It’s been voted the best Santa experience. Noel Baker goes behind the scenes at Wish at Fota Island Resort to see just what it takes to bring snow, 140 elves and the man in red to Cork.  

Poor Maisie Gregory - it was supposed to be her big day, off to meet the Queen at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium and dressed in traditional Welsh costume.

The mother of one of the babies who died at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise is glad the dead children will never be forgotten because of the role they played in helping to improve services.

The mother of one of the babies who died at Portlaoise hospital said it was “disgusting” people like her should find themselves in the middle of a dispute between two state agencies.

Maisie Williams blamed the internet for the "worst year of her life".

Parents who sleep alongside their baby in bed or on the sofa could be putting the newborn at risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), the UK's health advisory body has warned.

THE sight of her four-year-old daughter playing with friends leaves Emma Vignes speechless with gratitude – because this is no ordinary child.

A British toddler is preparing to go home for the first time in her life after spending almost three years at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

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Opening in Los Angeles in 2154, Elysium (15A) offers an especially dystopian vision of Earth’s future.

Colm McFadden rounded off a memorable week, during which his first son was born, by kicking five points on Sunday to help Donegal to their third successive Ulster final.

Our top baby names prove yet again that, when it comes to christening our children, we’re an intrinsically unimaginative nation.

Scotland and Edinburgh prop Allan Jacobsen has retired from international rugby, the Scottish Rugby Union has announced.

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Alice Coulthard has quit 'Emmerdale'.

A British woman whose four-year-old daughter was shot dead by her estranged partner, lost her battle for life today.

THE real father of the baby girl that teenager Alfie Patten thought was his said she was conceived following a one-night stand, it was reported.

A paternity test for baby-faced East Sussex "father" Alfie Patten will not be paid for by his local authority, sources have said.

The social services department involved in the case of young British father Alfie Patten has dismissed claims that it had not given the young family enough support.

Police will not be looking to prosecute anyone in the case of a 13-year-old boy who has become a father, it was disclosed today.

EXACTLY 15 years on, and gardaí and townspeople in Fermoy are still no closer to uncovering the reasons behind the mysterious disappearance of Conor and Shiela Dwyer.

Stars of hotly-tipped movie Calendar Girls dressed up for a date – after famously stripping for their movie role.