Two teenagers have been hailed as heroes after they rescued two puppies apparently abandoned inside a concrete pipe beside the Boyne river.

Here is a selection of people who have begun new roles with companies in Ireland.

Either the people of Wexford town love Micheál Martin or they love the cameras - either way the Fianna Fáil leader got a glowing reception in the Labour stronghold this afternoon.

Teens may lose their emotional intelligence as they get older due to academic pressure, social media and excessive screen time, research carried out by two Cork students suggests.

Ireland’s first baby of the new year and the new decade was born in Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital just 12 minutes after midnight.

Former Irish Defence Forces soldier Lisa Smith, who is facing trial accused of ISIS membership, has been granted bail with strict conditions including an internet and social media ban.

On Thursday, a Washington judge ruled that an Alabama woman who joined Islamic State was not a US citizen. Hoda Muthana, who left Alabama in 2014, has admitted she “deeply regrets” her decision and wants to return to America with her son.

Elber Twomey believes “her beauties” are smiling in heaven because of her success in pushing for suicide training for all police officers.

Lisa Maguire's decision to retire from professional tournament golf just 17 months after taking the plunge will come as no surprise to regular observers of the vicissitudes of life in the paid ranks.

The ISPCA responded to a call from the public after a passerby notices a hedgehog roaming around a housing estate in Carrigaline, Co Cork, in a disorientated state.

Where is Rakaya, a two-year-old Irish girl displaced in North East Syria since Monday?

“Pull like a dog” might not be part of Leona Maguire’s golfing lexicon but Ireland’s latest LPGA Tour star will have more than determination in common with Ireland’s rowing heroes next season.

A once-a-year opportunity comes up next weekend when buildings of architectural merit, that are not usually accessible by the public, open their doors, writes Carol O’Callaghan.

Once upon a time, we put our unquestioning trust in our doctors, in our healthcare service. But a revolution has been happening, quietly, unstoppable.

The sports bra was invented in the 1970s when two halved jockstraps were sewn together. The design has gone from bust to boom since, says Deirdre Reynolds.

A human heart found deep within a city centre crypt in the 19th century is to be returned to Cork next month as "sacred cargo".

Helen Kelleher speaks with Lisa Daunt, guidance counsellor at Kinsale Community College.

What happens when your mam never comes home?

A fresh appeal will be launched later for information on the murder of Antoinette Smith who went missing after a David Bowie concert 32 years ago today.

Philanthropists Peter Kinney and Lisa Sandquist tell Ellie O’Byrne why their sights are set on funding equality in Ireland

A Kerry man died last week after kitesurfing in Portugal, it has merged.

She said in a post on the group last night that the "Chu Chu train arrived in the station" with her election.

“I think more is made out of that than there needs to be,” says Jason Forde. Such is life with the Tipperary hurlers.

This past year I’ve gone back to college to study sports science and yesterday morning I had to hand in an assignment.

He was best known for his roles as Georgie Burgess in The Snapper and the milkman Pat Mustard in Father Ted.

"I can't even begin to describe the love I feel, I am truly blessed."

Engaging and kind, vulnerable and gullible, extreme and dangerous - the varied descriptions are given by people who knew, or thought they knew, Lisa Smith.

The world of wine falls into two very distinct categories — the big brands making easy drinking accessible wines to please as many as possible, and the smaller producers that make wines in their own way and as best they can but with little or no thought to what the market wants — if they like it, why shouldn’t others?

Friends of the actress have since posted tributes on social media.

The Father Ted star will play "Eamonn, the awkward, middle-aged mummy's boy of the Quinn/McCool extended family".

Lisa recently started a blog 'My Small Wonder' to share their journey.

"I know I’m from Dublin, but I’ve lived here for the last eight years, and with my fiancée Lisa and daughter Beth born here, I know we will be back again. I’m from Munster and I’m a Limerick man now, and it holds a special place in my heart."

Leona Maguire was thrilled to see her game “click” into gear and rack up the lowest 72-hole score of her life to finish an impressive second in pre-qualifying for the Ladies European Tour Qualifying School in Morocco.

Artist and food activist Lisa Fingleton ate only foods produced in Ireland on her 30-day local food challenge. She tells Ellie O’Byrne.

RTÉ’s latest series of Home Rescue sees a Cork mum with eight sons — all with names beginning with the letter K — declutter her home. Ailin Quinlan meets the family.

Here's your lunchtime bulletin.

Lisa Jordan is pregnant with her second child.

Lady Caroline Lamb would have loved social media. She would have been a highly-paid fashion influencer, offering tips like “spray a fine mist of water on your gauzy gown, before you go out for the night, because the mist will make it cling to your body in a way that’s to die for”.

Royal Portrush’s Stephanie Meadow posted a bogey-free 66 (-6) in the first round of the Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic to put herself one behind leader Csicsi Rozsa.

A Tralee motorist was banned from driving for four years yesterday for careless driving causing the death of a retired nurse who was described in loving terms as the anchor of her extended family.

Their twin talents have been signposted for a decade, and on the eve of their LPGA debut tomorrow, the Maguire sisters from Cavan have inked a pair of lucrative sponsorship agreements which provide stability for them as they tee off highly anticipated pro careers.

An 8-year old boy with cerebral palsy who sued the HSE over the circumstances of his birth at Sligo General Hospital has settled his High Court action for €5m.