John McDonagh and his family were asleep in their mobile home when they woke up to a smoky bedroom.

Aileen Lee previews a March 8 event that aims to promote gender equality in the world of design.

Even in death, Emma Mhic Mhathúna would not be silenced.

Emma Mhic Mhathúna was one of the key figures at the centre of the Cervical Check controversy.

Mr Mulcahy owned the Phoenix magazine and the quarterly Irish Arts Review, of which his last publication was this week.

Kerry mother Emma Mhic Mhathúna and her five children who sued over CervicalCheck smears have settled their legal action for €7.5m.

“I’m dying. I don’t even know if my little baby is going to remember me.” These were the words of mother-of-five Emma Mhic Mhathúna yesterday.

A week after the lid was lifted on the cervical cancer scandal, the Government still does not know the number of women adversely affected.

Gardaí in Donnybrook in Dublin 4 are appealing for the public's help in tracing 16-year-old Natasha Ottu who was reported missing yesterday, Friday 16th March 2018.

A father accused of murdering his baby son told gardaí: "I did all I could," as his child was dying in his arms.

John Tighe (40) of Lavallyroe, Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo denies murdering Joshua Sussbier Tighe at his home on June 1, 2013.

A 40-year-old man has gone on trial accused of murdering his baby son in county Mayo.

One woman, four personal shoppers. Roisin Burke puts four department store experts to the test as she hunts for the perfect festive party outfit.

Update, 2pm, July 17: Natasha McNeill has been found safe and well.

Latest: Natasha McNeill has been found safe and well.

Tilara Costa Holmes is a six-year-old in search of a ‘miracle’. But to give her a shot at the miraculous, considerable funds must be raised.

Charlize Theron owns the red carpet during the Fast & Furious 8 promotional circuit. Let’s suss out her style secrets.

A British soldier who stabbed his girlfriend to death in a "frenzied" attack as their children slept upstairs has been jailed for life, police said.

He may have had a reputation as the coke-snorting bad boy of ballet, but Helen Barlow found there’s a lot more to Sergei Polunin. He talks about dancing to Hozier and how he came to possess Mickey Rourke’s bloody pants.

Gardaí are asking for help in tracing a teenage girl from Cork who has been missing for five days.

In a golden age of Irish design, with our high street shops— from Dunnes to Arnotts to Kilkenny — teaming with Irish talent; the newly-launched Só Collective at Kildare Village celebrating contemporary Irish craft and design; and initiatives like Create at Brown Thomas giving a platform to emerging designers, one facet of this newly- invigorated Irish design scene is shining brighter than any other.

Niamh Delaney, who is visually impaired, found herself among the elite runners at the end of the women’s mini-marathon in Dublin yesterday.

Eight-year-old Natasha ’Tasha’ Fuller is recovering well after receiving a lifesaving organ transplant earlier this week - amazingly the donor was her teacher.

BESTSELLING cooking author Annabel Karmel is one of those exceptional people who managed to turn the awful tragedy of losing her first child at just 13 weeks into something positive.

Michael Caine says he would have been dead “long ago” had he not married Shakira Baksh. The two married in 1973 and have a daughter, Natasha.

A young woman who recently lost her 55-year-old father to lung cancer is urging smokers to quit.

Former riding great John Francome insists help is there for all jockeys, past and present, if they need it in the wake of the sad death of Pat Eddery.

USA: Felimina Rotundo works 11 hours a day, six days a week at a Buffalo laundry and says she has no plans to quit working even though she turned 100 two months ago.

Dara O’Briain hangs out with Stephen Hawking on BBC One on Tuesday.

Glasgow native Cathy Hutcheon had almost given up on being a grandmother after her daughter Nicola came off IVF treatment.

RICHARD BAUSCH’s last novel, Peace, was a major critical success, and years ago novelist Richard Ford championed him by writing the introduction to Bausch’s terrific book of short stories, Aren’t You Happy For Me?

An ever growing number of mothers are setting up their own businesses instead of going back into employment to enjoy more quality time at home, writes Helen O’Callaghan.

Kerry Katona wants to collaborate with her ex-husband Brian McFadden's band Westlife.

Emergency moves to bring in rent controls and increase allowances are needed to head-off a surge in homelessness, the Dáil heard.

Irish millionaire philanthropist Sean Ambrose McCarthy is confident of success in a European Court of Justice challenge to the UK’s alleged non-compliance with EU freedom-of-movement regulations.

Husband Richie Neville has tweeted the good news.

Voting is well under way on a historic day for Scotland as people determine whether the country should remain part of the United Kingdom.