Many third-level students want to set up their own businesses after graduation, but college supports to do so might be lacking, a new study suggests.

There has been a last-minute surge in people taking out health insurance ahead of the imposition of new membership rules at midnight tonight, a spokesperson for the Health Insurance Authority said yesterday.

Health insurance companies are experiencing a surge in callers ahead of the imposition of new membership rules but the anticipated massive jump in numbers signing up has not happened yet.

Who could blame him? After spending three hours up close and personal with this year’s first 18-strong bunch of Rose of Tralee contestants, show host Dáithí Ó Sé was in desperate need of cooling down.

Swinging camogie sticks and threats of Michael Flatley-inspired "dance-offs".