Having opened a €3m Avoca store in Dunboyne, Co Meath, just this week, a Cork Avoca is next in line for the expansionist, upmarket Irish food and household product company.

A newborn baby was found by a cleaner in a bin in hospital toilets, a court has heard.

This may be only a small bit of solace for Parks and Rec fans, but we would love to see more of it right?

In remaking classic western, The Magnificent Seven, the director and cast had to bring something different to the table, writes Helen Barlow

Sometimes all you need to know about a film is the stars- Passengers features Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence.

Bride Rovers 1-21 Youghal 1-13: It says much about Bride Rovers’ dominance in Ballynoe on Saturday evening that an eight-point final winning margin would seem to flatter opponents Youghal.

US food company, Aramark, is to buy the Avoca group of Irish upmarket retail outlets and cafes.

The managing director of Avoca Simon Pratt yesterday confirmed negotiations are progressing well on the sale of the business.

Chris Pratt’s career has benefitted from him hitting the gym and losing weight. While he feels “totally objectified,” he says that he’s not appalled by it.

Dinosaur disaster movie Jurassic World has stomped its way to the top of the Irish box office, boasting the biggest opening of any film in 2015.

“No one is impressed by dinosaurs anymore, ”says Claire (Dallas Bryce Howard), the manager of Jurassic World (12A).

Chris Pratt confirmed that he will be appearing in Marvel movies, outside of Guardians of the Galaxy.

Just when you thought Chris Pratt couldn’t be any more endearing! Chris Pratt appears in a behind the scenes video for Jurassic World in which he teaches viewers Stunts 101.

There’s an element of foreshadowing in the latest Jurassic World TV ad when Chris Pratt’s character reveals that the genetically modified Velociraptor hybrid is "killing for sport."

Stars converged on the Super Bowl both on and off the field, with celebrities including Britney Spears and Mark Wahlberg among the spectators and an elaborate half-time show by Katy Perry.

Operating profits at one of Ireland’s best known brands and family-run businesses, Avoca have rocketed by over 50% to over €3.3m this year.

Chris Pratt "prayed" that his son would survive.

Filming for 'Jurassic World' is complete and the film is ready to go into post production.

Chris Pratt worried his modest physique might have stopped him from securing a role in 'Guardians of the Galaxy'.

Guardians of the Galaxy ****

Cork SHC: Bride Rovers 3-14 Courcey Rovers 0-19 (aet)

Steven Spielberg sends 'Jurassic World' director Colin Trevorrow ideas for the film - every day.

Sinn Féin were the big winners in Waterford, claiming six seats on the amalgamated Waterford City and County Council, while Labour were the major casualties, with four high-profile sitting councillors losing out.

Kya deLongchamps says flatbacks should not be confused with earlier, more expensive figures.

Prime minister Kevin Rudd won appraisal after he mounted a spirited defence of same-sex marriage only days out from Australian elections.

A 34 year-old man who has a previous conviction for ramming a garda car has been sentenced for threatening an officer in the Criminal Assets Bureau.

Spencer Pratt has sensationally revealed he has been faking his controversial behaviour on 'Celebrity Big Brother'.

Expansion costs at family- owned retailer Avoca last year contributed to pre-tax profits declining at the group by 28% to €1.197m.

Irish actor Liam Neeson is set to star alongside Will Ferrell in the Lego film.

Jimmy Savile would regularly take teenage girls to a private hospital block alone, a former porter has claimed.

The head of an American firearms lobbying group has said the shooting at a cinema in Denver, Colorado is an opportunity to “loosen up gun laws”.

PRE-TAX profits at family-owned retailer Avoca last year increased by 3% to €1.64 million as revenues climbed to €48.6m.

BRIDE ROVERS’ remarkable resilience in championship hurling surfaced again in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday night.

DAVID Casey oozed confidence as he guided uneasy favourite Sicilian Secret to a facile win in the Eamon Sheridan Plane Hire Novice Hurdle in Ballinrobe last night.

AVOCA is the bubble not even the yummy mummy of all recessions could burst.

KILKENNY booked their place in the All-Ireland Vocational Schools Intercounty Hurling final after they easily dismissed a spirited Cork challenge at a wet and windy Mourneabbey on Saturday afternoon.

THURLES CBS survived a late rally by Blackwater Community School at Clonmel yesterday to book their place in the knockout stages of the Harty Cup after Christmas.

Unheralded left-hander Adam Bland will carry a three-shot lead into the final round of the 2010 JBWere Masters after completing a one-under 70 in extreme conditions on Saturday at Victoria Golf Club in Melbourne.

THIS all-Waterford Dr Harty Cup Munster Colleges hurling tie at Fraher Field, Dungarvan, yesterday may not have been a classic, but it was a feisty and no-nonsense local derby that ended in a deserved victory for Lismore’s Blackwater Community School.

Police in Costa Rica today said reality TV stars Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag were briefly detained at an airport for illegal arms possession.

BARRY JOHNSON was the scoring hero for Bride Rovers in this Evening Echo SHC third round tie at Páirc Uí Chaoimh last night.