With the Oscars taking place on Sunday, tomorrow is good timing for the release of Parasite, the South Korean film that’s been nominated in six categories

Patrick J Kelly was dismissed as Killybegs harbour master in Co Donegal in 2009 following a number of complaints about him including from Mary Coughlan in 2004 when she was Minister for Social and Family Affairs.

To whom it may concern, rest in peace Gay.

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Musician Mary Coughlan will step into the kitchen for The Restaurant tomorrow night, and her voice might give her identity away.

Des O’Driscoll picks the best events for the week ahead

Fianna Fáil will not be appointing a deputy leader as Micheál Martin believes there is “no urgent requirement” to do so.

With Valentines just around the corner, Ray will be joined by First Dates Ireland favourites.

Former Government Ministers received almost €4m in pension payments last year, according to Department of Finance figures.

Smaller parties and Independent TDs have rowed in behind calls for Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil to begin negotiating government formation options — warning it is otherwise difficult to support either party.

In 2011, Fianna Fáil’s Charlie McConalogue defied the national trend to become a new TD in Donegal while the Tánaiste Mary Coughlan lost her seat in the neighbouring constituency.

Irish people have always had a love hate relationship with alcohol and none less than our artists. As a new book is written about Bridie Gallagher, Suzanne Harrington examines why hugely talented women take refuge in drink.

Pitbull: Reality Bites on RTÉ2 on Thursday looks at whether some breeds of dog have been unfairly demonised in Ireland.

It is now 5O years since I started working for the Irish Sugar factory in Mallow. My first day working there was October 8, 1965. I was trained into the quality control section. Some of my colleagues were Tadgh Quill BSC who was chief chemist and John Buckley RIP was the quality supervisor and also the chairman of Mallow Urban District Council.

The only reason the infamous “soft landing” theory was accepted by the Department of Finance was because Government wanted it to be true and a “don’t rock the boat” policy was in place, a former senior department official has claimed.

Crosshaven’s sixth annual Redhead Convention finished in high spirits with music from red-headed performers, the launch of a book on the history of redheads, plus flowing red locks aplenty.

Redheads will this weekend have the opportunity to have their portrait taken while supporting a good cause at one of the country’s more unusual festivals.

A wacky, ginger-loving celebration of everything to do with red hair takes place this month in Crosshaven, Co Cork.

It was a barefaced cheek of the minister to make a virtue out of the new guidelines, writes Alison O’ Connor

A round up of this weeks entertainment news

The Fianna Fáil-Green Party government led by taoiseach Brian Cowen deliberately chose to impose higher electricity prices on ordinary households in the middle of the economic downturn in order to reduce energy costs for 1,500 large businesses.

Fianna Fáil TD Eamon Ó Cuív has said it “breaks his heart” that his party is not making more progress.

A Government decision not to accept a report on small schools is good news for rural Ireland but its political handling is bad administration, says Education Correspondent Niall Murray

Dozens of small primary schools have been given a reprieve after the Government shelved controversial proposals that could have forced closures in rural areas

THEY’RE playing it down, of course, but Fianna Fáilers are rather gleeful at present given their rather robust state of political health. All things being relative.

Joe Walsh, the former agriculture minister who was acclaimed as being equally at home in the parish hall or in the gilded buildings of Brussels, was laid to rest yesterday.

Joe Walsh, the former Agriculture Minister who was acclaimed as being equally at home in the parish hall or in the gilded buildings of Brussells, was laid to rest today.

So many great quotes this week, but the best was from one of Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s handlers, who, while defending Kenny damned him with faint praise: he said the Taoiseach was busy, because he had a country to “help” run.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said there is "enormous goodwill" towards Mary Coughlan in the party, which hopes to win two seats in Donegal in the next general election.

Rachel Pilkington makes plea to Irish Government.

WITH two years left in this Coalition’s term and months out from an expected treble by-election day, the Cabinet reshuffle will be designed to give a much-needed boost to the popularity of the Government parties, while maintaining stability.

Blues singer Mary Coughlan has revealed she had to fly to the notorious Spanish resort of Magaluf last week to take her son home after he was robbed and had his passport stolen.

A Spanish mayor has ordered a police investigation after a video showing a young female tourist in Magaluf performing sex acts on 24 men for free alcohol went viral on social media.

A Spanish mayor has ordered a police investigation after a video showing a young female tourist in Magaluf performing sex acts on a number of men for free alcohol went viral on social media.

Paddy Casey is torn. The chart-topping singer-songwriter has written his next album and is ready to go to the studio. However, his former record label, Sony, plans to release a Casey ‘Best Of’. Should he put out the new record and potentially be in competition with himself? It’s a tough one.

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