Aisling and a male student in his early twenties got into difficulty in rough waters at around 2.30pm last Saturday afternoon.

The three-day fair presided over traditionally by a wild mountain male goat is older than the charter of King James which gave it legitimacy in 1603.

From pig farming to Reiki master seems like a bit of a stretch, but that’s the direction Caroline Rigney is taking. For the last 21 years she’s been as happy as a pig in chemical-free manure, producing the best possible food to sustain a lifestyle she and her husband chose to rear their two daughters, Rebecca, 29 and Rachel, 27.

With the annual Puck Fair celebrations just around the corner, the festival’s Royal Highness, Queen Puck, has been crowned.

Robert F Kennedy Jr is an ‘outlier in the Kennedy family’ with his anti-vaxx support, according to his siblings. Now the family is engaged in a very public spat, says Bette Browne

"I returned to live in my hometown Bantry, just over seven years ago. Little did I know then where I would be today!"

As the stage version of Edna O’Brien’s classic novel tours to Cork and other centres, Marjorie Brennan hears from well-known figures about their experiences of the iconic book.

Ahead of ECHOES, a three-day event at Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre (October 5-7) to celebrate the work of Maeve Binchy and other Irish writers, Helen O’Callaghan asks six authors about their favourite Binchy book and her influence.

Karen Murray talks to a fundraiser who has personal reasons for getting on his bike to help raise vital monies for Down Syndrome Ireland.

Tressa Donnelly Reeves spent more than 50 years searching for her son. She told the High Court she was informed by a nun during her quest that adopted children don't want anything to do with their birth parents.

Fiann Ó Nualláin looks at the role of shamrock as part of a spring cleansing ritual in our healing tradition

Just a week after they celebrated the birth of a male Asian calf.

Still to come are storms Karen, Larry, Octavia, and Paul.

Met Éireann forced a change in the names of several storms because suggestions from British forecasters were too Irish, not Irish enough, and, in one case, too similar to a country and western star.

When farmer Joe O’Connell first saw a piece of land in Kilkenny 12 years ago, he knew it was special.

Celebrations took place around the country yesterday as Junior Certificate results were received by more than 61,000 students.

Aileen, Iona and Larry could be blowing into the UK and Ireland over coming months.

IN Let the Dead Speak, Jane Casey’s seventh novel to feature London-based police detective, Maeve Kerrigan, Maeve is newly promoted to detective sergeant. 

Residents are hoping to revitalise the Georgian centre of the town with the regeneration of Denny St, says Anne Lucey

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Despite subject matter that includes cancer and alcoholism, this stage adaptation will leave you smiling, writes Colette Sheridan

One of the standouts in Dave Lordan’s Young Irelanders collection of new Irish writers in 2015, Oisin Fagan won the Penny Dreadful litmag’s €10,000 novella award this summer for The Hierophants and followed it up by releasing Hostages.

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AN IRISH woman and a stylish inhabitant of New York whose elegant prose appeared regularly in the New Yorker and who published two collections of stories and a collection of essays during her life-time, Maeve Brennan (1917-1993) had to quit writing after a breakdown in the 1970s. 

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Tommy Barker visits The Mall House in Kinsale and sees a masterful, modernised restoration project    

Attending a pre-marriage course is a must if you’re walking down a church aisle, but what

IT’S Christmas 2010, and the snow is falling fast. 

Charges against a couple, accused of lying to the Garda Síochana Ombudsman Commission (GSOC), were yesterday struck out by a judge who criticised some garda witnesses.

A couple who saved a trio of UCC students from being jailed in Thailand has been found following an online appeal.

CRH is expected to promote from within when deciding upon a new finance director later this year.

As one of the longest running and most well-known competitions in Ireland, the Texaco Children’s Art Competition is always a huge draw.

Cute rescue puppies took the lead at a special stress-busting session for college students just weeks ahead of their end-of-year exams.

As a German visiting Ireland I have noticed some huge differences between the two countries.

When Ava Joyce was born, she was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition called permanent neonatal diabetes.

Name: Sinéad Hayes