Only one in fifteen people in the Defence Forces are women according to figures released last year.

When you discover Amy Poehler has made a comedy for Netflix, you can safely bet one thing — it’s going to have you laughing out loud.

With the days getting longer, and the weather being as unpredictable as ever- we're looking at you, Storm Hannah- there's even more time to catch up with on your tv time.

A new app is teaching children and their parents sign language, through the power of reading, writes Ciara McDonnell.

Rebecca Roe epitomises the stylish fusion of fashion and interior design, writes Eve Kelliher.

Kay Harte is proprietor of the Farmgate Cafe at the English Market in Cork.

A young girl who was awarded €550,000 after 'tram surfing' on the Luas line in Dublin is afraid to leave her house after abuse from Internet trolls.

The State’s exams appeal system is not fit for purpose, a High Court judge has warned after a student fulfilled her dream of winning a place in veterinary medicine following a legal challenge.

Jon McGregor wrote one of the best novels of 2017. In advance of his visit to Listowel, he tells Richard Fitzpatrick about his magnificent tale

Sam Keeley failed his Leaving Cert but his love of acting has seen him succeed, writes Esther McCarthy

Esther N McCarthy gets a front-row seat in tonight’s episode of ‘Ros na Rún’. She talks to some of its key players.

Latest: One person has died and another was seriously injured after a chartered train carrying Republican members of Congress to a retreat struck a refuse truck in Virginia, the White House has confirmed.

A young Adele superfan from Belfast who got a visit from her idol last year in Belfast has died.

Sorting out Cork people for ages.

Just the thing to zone-out the talk of Christmas.

Aileen, Iona and Larry could be blowing into the UK and Ireland over coming months.

The madcap annual clamber up the sides of a fast-eroding mountain, which to outsiders must seem slightly bonkers, claimed its usual list of casualties, from heart attacks to head injuries, writes Catherine Shanahan. 

A man has admitted murdering his brother and attempting to murder his brother's girlfriend in a New Year's Day house fire.

Ireland’s number one mum Esther Kelly-Keating loves a challenge but was completely gobsmacked when her daughter Charlotte nominated her for the title.

An unknown Irish singer-songwriter has kept Ed Sheeran, The Coronas, and The Kings of Leon off the top of the the Irish iTunes album charts.

Jon McGregor has made the Man Booker list twice and also won a €100k prize from the Impac, but he’s never been totally comfortable with such accolades, writes Sue Leonard.

Latest: Rebecca Folan has been located safe and well.

A heterosexual couple is calling on the Government to allow anyone to enter a civil partnership, no matter what their sexuality.

A sports top and gloves found near the home of a man accused of a fatal shooting had firearms residue on them, a trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A killer taxi driver accused of murdering a sex worker in the UK has insisted to a jury that he never knew her.

At a low point, Rebecca Ryan could only leave her house through a window. She tells Sharon Ní Chonchuir how she learned to beat her OCD demons

A murderer offered police "another one" before leading them to a remote field where he had buried a sex worker he killed years earlier, a court in England has heard.

In the run up to his wedding groom-to-be Carlus McWilliams had an epic idea that would stun guests on his wedding day.

A group of young students, motivated by the death of a woman from a sudden heart attack, has won a prestigious youth prize for its in work promoting the message that defibrillators save lives.

All's well that ends well.

You may remember this story from last week in which a former US Navy member who parked in a spot reserved for veterans found a note on her car telling her to ’have some respect’.

It was an app - NOT something she ate.

When Rebecca Wyn Owen from Gaerwen in Wales sent her mother, Lana, a photo of her face distorted by one of the many editing apps out there, she just thought they would get a giggle out of it and move on.

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