A 22-year-old man walking the entire British and Irish coastlines for charity is determined to continue his three-year trek despite damage to his knee.

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The stars were out in force in Limerick at the weekend, attending a lavish retirement party for legendary jockey AP McCoy.

Two of the country’s brightest young scientists are taking the first steps in transforming their cutting-edge scientific research into a fully-fledged business having landed the top prize at the Google Global Science Fair with the idea last year.

Rory McIlroy’s former fiancée Caroline Wozniacki has achieved a lifelong dream of appearing in Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue which goes on sale this week. 

It’s official. Amy and Brian really are our Kate and Wills.

CONFIRMING the endurance of naff, Cliff Richard’s 100th album is released on Nov 8, just weeks after the death of Lou Reed, 71.

If Prince William has a daughter, she can succeed to the throne, and to a life of gender-defined scrutiny, says Suzanne Harrington.

For 25 years the celeb magazine has chronicled the births, marriages and lovely homes of the stars — and it has changed the media’s agenda, says Vanessa Thorpe

It was another day soundtracked by Irish celebrations at the Cheltenham Festival in the Cotswolds yesterday but one coveted title was wrested back from the raiders by the natives.

As a child, Clare Balding ‘assaulted’ the queen with a sausage, but this year she was the TV queen of the Olympics, writes Sue Leonard

His hero Sebastian Coe would have been in awe of his stunning gold medal run in the 1,500m, but Ireland’s Michael McKillop was just glad his mother got to put the medal around his neck.

Within the past half hour, the Olympic flame has arrived in the UK for this year's London Games.

It’s been a grim week for the Irish at Cheltenham so far but not for Margaret Connolly who yesterday came up trumps with a most unexpected double on Ladies’ Day.

The Irish National Stud has had its second royal visit in 10 months, with the Princess Royal, Princess Anne, arriving recently.

ZARA PHILLIPS and Mike Tindall were all smiles yesterday as they left the palace where their lavish wedding reception was held.

Britain's Zara Phillips has married Mike Tindall.

ON the eve of the visits to Ireland of Britain’s Queen II and the US’s President Barack Obama, security is on red alert.

YOUR Majesty, Before I get on to saying that you’re welcome, I should probably admit that I did a bit of research into the proper mode of address for an open letter to the British queen.

THE eldest grand-daughter of Britain’s queen, Zara Phillips, is to wed her rugby-playing boyfriend Mike Tindall, Buckingham Palace has announced, in a marriage of world-beating sports stars.

Zara Phillips has announced her engagement to rugby player Mike Tindall.

I DON’T usually do this, but that was one strange week, and I wanted to tell you about it.

NEW WORLD 800 metres champion Caster Semenya faces further scrutiny over her gender, with one of her competitors yesterday saying bluntly: “She’s a man.”

Princess Anne joined Australia’s leaders today as the nation held a national day of mourning for the victims of wildfires that killed hundreds.

A LIBERAL Democrat MP introduced legislation yesterday to end the bar on heirs to the British throne marrying Catholics.

BERNADETTE Coffey went to the church in Bantry yesterday morning and lit a candle for Paddy.

President Mary McAleese will hold talks tomorrow with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during an official visit to Germany.

There was intense security when the British Princess Anne today became the first member of the Royal Family to enter Croke Park in Dublin – the bastion of Gaelic sport.

President Mary McAleese is making a three-day official visit to Germany next week.

The first British royal to visit Ireland’s historic Croke Park stadium next weekend will be welcome despite hardline republican protests, the Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern Minister insisted today.

The first British royal to visit Croke Park next weekend will be welcome despite protests by Sinn Féin, Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern insisted today.

PRINCESS DIANA’S family solemnly marked the 10th anniversary of her death yesterday, with her younger son eulogising her as “the best mother in the world”.

DARREN CLARKE wants it to be known that he has not pulled his name out of the running for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.

GARDAÍ were last night working to catch those behind the latest security scare at Dublin’s Four Courts.

EVENTING is a sport of opposites. It combines the finesse and cadence of dressage, the fervour and stamina of the cross-country gallop and the accuracy of show jumping.

PRINCE Charles's wedding to Camilla Parker Bowles was postponed yesterday because it clashed with the Pope's funeral.

PRINCE WILLIAM and Tom Parker Bowles will act as witnesses to the marriage of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, it emerged yesterday.

THEY certainly seem to get more than their fair share of trouble, but with party animals like Harry, Zara and Freddie, trouble comes courting at the House of Windsor.

Dozens of Ireland’s World War II veterans turned out to greet Princess Anne tonight on her last official engagement in the country.

England’s Princess Anne is due to arrive in Ireland this evening for a two-day visit.

The mother of a Dublin-born soldier who died while serving in Iraq with the British army's Irish Guards used a St Patrick’s Day visit to the regiment in South Armagh by Princess Anne to condemn the war.

A HOST of international academics and historians have joined a campaign to save Ireland’s most precious heritage site from damage by motorway construction.

THE announcement of Eddie Macken as Olympic team trainer by the Show Jumping Association of Ireland (SJAI) selectors this week, will, hopefully, bring the curtain down on the unfortunate controversy that had sprung up around the position.