The rise of Gaelic for Mothers and Others can benefit the next generation of girls too, writes Larry Ryan

A living legend of Irish and world motorsport, Rosemary Smith enjoyed huge success as a public figure but endured a series of devastating blows in her private life. Having just published her autobiography, at the age of 81, she recalls how she came through it all and is now the happiest she has ever been.

As we get older, getting enough water is more important than ever, says Margaret Jennings.

It is three years since broadcaster John Creedon took to the byways in a camper van to explore the Wild Atlantic Way.

Latest: A father and five young children are believed to have died when a blaze ripped through a farmhouse in rural Wales.

Lee Valley were crowned Minor Cup champions but Killarney and Cahir Park will have to wait until today to find out if they have won an All Ireland pennant after a dramatic day in the AIG Ladies Cups and Shields Finals at Malone.

Leslie Van Houten has been in prison for more than 40 years for two brutal murders she helped commit 48 years ago.

Margaret Jennings speaks to a trailblazer who has defied gender stereotypes, and is defying age stereotypes in a viral Formula One video for Renault.

Swamp Fox won the feature race, the €26,000 Dawn Milk Handicap on Ladies Day at Killarney Races yesterday, but there was no outfoxing, or even outdancing judges Aidan O’Mahony and Thalia Heffernan who said they were “ swamped” with style.

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Sport played a big role in the social activities of workers and an edition of the plant’s newsletter, Ford News, in December, 1968, highlighted this.

The proliferation of social media has led to a wave of digital influencers, whether it be through their blogs, Instagram, or Snapchat. Paula Burns finds out how they work.

Should you be looking for The Menu in the coming weeks then he shall mostly be found atop Neidín, roaming the wonderful wilds of West Cork with a knife in his belt and a skillet on his back for the Taste of West Cork Food Festival (Sept 9-18).

A nanny who worked for serial killers Fred and Rose West in England has died from cancer, a family friend has confirmed.

BIG TODDLE: Barnardos Ambassador Tom Vaughan Lawlor joined a group of toddlers last week to launch The Big Toddle for Barnardos sponsored by Toddlebox. 

A capacity crowd attended Clare ICA’s recent fashion show at the Woodstock Hotel, Ennis.

In a world where vlogging is the new blogging and snapchat is the new vlogging, we know it can be hard to keep up.

The owners of a dog killed in a “savage” attack in a local authority-operated dog shelter have demanded an investigation into the incident.

Deirdre O’Kane is back to stand-up after six years of TV and film acting —and her midlife crisis is

A women’s co-operative in Malawi shows that people can learn to help themselves with great results, writes Isabel Conway.

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Rosemary Smith beat the men in the 1960s when women were considered arm candy in motorsports, and off the road she has survived heartache and being “stony broke”, says Margaret Jennings.

Oscars!

IN advance of her gig at the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, Ed Power Dianne Reenes is as humble as ever, despite her Grammys and singing for George Clooney.

A nurse who allegedly arranged to meet a 14-year-old girl he planned to behead with an axe and eat started having fantasies about cannibalism at the age of six, a court has heard.

A nurse in England who allegedly arranged to meet a 14-year-old girl he planned to behead with an axe and eat started having fantasies about cannibalism at the age of six, a court has heard.

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

One of Ireland’s most unusual libraries is set to open this week – with the world being asked what should be in its collection.

In the basement of Vibes and Scribes, on Cork City’s Bridge St, is the colourful wool section — which is also the venue for a weekly knitting-and-crochet group.

Rescue crews searching for a classic American schooner carrying seven people now believe the vessel sank between New Zealand and Australia, although they have not given up hope of finding survivors.

Two brothers in their early 20s from Limerick have joined the list of the 250 richest people in Ireland.

A Donegal businessman has offered a €5,000 reward for information leading to the prosecution of those who attacked 96-year-old Margaret ‘Greta’ Lilly.

Hugo Taylor was the latest contestant to be evicted from I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here! leaving four campers competing for the jungle crown.

In honour of Halloween, movie critic Declan Burke picks the best horror films of all time

Showjumping Ireland is to investigate the serious injury of Deirdre Bourns, mother of international showjumper Andrew Bourns, after she was struck by a horse at Cavan Equestrian Centre Indoor Championships on Wednesday.

A lawyer for a man who police say confessed to choking a six-year old boy to death in a landmark 1979 missing child case said his client was mentally ill and had a history of hallucinations.

ROSEMARY McLOUGHLIN

Every family has its share of pain and triumph. And then there are the Kennedys.