Hearing that a woman is about to take her husband’s name after marriage is a revelation guaranteed to get my back up. Just what era are we living in, I wonder to myself at such times. What signal does this send out across the genders except to denote a form of handing over of ownership of a key part of your identity?

Gerard Howlin The deeply moving case of Majella Moynihan, predictably channelled public anger towards a “them”, but away from us. This is a recurring phenomenon as searing stories of our past — often an uncomfortably recent one — emerge. It legitimises a false narrative. It perpetuates a sense of powerlessness then, the better to whitewash responsibility now.

Garda commissioner Drew Harris has asked to meet Majella Moynihan this week to make a personal apology.

A former garda, who was threatened with dismissal from the force after becoming pregnant with a fellow garda recruit in the 1980s, attempted to take her own life five times following her ordeal.

A woman who says she was forced to give up her child for adoption after becoming pregnant out of wedlock in the 1980s has spoken out about her experience for the first time.

Daniel O'Donnell fans have been left shocked following the announcement that his visitor centre in Co. Donegal is to close.

He isn’t the only performer struggling with the fast pace of technology and the effects that streaming have had on the recording industry.

Her preferred method of handling the news was "to be left alone to get on with it."

Daniel and Majella O’Donnell are bringing their unique brand of travelogue magic Stateside with a brand-new road trip.

Here are some things that shouldn’t work but somehow do. Dancing with the Stars. Daniel and Majella roaming the highways and byways of Ireland channelling their inner Jack Kerouac. Chocolate with raspberry. The Trump White House (Loosely speaking).

Here are all the latest headlines this lunchtime.

Awkward.

When it comes to entertaining his audience, country music legend Daniel O’Donnell doesn’t have any room to improve.

Wee Daniel is just interested in salvaging wardrobes and adding an ensuite bathroom to every bedroom in the house.

A national treasure, the Donegal crooner has won the hearts of a new generation of millennials thanks to a mix of reality TV shows and quirky boiler ads, writes Caomhan Keane.

She’s been sorting out Cork people for ages, so why not Ask Audrey?

Viewers will also meet some of Ireland’s young carers and chat about Ireland’s teenage mental health issues.

Accumulated profits at the entertainment firm owned by singer Daniel O’Donnell fell €130,000 last year to €2.73m.

Cara O’Sullivan and Majella Cullagh have joined forces for a touring show of favourite tunes, writes Jo Kerrigan.

Music, comedy, drama and the annual Christmas panto will bring the Everyman Theatre’s 120th anniversary celebrations to a close, the venue’s autumn/winter programme launch has revealed.

Daniel O’Donnell has taken to Facebook to set the record straight after hackers tried to set up a bogus account using his name. The singer has more than 82,500 followers on his Facebook feed.

Locals in a Cork village who recently attended a charity coffee morning for a woman who was going to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania could never have anticipated she would become ill and lose her life on the trip, her funeral Mass heard.

Memmeh and Deddeh will be so proud.

Sharon Shannon was gigging seven nights a week in Doolin when she was still only a teenager.

Your home viewing entertainment wrap for the week ahead, with Des O’Driscoll.

Here's your evening update.

Tributes have been paid to Kevin Casey, the sports editor of Waterford radio station WLR FM, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 40. The award-winning presenter died after a short illness.

Mrs Brown’s Boys star Rory Cowan has vowed to keep using Twitter despite being falsely accused of being a paedophile on the social network.

2016 will go down in history as a year which saw enormous change.

The College of Psychiatrists has expressed serious concerns that comments made by singer Daniel O’Donnell’s wife Majella about psychiatrists’ fees could “deter those in extreme distress from seeking support or help”.

The duo were guests on the ITV show, Loose Women talking about all things music, family life and their relationship.

Prime Time presenter Miriam O’Callaghan “cringes” when she is described as a “superwoman” and believes it intimidates other women.

What would Mammy say?

Majella O’Donnell has said that she has never accepted she had cancer.

Fresh from his Strictly Come Dancing exit last weekend, Daniel O’Donnell and his wife Majella are hitting the road in their B&B Road Trip.

Daniel O’Donnell has signed up for the BBC’s hugely successful show, Strictly Come Dancing.

Irish favourite Daniel O’Donnell showed he is not afraid to pull out the moves when required at last night’s

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Singer Daniel O’Donnell will serenade the newly crowned Rose of Tralee at the finale on Tuesday night.