UK retailers’ Christmas sales were hit by brutal price pressure and the shift to e-commerce, rounding out their worst year on record.

Barrister Pat Purcell told the Circuit Civil Court today that a door in The Old Schoolhouse Restaurant, Swords, had closed on Paula Buliauskite’s right hand, crushing her right middle and ring finger on her right hand.

Audrey's been sorting out Cork people for ages

To ensure his re-election to the White House, Donald Trump must retain the backing of the white evangelicals who put him there in the first place, writes Bette Browne

He was the man behind the iconic Galaxy dress. Now Roland Mouret is turning his attention to the world of art, collaborating with Dragana Jurisic for an exhibition at the RHA. Ahead of his visit to Dublin to talks to Ruth O'Connor.

Childhood sweethearts Michaela Murphy and Trevor Keating were well placed to enjoy a stylish wedding celebration considering the bride is an interior design architect.

Ireland’s rock-star puppet is on a nationwide tour. Bosco talks with Donal O’Keeffe about environmentalism, Brexit and Michael D

A four-year-old Cork boy has celebrated beating cancer by meeting his Munster rugby heroes and starting his first day of school.

Father of three Gareth left his role in Classic Hits FM on September 1, last year after receiving a diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), a neurodegenerative illness.

A pastor at a Baptist Church in Ballincollig, Co. Cork, has thanked the community for the massive outpouring of support received following the drowning of a five-year-old local girl whilst on a family holiday in Germany.

A GoFundMe page set up to pay for the medical costs and the transportation of the body of a three-year-old Irish boy who drowned in Spain has raised more than €7,000 in less than a day.

For chef Tony Carty and his wife, photographer Paula Malone Carty, shopping and eating local is high on the menu when it comes to factoring in sustainability for their busy family of six,

The parents of a man beaten to death by a neighbour who was undergoing a psychotic episode have told the Central Criminal Court that it is "unacceptable" that someone so dangerous and known to mental health services was living just a few doors from their "defenceless" son.

Essential to healthy living, our digestive system tends to slow down as we age. Margaret Jennings looks at how to keep it in tip-top condition.

Audrey's been sorting out Cork people for ages...

PAULA Wright said being a pacer in the Irish Examiner Cork City Marathon is an opportunity for her to encourage others towards the finish line, just as she was motivated when she first began to run.

Skincare acids, once a part of salon treatments, are now here to stay in cleansers, make-up, and sun protection, but they are not as scary as they might appear, says Rachel Marie Walsh

HE’S a former Olympic boxing gold medal winner, but when it comes to his latest sporting challenge, 51-year-old Michael Carruth says he’s a “raw beginner”.

“it has been the greatest year of my life.”

Update: Paula Staunton has been found safe and well, gardaí have confirmed.

Paula Lambert, the voice of Bosco, has said that hearing of the closure of the Lambert Puppet Theatre, the almost five-decades-old home of such beloved children’s characters as Bosco, Judge and Mr Crow, has made her feel her father had died all over again.

Dublin may have had 30,000 runners pounding its streets in the women’s mini marathon but all attention went Lee-side.

Paula Hynes swapped her farm and family in Cork to spend almost three weeks with the Maasai in Kenya for a show on RTÉ tonight, writes Helen O’Callaghan

Fifty years ago today, 61 people were killed when an Aer Lingus plane crashed on a flight from Cork to London, and left many with questions on what caused the tragedy, writes Caroline O’Doherty.

WHAT drives a mother to walk out on her husband and children? It’s a taboo topic — but one that new drama series Come Home expertly explores, writes Georgia Humphreys.

Taking to Twitter he said he is “devastated” by the news but “life goes on".

Bosco is still enthralling children to this day, and Ireland’s favourite red-head is now putting his talents to raising money for the LauraLynn children’s hospice, writes Liz O’Brien

If you know a loved one due a baby anytime now, the message is to hold on until the other side of New Year’s Day. Because if that kid is to have aspirations of some time playing high-level football, their odds are frighteningly reduced if they arrive before the end of the year

A selfless daughter who took her parents into her home to care for them full time is Ireland’s Carer of the Year.

Pride shone through the clouds and the rain for Cork’s LGBT community as they remembered a recently departed activist and advocate.

Barry Geraghty has endured a terrible run of injury in the past 12 months but as the 37-year-old prepares for his latest comeback, at the Galway Festival on Monday, he proclaims himself fitter and stronger than ever. And despite broken arms, fractured ribs and a punctured lung in the last year, he isn’t even considering retirement.

This season’s best cleansers leave skin clear and comforted. Rachel Marie Walsh reports

Your home viewing entertainment wrap for the week ahead, with Des O’Driscoll.

From colour-popping to the latest serum, Rachel Marie Walsh rates the top launches coming to a beauty counter near you.

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Irish actress Denise Gough tells Jeananne Craig why she couldn’t be happier with the gritty lead role in Paula

Irish physical therapist Gerard Hartmann has urged Paula Radcliffe, the women’s marathon world record holder, to embrace plans to rewrite the record books in athletics after the Briton said the plans were “cowardly” and an insult to the dignity of clean athletes.

Always good at creative writing, Ciaran parted company with school before taking his A levels. After a while he left Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh for Glasgow to attend drama school. Then, moving to London, he began to act, and has been doing so ever since.

The Bermuda Triangle; the Shroud of Turin: what makes Trump that particular shade of orange — there are many mysteries in this world, but I’ve solved one that’s been puzzling Irish people for generations. Hold on to your hats, boys and girls, I deduce Bosco is a boy.

Wait … your dog fell off a cliff?

Rachel Marie Walsh gets to grips with hand creams, wipes the day away with cleansing wipes, and nourishes with moisturisers.

John Horan was last night elected as the first Dublin-born GAA president since 1924 when Daniel McCarthy finished his three-year term.