Not for the squeamish: What being 'out injured' really means.

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Paddy Power have installed Jennifer Maguire as their 5/1 favourite to replace Dermot Whelan as the Republic of Telly’s main presenter.

Business on Planet Zog is “very much improved” this year after Zig & Zag’s production firm returns to profit after a lean and loss-making 2011.

At last! At last! We can say it without fear of retribution!

AFTER the opening two round of the Derby Trial Stake at the Glanworth, Co. Cork, it looks like a battle between Kyle Glen and Kierans Sam for the ticket to Clonmel.

I HAVE half a dozen hospital stories. When my daughter was younger, she was hospitalised on nine separate occasions, whilst my parents, who were elderly, still managed to outdo her admissions rate.

RTÉ have devised a ploy to keep burgeoning radio egos in check — they’re putting puppets in charge of the show.

MOVE aside Miriam O’Callaghan, stand down Sean O’Rourke and forget The Frontline.

SCOOTING across the lawns of RTÉ yesterday, presenter Ryan Tubridy looked confident but cautious as he approached a wall of journalists.

MORE than double the number of required entries was received for the Boylesports.com Champion Stakes which is set to commence at Shelbourne Park on Saturday.

THERE was only room for one blonde blueshirt in the Dáil yesterday, and Enda Kenny was adamant it was going to be him.

CAULIFLOWER ears are the bane of rugby players.

HANDS up everyone who is looking forward to Pat Kenny hosting another Late Late Show this autumn.

It is being touted as the greatest Gold Cup match-up since Arkle took on Mill House in 1964, but this year’s duel between Kauto Star and Denman has a very personal context for legendary gambler Harry Findlay. Declan Colley reports.

ROUNDING off a weekend of star-studded award ceremonies and film premieres in Dublin, the fifth Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) didn’t fail to bring out a mix of Hollywood stars and home-grown talent.

CHRISTMAS ‘ho ho ho’ is very much a feature of RTÉ television fare this holiday season with a new edition of Killinaskully as well as many other light-hearted family programmes.

Croke Park has refused to hold a Telethon charity event because it doesn’t suit its corporate image, it was claimed today.

TV presenter Anna Nolan revealed yesterday how she attended a Dublin orgy, an experience she described as “an eye opener”.

TV’s filthiest bachelors were on the look out for love in Cork last night.

Faithless will take to the stage of the Marquee in Cork’s docklands tonight kicking off a marathon 15-gig music and comedy feast over three weeks.

THE man behind Cork’s Live at the Marquee concert series confirmed last night that he plans to continue staging the event beyond 2009.

British rock stars Duran Duran were today announced for this year’s Live at the Marquee.

Bookmaker Paddy Power have made Samantha Mumba and dirty little red heads Podge and Rodge their joint favourites at 6/1 to replace Louis Walsh as the third judge on the X Factor.

NORTHERN Ireland band Snow Patrol swept the boards at the star-studded Meteor Ireland Music Awards last night as they strutted away from Dublin’s Point Theatre with four gongs.

Northern band Snow Patrol swept the boards at the star studded Meteor Ireland Music Awards tonight as they strutted away from the Point Theatre with four gongs.

The stars of Ireland’s music industry are expected to turn out in Dublin’s Point Theatre tonight for the Meteor Music Awards.

I’m not quite sure what the official date of birth of the Celtic Tiger was, but in my own mind I perceived the really visible beginnings of economic growth around 1996. It was around that time that house prices began to lift off, albeit at a much slower rate than what we have seen in more recent years.

A RTE ‘mockumentary’ about Hollywood star Colin Farrell and adverts on TV3 for Irish Psychics Live and tarot card phone line 7th Sense have all been rapped by the Broadcasting Complaints Commission (BCC).

BUBBLY Kathryn Thomas is the nation’s favourite woman presenter.

WELL, it shows you how much of an uphill battle is facing the Greens.

WE didn’t realise it, but there are two comedians in the White House. The other is Laura Bush.