Update September 23, 9am: Shauna Mullins has been located safe and well.

As the all-conquering Dublin machine rolls into Croke Park Sunday, GAA volunteers across the country and beyond will still be busy performing the often thankless tasks that keep our association so vibrant and unique.

There are not too many Kerry GAA supporters who have won four All-Ireland medals for Cork, but Shauna Kelly is an exception to that rule.

It’s tough being a Rose - spending hours in high-heels, posing for selfies at every turn, the constant smiling and waving, as the tour trundles towards Tralee.

Shauna O'Donnell has been found safe and well.

A schoolgirl who fractured her ankle as she jumped off a trampoline four years ago has settled her High Court action for €35,000.

Two sisters who assaulted a woman in front of her baby son have been ordered to complete community service hours in lieu of prison sentences.

The fundraising target of €2 million has been reached by the Sean Cox fundraising campaign.

Aoife Moore Tens of thousands of fans descended on the Aviva Stadium last night to raise money for a fellow football fan.

The song holds a special place in Shauna’s heart as her father used to sing it to her when she was little.

He can remember hurtling down the hill on his cousin’s bike, moving at a nonsensical pace, the summer breeze buffeting his face. 

They christened a bridge after Christy and bored a tunnel in the name of Jack, so surely it’s time to re-name the Inniscarra Dam in honour of the local legend, the most decorated player in GAA history?

Maria Walsh in conversation with Hilary Fennell

A 26-year-old singer from Dublin’s Liberties.

TV PRESENTER and former Rose of Tralee, Maria Walsh likes to keep herself busy and, despite frequently experiencing a restless mind in the early hours of the morning, plans to get even busier in the new year as she devotes more time to her new events agency, Juniper & Ruby.

Katie Taylor has backed Christina Desmond to become a future star following her European medal success.

A warning to those of a sensitive disposition: this piece is unavoidably littered with the c-word.

Update - August 5, 8.20am: Shauna O'Brien has been found safe and well.

Irish Olympic boxer Michael Conlan shows us around his Renault Kadjar

A young girl who has been left with a scar on her thigh after she hit against a protruding nail at a holiday caravan park has settled her High Court action for a total of €106,000.

Poor Elsa and Anna…

We know we shouldn’t laugh but this is too good.

A group of teenagers have set up the first ever school-based ICA guild, writes Helen O’Callaghan

There were “significant failings” in the care provided to a baby boy who died more than six years ago, a report published by the HSE has found.

A mother has spoken of how proud she is of her dead son — he has played a vital role in ensuring other babies did not die at birth.

Katie Taylor - minus her dad and coach in her corner for the first time this decade - claimed her first Irish title in the ring at Dublin’s National Stadium last night.

A terrified young woman had to pretend to her boyfriend that she was pregnant to stop him from strangling her.

A teenage girl who talked a man down off a bridge after he threatened to kill himself in the River Shannon has called for greater awareness surrounding suicide and depression.

Parents of babies who died at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise told Health Minister Leo Varadkar last night they hoped the culture of cover-up in medical institutions had ended.

The mother of one of the babies who died at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise is glad the dead children will never be forgotten because of the role they played in helping to improve services.

JAY has been raised by his mother on a diet of ‘gods, monsters, lambs, virgins and fillums, fillums, fillums.’

What's on telly? This stuff.

Research on a silent killer in their home town has earned two second-year students a trip to the United States to showcase their work alongside other young scientists from around the world.

The family of a two-year old boy found dead in an apartment on Saturday, have described as "vile" and "disgusting", messages posted online about the family, hours after the boy's lifeless body was discovered.

A Limerick man has told how he "lost the best part" of his life when told his two-year old son was found dead in his home.

As it opens to the public today and now entering its 51st year, Evelyn Ring goes behind the scenes at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition to find out what ideas and innovations some of Ireland’s most industrious and talented young students have come up with

A photo of an Irish dancer who stepped off a tour bus at Ladies View, Killarney, and broke into a spontaneous slip-jig has attracted over 22,000 hits on Facebook.