the gay bull has had an emotional reunion with the celebrity Charolais.

Maura D Higgins, lads. We must protect her at all costs.

Helen O’Callaghan talks to filmmaker Nicholas Ryan-Purcell about his new documentary and growing up with Asperger’s syndrome.

When the drive to go west hit Europe in the 19th century, it was not uncommon for fathers to cross the ocean ahead of their wives and children in search of work and a place to live.

A young Adele superfan from Belfast who got a visit from her idol last year in Belfast has died.

This week I’m sharing my favourite Irish online companies for Christmas shopping. Recipe wise, I’ve got my smoked mackerel pate and posh nuts, the perfect nibbles for any Christmas party.

Shop owner Milan Hosek, who had his part of his ear bitten off during a racist attack on a Dublin street, is among those featured in new RTÉ2 documentary Trauma tonight.

Millennials are looking to angel cards, crystals and psychics to connect with an ‘other world’ where life has a sense of meaning, says Lorraine Courtney.

IT can’t be pleasant, reading your own obituary, but jockey Declan Murphy’s injuries were so severe after falling at Haydock Park in 1994 that the Racing Post subsequently led with the headline ‘Declan Murphy Dies After Horror Fall’.

The mother of Rio and Anton Ferdinand has died after a battle with cancer.

Fear and confusion are a natural response to terrorism and Jen Hogan hears what we as parents can do to help our children process feelings and cope in the aftermath

Today marks the beginning of National Volunteering Week. Ellie O’Byrne pays tribute to our unpaid heroes.

When deciding the right age at which to send your child to school, older rather than younger may be the best option, says Jen Hogan.

Joanna Trollope still turns heads. It is not just that she carries herself with such dignity and grace, with her English charm and impeccable manners. It is also her ability to win fans all over the world.

Most of us will be guilty of checking our mobile phones when we are supposed to be working.

For someone who came late to writing, the fiction of Joanna Walsh has an accomplished tone and has all the signs of a maturity forged from life’s experiences, writes Sue Leonard.

A woman has been found guilty of murdering a 63-year-old man who was subjected to a “protracted torturing and killing”.

A brother and sister murdered an elderly man in an attempt to cover up a robbery, the Central Criminal Court in Dublin has heard.

What's on telly? UEFA and benefits and movies galore.

She was a woman of many names. Also known as ‘Mary O’Connor’, ‘Mary the Shop’, and ‘Mary the Pensioner’, it was the title of ‘Mary John B’ that charmed her the most.

Two sisters of a woman who died from cancer and left her estate to a friend have claimed in the High Court that the will is invalid.

Colin Keane proved the hero in sunny Killarney last night, registering the third treble of his career on board Bertie Le Belge and Sacrificial for his boss Ger Lyons and following-up on Paul Flynn’s Jackie Ellis.

Up to 30,000 secondary school teachers are on strike again today in a row over Junior Cycle reform.

Up and Down

Sean Moncrieff presents a new quiz show, Crossfire, on TV3 at 8pm tonight.

Joanna Lumley wants to be reincarnated as a giraffe.

A court has heard the 999 call made by a Polish man after he beat his wife with a lump hammer at their Dublin home on the morning of her birthday.

A jury in the trial of a Polish man accused of trying to kill his wife at their home in Dublin has been told the attack happened on the morning of her birthday.

Your guide on what to look out for on the box tonight.

Child sex predator Ian Watkins sexually abused hundreds of young victims during years of secret drug-fuelled activity, a former girlfriend has warned.

Jennifer Saunders hopes to get an 'Absolutely Fabulous' film off the ground next year.

The prospect of aerobics might usually have people running a mile in the opposite direction, but not in Limerick.

To the Manor torn

Joanna Mills may defect to the Great Britain squad in protest at her exclusion from the Irish athletics team for the Olympics.

Caitriona Cuddihy has said she should never have been de-selected by the Athletics Ireland Appeal Panel (AIAP).

“I miss him every day and when I wake up in the morning I think we’re going to be having our breakfast together. His presence is still here. I can feel him around the place.” — Mary Keane

I COULD introduce the ‘kingdom’ of Kerry with a description of its incomparable physical attributes, from Cahirsiveen to Ballybunion, but a few well-taken photographs would eclipse my most passionate prosopography.

NTERVIEWING Joanna Trollope is always a pleasure.

A 10-year-old girl who died following an after-school fight with an 11-year-old female student suffered head trauma in a case the coroner’s office yesterday said was a homicide.

Jennifer Saunders has confirmed she is going to make 'Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie'.

Jennifer Saunders only made more 'Absolutely Fabulous' episodes because Joanna Lumley told everyone she would.