It's gonna be a 'lorra lorra' laughs.

A teenager is due to appear in court today charged with the murder of a seven-year-old girl found seriously injured on a playing field.

The mother of a seven-year-old girl who died after she was found seriously injured on a playing field was seen crying on her knees in the street after she arrived at the scene, according to witnesses.

The O’Donovan brothers might have won Olympic silver medals, but it is clear that their Nana has won the hearts of the nation after her performance on The Late Late Show last night.

“We’re just our age, we can’t turn that clock back”, said the grandfather of the child Tusla removed, after it was decided he and his wife were too old to provide adequate foster care.

EMILE ZOLA is perhaps not as widely read today in English as he was in the past, less familiar to us now as readers than his friend and contemporary Gustave Flaubert.

IN 1848, the Year of Revolutions, little Emilie-Louise Delabigne began her life in the worst slum in Paris, the illegitimate daughter of a laundress-turned-prostitute.

Tom Hardy plays twin brothers Reggie and Ronnie Kray in Legend (18s), a stylish account of how the infamous villains rose to prominence during London’s Swinging Sixties.

Assistance given to family by Scottish emergency services recalled in the Prayers of the Faithful

It’s been a bumper year for pop hits, which Sleeping Beauty uses to full effect in a hugely enjoyable production that will entertain all three generations that usually make up panto audiences.

Sensory technology will soon allow lonesome grandparents, separated from their loved ones by geography, to touch and embrace via the internet.

An 11-year-old Meath boy has been hailed as a hero for saving his grandfather’s life after the car in which they were travelling crashed after his grandfather suffered a blackout at the wheel.

Nana tries and fails...and tries...and fails to catch her treats. But really now, is she trying hard enough?

A two-year old boy has met his hero who found him wandering along a roadway in the early hours of the morning after the toddler walked out of his home while his family slept in their beds.

While celebrations were in full flow in the Four Seasons Hotel in Dublin, Irish rugby star Jordi Murphy had no idea that his medal was in the hands of a rugby-mad granny a few miles across the city.

A two-year old boy has met his hero who found him wandering along a roadway in the early hours of the morning after the toddler walked out of his home while his family slept upstairs.

It may be a time of the year for family, fun and festivities, but try telling that to the many Irish footballers based abroad who regularly miss out on the magic of Christmas.

IF you watch the Antiques Road Show on BBC1, you will be familiar with that suspense-soaked pause before the expert examining a piece breathily declares it to be — genuine.

MY grandmother was a wonderful woman for all but one thing — her menace with a rag and a bottle of French polish.

“I AM hollow inside. If you could tap my tummy it would be like a bodhrán,” actress Gerry McLoughlin says gaily of her post-cancer body.

AROUND the time my secretary threw my marijuana plant out the window was the period when I was expert on the Seanad.

Graham Norton is in Cork this week to receive an honorary doctorate. It's a tough call to put together a highlights reel, but we've had a bash.

Born in Cork on Friday night - 9lbs 8ozs, if you must know. And no, he's not called Kian.

IT APPEARS we have a very serious case of ‘noshtalgia’.

LULU’S been belting out hits for five decades and “reinvented” herself to stay in the spotlight.

WHO would have thought a common childhood ailment would lead to the formation of a well-known Irish company and shape two sisters’ lives?

A daughter whose parents were killed by a driver with nearly twice the legal alcohol level spoke of the heartbreak which will haunt her family to the day they die.

Oh, you really shouldn’t have!

What happens when your daughter enters a competition in your name without telling you?

WE HAD a terrific day last Saturday as the winners of the Slow Food Grandmothers Day Irish Examiner Competition — six grandchildren, four grannies and a couple of mums — arrived to enjoy their prize, a day at the Ballymaloe Cookery School and Gardens.

WE HAD a terrific day last Saturday as the winners of the Slow Food Grandmothers Day Irish Examiner Competition — six grandchildren, four grannies and a couple of mums — arrived to enjoy their prize, a day at the Ballymaloe Cookery School and Gardens.

MAGICAL MEMOIR can prove the bet of the weekend in the www.gowranpark.ie Hurdle at the Kilkenny track tomorrow.

GIVEN the week that’s been it for the Irish squad, there’s a lot of talk about players wanting to be here. It all means a little more for Ipswich’s Damien Delaney though.

The final moments of long-running comedy hit 'Friends' were named top of the blubs today - as TV's biggest tearjerker.

A rural community was in shock tonight after two elderly friends died from a suspected gas leak in a house.

British Comedy Awards host Jonathan Ross heaped more embarrassment on the event last night as they went ahead without being broadcast.

'Life On Mars', 'Extras' and a drama about Lord Longford's campaign to free Moors Murderer Myra Hindley are front-runners at the TV Baftas in England tonight.

The smash-hit series 'Life On Mars' has been nominated for two TV Baftas today.

BONO yesterday admitted he looked like singer Nana Mouskouri before Lola Cashman — the stylist at the centre of a High Court battle with the band — joined the U2 team.