Cathy Desmond talks to Liam Byrne, who is to bring the sound of the viola da gamba to Kilkenny as part of the city’s arts festival.

Blogger Nadia El Ferdaoussi is living the dream as she writes about her travels around the world.

Mohsin Hamid’s fourth novel opens promisingly with the meeting of Nadia and Saeed, two slightly oddball 20-somethings, in a nameless city that is sliding toward civil war.

Model and TV presenter Nadia Forde became the third budding chef to be eliminated from Celebrity MasterChef Ireland tonight.

Isabel Conway’s new year resolution? To learn Spanish. So she took herself off to Salamanca to do just that.

The family of three murder victims is in the process of making a submission for their loved ones’ murderer’s parole hearing.

An asylum seeker who received anonymous donations amounting to €20,000 to pay for her first year at Trinity College Dublin has been granted a right to remain in Ireland.

The appalling hardship that Syrian refugees are forced to endure in Greece shows no sign of coming to an end as the powers that be wring their hands, writes Victoria White in Piraeus

Families of homicide victims have demanded “accountability” following the publication of the O’Higgins report and, furthermore, heavily criticised the media’s concentration on the political fallout.

USA: A Connecticut woman celebrating her 50th birthday in style has been charged with robbing the limousine driver she hired to chauffeur her around town.

YouTuber Mikki Willis had a powerful question to ask dads everywhere after a recent trip to the toy store with his son Azai.

TONIGHT sees the third episode of Nadia: Chasing The Dream’, a new four-part series that follows model-turned-singer-turned-TV star Nadia Forde as she tries to make it in the music industry.

Nadia: Chasing the Dream TV3, 2.45pm

The brother of a young mother, murdered alongside her children, has called for newly announced tougher sentencing and bail laws for burglars to also be applied for more violent crimes.

The pick of the programmes from tonight's TV.

The brother of a woman who was killed on Christmas Day, along with her two daughters, has called on Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald to impose tougher prison sentences on murderers.

The brother of Sharon Whelan, a young mother brutally murdered along with her children on Christmas morning 2008, will meet Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald next Thursday.

Viewers will decide whether he should be nominated for every eviction after tonight or if he should be granted immunity from them all.

The glamour model is "gutted" after becoming the second housemate to be voted out despite having a "very intense" time on the Channel 5 reality show.

Fresh from the jungle Irish model Nadia Forde will be a guest presenter on TV3’s Xposé today.

Nadia Forde plans to meet up with Jake Quickenden when he leaves the 'I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! jungle.

Irish model Nadia Forde will be heading into the jungle for I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here, but she’s unknown in the UK, says Arlene Harris.

The Drop (15A) stars Tom Hardy a Bob Saginowski, a bartender in a rundown oston neighbourhood. 

This week, Benedict Cumberbatch plays Alan Turing in the Oscar-tipped wartime thriller The Imitation Game, a bartender becomes embroiled in a robbery in The Drop and Martin Clunes and Catherine Tate spread the Christmas cheer in Nativity 3: Dude, Where’s My Donkey?!.

Andy Murray is hoping to emulate coach Amelie Mauresmo after keeping his semi-final hopes alive at the ATP World Tour Finals with victory over Milos Raonic.

Could we see an Irish Queen of the Jungle follow in Kian Egan’s footsteps?

The family of a 30-year-old Kilkenny woman murdered with her two young children almost five years ago have spoken of the life sentence they will serve as the killer of their loved ones moves closer to potential freedom.

Christmas has come early at a Limerick hotel where nearly 50% of the venue’s Christmas parties are already booked.

The mother of Rachel O’Reilly has criticised the law for allowing her daughter’s killer repeated chances to challenge his conviction.

The mother of murdered Rachel O’Reilly has spoken of how she struggled with the will to keep on living after her daughter was murdered by her husband.

John Whelan believes the man who killed his sister and her two children should serve a “whole-life” sentence instead of being able to seek parole after just seven years.

A verdict is due later in the trial of three members of a Russian punk-band who performed an anti-Putin song in Moscow's biggest church.

Pussy Riot hit the headlines when three members were arrested after an anti-Putin protest. Now they face up to three years in jail, a prospect that has shocked and radicalised many Russians. Some of the women speak exclusively to Carole Cadwalladr.

A victim support group has called for an end to concurrent sentencing for homicide offences.

I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor’s Journey on the Road to Peace and Dignity

The Irish presenter Brian Dowling – who won the second series of 'Big Brother' in 2001, as well as 'Ultimate Big Brother' in 2010 – admitted while he knows he is one of the most well-liked people on TV, he gets insecure because people expect him to be nice "all the time".

Angela Rippon and Nadia Sawalha’s skating skills failed to impress as they became the first celebrities to leave the qualifying rounds of the new series of 'Dancing On Ice'.

You can’t keep a good thing down. It is an aphorism that, as 2010 came to a close, seemed apt for Cameron Hanley, as he returned to winning ways, notably at the four-star shows in Salzburg, Austria and Dresden, Germany.

THE family of a woman murdered along with her two children by a vicious rapist has expressed horror at the Court of Appeal’s decision to reduce the time in jail the killer will serve for his crimes.

'Ultimate Big Brother' housemate Nadia Almada has said that she feels let down by presenter Davina McCall.

‘Ultimate Big Brother’ contestant Nadia was reportedly rushed to hospital after trying to commit suicide.