The pre-eminent force in women’s basketball, Glanmire, provides four players to Ireland’s 12-person squad for the European Championships for Small Countries in Gibraltar next month.

Collegiate freshman at Quinnipiac University, Edel Thornton is one of five overseas inclusions in Mark Scannell’s provisional Senior Women’s squad for Ireland’s re-entry into international tournament play after a six-year hiatus.

The Women’s Premier League semi-final clash between Team Montenotte and DCU Mercy on Sunday is sure to capture the imagination of basketball fans in the capital.

WHEN Dara-Lynn Weiss decided to come ‘the heavy’ with her overweight seven-year-old, she couldn’t have imagined the controversy.

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Marriage counsellors say they have been flooded with calls from distraught couples after Christmas.

MARRIAGE counsellors have been inundated with calls from warring couples who are desperate to salvage their relationships after a fraught Christmas.

THE mother of twin toddlers found dead in their bedroom told police they may have starved to death, an Australian court has heard.

HEALTH boards paid out €85 million last year to keep just 600 children in residential care, new figures have revealed.