A Mayo community has been gripped by shock and sorrow as it struggles to come to terms with the loss of three members of a much-loved family in Monday’s horror road crash.

The late Danny la Rue would have been 90 today. Dan Buckley recalls a memorable encounter with the Cork-born entertainer.

A family visit to a sick relative at University Hospital Limerick turned violent when a man was stabbed by his brother-in-law near the busy main entrance, a court heard.

Mary Ann Lane was born on December 23, 1916 - meaning she has recently celebrated her 100th birthday.

Killian Kingston is Munster senior bowling champion following a tremendously exciting contest with Edmond Sexton at Lyre yesterday.

The manager of a Killarney hotel where three guests celebrating a confirmation were involved in violent disorder has criticised the suspended sentences handed down to all three at the Circuit Court earlier this week.

A "chaotic scene" greeted gardaí who were called to a Killarney hotel in which guests "ostensibly celebrating" a Confirmation, the Circuit Criminal Court in Tralee heard yesterday.

Charity founder Jonathan Irwin will run in the next election because he thinks the Irish are ready to vote for an Etonian seeking change, says Arlene Harris

John F Kennedy’s daughter Caroline is set to visit the sites of the Fitzgerald family homesteads in Co Limerick, where fresh research shows JFK’s great grandfather and great grandmother grew up as neighbouring first cousins.

A local authority’s warning to a 90-year-old bachelor to repaint his family vault has been described as “bureaucracy gone mad”.

A Laois garda, who helped bring a baby boy back to life, has said he did nothing more than any garda would have done.

Little People

HE’S got a shaggy blond hairdo and a full complement of whiskers — and he’s becoming a favourite at Leinster House.

Researchers commissioned by US Roman Catholic bishops to analyse the pattern of clergy sex abuse over decades have concluded that homosexuality, celibacy and an all-male priesthood did not cause the scandal.

BEING the first black president of the United States and of Kenyan origin, perhaps the most unexpected connection was that a man with such an exotic name, in the most powerful job in the world, would have links to a small village in Co Offaly.

KENYAN police have arrested three men who they suspect were involved in the murder of Co Limerick born missionary, Fr Jer Roche, who was attacked in his house in the Kericho region last Friday.

The judge in the case of murdered teenager Mary Ann Leneghan began his summing up today by telling the jury they must put all strong emotions aside when considering their verdict.

THE uncles of murdered Mary-Ann Leneghan, 16, spoke yesterday of the family’s grief following her brutal killing.

A SCHOOLGIRL who fought back to health after devastating illness and a bank official turned crusading priest who turned himself into a human guinea pig were among the winners of this year’s ESB/Rehab People of the Year Awards.