The owner has nicknamed their washer/dryer, Danny Dryer…

Have you ever had that experience when a repeated noise sounds like something else?

Get to know author Lesley Allen in a flash with Sue Leonard's Q&A following the publication of her debut novel, The Lonely Life of Biddy Weir.

Lesley Fagan found her sister, who was adopted in 1948, living in Australia.

After more than 60 years apart, two sisters, living on opposite sides of the planet, had an emotional reunion in Dublin Airport this week.

The world’s first test-tube baby has revealed the “sick” blood-splattered hate mail her parents received after her ground-breaking birth.

Check out our guide to the best of tonight's TV.

Check out our tips on what tonight's TV has to offer.

Famous for playing the role of the superhero Birdman (15A), aging actor Riggan Thomas (Michael Keaton) tries to reinvent himself as a serious artist by directing and starring in a Broadway production of an adaptation of Raymond Carver’s short stories.

A family was shocked to receive text messages from a dead grandmother who had been buried with her mobile phone three years earlier.

A four-your-old boy with a rare condition can literally be left scared stiff by everyday occurrences, like passing a dog in the street or his mother opening a packet of blueberries, she has said.

Vastonea gave veteran trainer Kevin Prendergast his sixth win in the race when sweeping through late to land the featured Topaz Mile Handicap at Galway last night.

Shorn of her trademark long hair, Jerry Hall is once again turning heads.

Trainer Michael Halford started the New Year at Dundalk in superb form last night, completing a 105/1 treble with Settle For Red, Victors Beach and Senyuman, ridden by apprentices Conor Hoban and Shane Kelly respectively, deputising for suspended stable-jockey Shane Foley.

The sisters of murder victim David Whyte burst into tears after a Dublin man was sentenced to life imprisonment for the fatal stabbing of their brother.

Former Ryder Cup captain Bernard Gallacher is in a ”critical” condition in hospital.

Sometimes the Irish soccer team have fans diving for cover behind the couch, but not Dubliner David Feeney.

An elite sailor who gave up competitive sailing after the 2008 Paralympics to concentrate on family life has dusted down his old vessel to compete again.

Highlights include Breaking Bad and The Rose of Tralee

Italy’s Matteo Manassero today became the youngest ever winner of the BMW PGA Championship as he claimed his fourth European Tour title at the age of 20 on the fourth hole of a sudden-death play-off.

Grand National-winning jockey Ryan Mania is hoping to leave hospital today after undergoing a final MRI scan.

Grand National-winning jockey Ryan Mania is hoping to leave hospital today after undergoing a final MRI scan.

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Cheltenham Festival-winning jockey Campbell Gillies has died following an accident on holiday in Greece.

'Coronation Street's Sue Cleaver had to be treated by medics after being accidentally smacked in the face during filming.

Robin Gibb is recovering in hospital after a blood transfusion.

Robin Gibb blames his cancer battle on his fame and fortune.

Bobbi Brown’s new offering, the Ultra Nude Eye Palette, is part of spring’s Neons and Nudes collection.

Hazel Stewart’s appeal against her conviction for the murders of her husband and the wife of her ex-lover may not go ahead until September, it was revealed today.

Former England wing Lesley Vainikolo has left Gloucester to join French second division club La Rochelle with immediate effect.

Dentist Colin Howell and his ex-lover Hazel Stewart got away with murder for almost 20 years because of a deeply flawed police investigation which also failed the families of their two victims, a report claimed today.

The Thread, Victoria Hislop

EVERY year the MTV European Music Awards behemoth rolls into town and this year it was the Northern Ireland capital’s turn.

KILLER dentist Colin Howell apologised to women patients he attacked in his surgery as he pleaded guilty to nine charges of indecent assault just moments before he was due to stand trial.

Killer dentist Colin Howell has pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting nine women patients at his surgery just moments before he was due to stand trial on the charges.

NORTHERN Ireland’s Attorney General has ordered a fresh inquest into the deaths of two people murdered by dentist Colin Howell and his lover.

The North's Attorney General has ordered a fresh inquest into the deaths of two people murdered by dentist Colin Howell and his lover.

A former Sunday school teacher who murdered her policeman husband and her ex-lover's wife and then covered it up as a double suicide was jailed for a minimum of 18 years today.

A mother jailed for life for murdering her husband and ex-lover's wife is due to hear today how long she must spend in prison.

Colin Howell's US-born wife may be questioned again by detectives who re-opened the investigation into the deaths of his first wife and PC Trevor Buchanan, it was revealed today

The conviction of Hazel Stewart for murdering her husband brings no sense of victory or celebration, his brother said tonight.

A FORMER Sunday school teacher accused of murdering her policeman husband and her lover’s wife will not give evidence at her trial, her lawyer told Coleraine Crown Court today.

A former Sunday school teacher broke down in the dock today as she listening to a tearful police recording of her admitting and saying sorry for plotting the murders of her policeman husband and lover's wife.