A mother of a Limerick toddler who fears he may not be able to fight off Covid-19 due to his vulnerability to infections has made an impassioned plea for people to observe social distancing.

A young girl who fell cutting her knee as she walked on the boardwalk beside a ride at a funfair has settled her High Court action for €80,000.

Inspired by his 18th All-Ireland final as senior manager of Kilkenny and the recently-released movie Blinded By The Light which features Springsteen’s music prominently, John Fogarty relates 18 lyrics by The Boss about the real boss:

HE’S a former Olympic boxing gold medal winner, but when it comes to his latest sporting challenge, 51-year-old Michael Carruth says he’s a “raw beginner”.

A coroner has issued a fresh warning about the dangers of window blind cords after hearing harrowing details about the death of a toddler in a freak accident.

Three men have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following a deadly blast in Leicester, England.

As airports across the country emulate the opening scene from Love Actually, some family members sit at home still hoping that their loved ones will surprise them at any moment.

You don’t have to pile on the pounds over the festive season – Derval O’Rourke has some healthy alternatives

A man has reclaimed his dad’s long-lost unbroken school attendance certificate almost a century after it was issued.

Passengers on an Indonesia AirAsia flight to the holiday island of Bali have described panicked flight crew announcing an emergency and oxygen masks dropping from the ceiling.

“A billion percent, YES,”

A star in the making - watch out Late Late Toy Show!

Talent seems to run in the family as Bono’s niece has a near sellout on the opening night of her solo art exhibition.

White Girl isn’t the first female-centric movie to suffer negative feedback from male critics. 

The HSE yesterday apologised in the High Court to the family of a girl who died just 16 months after her birth at Sligo University Hospital.

A girl with a heart of gold is the only way to describe seven-year-old Leah who raised €135 in birthday donations for the charity LauraLynn.

A new national autism registry offers a glimmer of hope to families who battle to access state services for their children and face long waiting lists, writes Helen O’Callaghan.       

MANY of us who got our teenage romances, rebellions and rows over with before the era of Snapchat and Vine are truly grateful for this fortunate sequence of events. 

The haunting persistence of anti-semitism is what fuels Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice’. A book on Shylock, its main character, offers an adroit slant on modern Judaism by a master literary stylist, writes Mary Leland.

Michelle Darmody does not keep a huge amount in my freezer, some nice bread sliced, with some baking parchment in between each slice to make it easy for toasting, some pastry for baking tarts or quiches, a bag of peas, and one of frozen mixed berries.

THIS compelling family saga, an adoption story with a twist, is as tightly plotted and tense as a thriller. 

A concert to mark the third anniversary of the murder of detective Garda Adrian Donohoe is on course to sell out.

With the Hunger Games destroyed forever in Mockingjay: Part 1, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay: Part 2 (12A) opens with Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) plotting the final downfall of the evil President Snow (Donald Sutherland) as the rebellion against the repressive government in the Capitol achieves an irresistible momentum. 

Leah Remini was asked by the Church of Scientology to invite Jennifer Lopez to Tom Cruise's wedding.

The team line-up for Ireland’s latest World Cup clash against Romania may have been much changed from the opening weekend, but the hordes of travelling fans remain as reliable as old boots, no matter what the occasion.

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

Back from the US, and back into the bar-and-restaurant business on their home turf — it’s the Irish version of the American dream for John and Lisa Cronin.

Officials pull out all the stops for more than 30 sick children from Mercy University Hospital.

A 17-year-old girl whose leg was amputated after a rollercoaster crash at Alton Towers initially needed a machine to keep her alive in intensive care, her brother said.

The family of a 17-year-old girl injured in a rollercoaster crash at Alton Towers have thanked medics for saving her life after she had one of her legs amputated.

A man has been charged with crashing into Jennifer Lopez's car while drunk.

Five of the children taking part in Cork’s Everyman Theatre pantomine have special needs. They love singing and dancing says Áilín Quinlan and it does wonders for their sel esteem.

The college basketball season in the US started early this past Sunday.

At the age of 47, her survival was a race against the clock but the life-giving power of organ transplantation carried Vera Dwyer through another quarter of a century and into the record books.

The news was posted to the soap's offical Facebook page today

An investigation is underway into how six people got stuck 50ft above the ground on a fairground ride in Co Waterford last night after a mechanical fault.

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

The singing priest is no more - his video has disappeared from YouTube. Fr Ray Kelly’s rendition of Hallelujah was pulled following a copyright claim by Sony ATV Publishing.

Ireland's singing priest, Father Ray Kelly, has another YouTube hit on his hands, we think.

A Meath priest who has become an internet sensation overnight has taken his new-found fame in his stride.

The winner of BBC's 'The Voice' was crowned last night.