Glenroe is back on the telly on Sunday nights — but not as we know it.

It would be going too far to say Borris-Ileigh’s success made Christmas bearable for Paddy Stapleton and his family.

The Irish economy has enjoyed a very positive 2019. Here is a selection of people who start 2020 in challenging new roles.

Ballyhale Shamrocks’ Joey Holden admits he is getting to grips with the scheduling of their AIB All-Ireland club semi-final with Slaughtneil.

Munster counties increased their spending on team preparations by almost 20% in 2019.

The Irish economy has enjoyed a very positive 2019. Here is a selection of people who start 2020 in challenging new roles.

Vicky Phelan reactivated her Twitter account last night to back Lorraine Walsh’s decision to quit the CervicalCheck steering committee.

The Green Party is celebrating its first ever by-election victory in Dublin-Fingal after Joe O'Brien secured the seat vacated by Clare Daly after the eighth count.

Borris-Ileigh and Tipperary hurler Dan McCormack has hailed the incredible bond that has seen the club claim a surprise county and provincial double.

Cathal Dennehy has been named the broadsheet sports writer of the year at the NewsBrands Ireland Journalism Awards. Here we republish one of his winning pieces, from February 16, 2019.

“The Party does not propose to discipline her, and she will remain our Party’s Spokesperson on Justice, Equality & Children in the Seanad."

Fianna Fáil senator and Fingal by-election candidate Lorraine Clifford-Lee will not be disciplined or demoted for tweets she posted before she entered politics, the party has said.

An online community of almost 100,000 women has rallied for a toy appeal, to ensure all homeless or sick children get a gift this Christmas - but they need help with transport.

A State apology was necessary, but the mothers, daughters, sisters, wives, and families caught up in the CervicalCheck scandal need to know that it will never happen again.

Wicklow mother of two Lorraine used to be the “go-go” girl bursting with life, as she says herself.

In her new book, Clodagh Finn looks at the history of Ireland through the lives of the women who shaped it from the Stone Age right up to the present day.

Staging secrets revealed! Kya deLongchamps goes into the trenches with estate agent Lorraine Spillane to ask how to get ready for viewing day.

“Retribution is not the way to deal with the savage attack on a great grandfather,” which has left him battling for his life, members of the public were told at a candle light vigil held for him in Dublin north inner city.

Health Minister Simon Harris confirmed the apology after he and the Taoiseach met with members of the 221+ CervicalCheck patient support group.

A request from CervicalCheck patient representatives for the establishment of a paid patient advocacy programme has not received any “meaningful” response from the Department of Health four months after the appeal was made.

More than 50 women caught up in the latest CervicalCheck controversy have tested positive for the HPV virus.

Andrew Willis, 36, was last seen walking along a private road from his friend's house late in the Coolmore area of Carrigaline last Monday evening.

Gabriel Scally has hit out at the Government for “exploiting” patient advocates who give up their time to help improve and transform the health sector.

“The Ryan Line is open”

The High Court has struck out proceedings by retired garda sergeant Maurice McCabe and his family against the State, the HSE and the Tusla/Child and Family Agency (CFA) following successful mediation talks last week.

Eggsellent selection

Members of a Cork family devastated by suicide are helping to bring the first-ever Darkness Into Light (DIL) walk to a Gaeltacht community.

An Irish World Record breaker has appealed for his mum and sister, who disappeared from his life over 45 years ago, to come forward so he can share his win with them.

The whoops and hollers were still going strong inside the St Michael’s dressing room after they had beaten Omagh CBS in the MacRory Cup final on March 18, when captain Brandon Horan was asked to speak to some reporters outside.

TV presenter Lorraine Kelly has won a £1.2 million (€1.4 million) battle with Her Majety's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) after a tax tribunal judge ruled she was not an ITV employee.

Bodies of inquiry have to date proven to be a costly and ineffective remedy to our nation’s ills, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

Noel Baker It was black tie night on Dancing With The Stars, but not all contestants will go to the ball.

Lorraine Higgins used her maternity leave after having her second child to branch into blogging three years ago and found it a welcome hobby.

Awkward.

The Disclosures Tribunal is prone to getting blown off course on a not infrequent basis, writes Michael Clifford

This year's paper was well received by students and teachers alike.

Lorraine and Warren Reilly, who lost two baby girls in two years at Portiuncula University Hospital, have called for a “cultural shift” right up to the highest levels of management in the HSE.

Lorraine Doherty hopes other sufferers of genetic emphysema won’t die, as her mother did, last year, because of the HSE’s refusal to pay for drugs, writes Health Correspondent Catherine Shanahan

Those from Cork might even know her.

Former tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald directly contacted the Garda commissioner in 2015 to raise concerns that issues relating to whistleblower Maurice McCabe were not being resolved.

Nóirín O’Sullivan strode down from the witness box at the lunch break in the Disclosures Tribunal yesterday, spotted Maurice McCabe and his wife Lorraine, and extended a warm greeting to the couple.

Maurice McCabe had reason to believe the worst was past by late 2016, until false reports of child sex abuse blighted 2017, says Michael Clifford.

Light reads, accessible history and gripping novels are championed by the people we asked to recommend their best reads of 2017, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.