Why would you do that to yourself?

Snow White, Cork Opera House

British IS recruiter Sally-Anne Jones, dubbed the White Widow, is understood to have been killed in a US drone strike.

Many believe she was making the attack all about herself.

A man has been jailed for life for the murder of 20-year-old Joseph Dunne in Co. Kildare in May 2014.

A Hungarian national has been found guilty of murdering a 20-year-old Kildare man with a baseball bat.

A man was “smacked at the back of his head” by a man with a baseball bat after he hit a parked van “a thump”, a murder trial jury has heard.

The white coffin of baby Mary Connors looked tiny in the hearse that was more suited to a casket three times its length and twice its width, but her little cousin did his best to fill the space around it with kisses, writes Caroline O’Doherty

Throw the dice: With an emphasis on graphic art and design quality, French toy company Djeco (www.djeco.com) makes a distinctive range of educational puzzles, games, art kits and toys.

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Jojo Moyes

NOW that Christmas is over and New Year’s resolutions are still fresh in our minds why don’t we all decide to spend even a couple of extra hours a week having fun in the kitchen with all the family, cooking from scratch and saving money to boot.

SATURDAY

Despite parts in RTÉ’s Raw and the BBC’s Ripper Street, Charlene McKenna still worries about working, she tells Rachel Borrill

Doctor Who actress Billie Piper today made a surprise UK chart comeback on downloads alone.

X Factor winner Leona Lewis is still riding high at the top of the British charts with her debut single A Moment Like This.

One for the pre-teen young ladies, a fluffy romance that satisfies without troubling the gray cells too much.

Teen pop sensation JoJo has been forced to quit school - because her success led to intense jealousy among her classmates.

Former Westlife star Brian McFadden is savouring his success today after his first solo single stormed to the top of the charts in Ireland and the UK.

Teenage pop sensation JoJo has hit out at comparisons with Britney Spears - insisting she is nothing like the pop princess.

Teen singing sensation JoJo is facing a backlash in her native America, from parents who think she is too sexy for a 13-year-old.

Nelly’s new single, My Place/Flap Your Wings, has stormed to the top of the British charts, depriving Natasha Bedingfield of a three week stint as number one.

Moonlight Mile is a compelling story of how three people deal with the unexpected and violent death of a young woman.