The brutal sexually-motivated murder of a mother-of-two in England 35 years ago could be a step closer to being solved following a breakthrough in the investigation.

Gardaí would "not peek" if an editor claiming journalistic privilege over his seized phone unlocked it so that his personal and business data on it could be downloaded, the High Court heard.

Toxic masculinity. Nothing has divided public opinion quite like this topic in recent times.

The arts festival in Galway has a series of talks and discussions on the subject of ‘home’. Here, three of the participants offer Richard Fitzpatrick their thoughts.

US retailer Walmart has removed a t-shirt from sale after an outcry from members of the press.

In the wake of Storm Ophelia, on the Tuesday morning, we opened the curtains on a world of blinding sunlight, and opened the French windows on a world a-buzz with the sound of chainsaws, writes Damien Enright. 

A man is to face trial accused of dangerous driving causing death of a 13-year-old boy following an alleged hit-and-run incident in Dublin.

A thief told a colleague at a Co Tipperary drugs manufacturer that he needed just two Valium for a pain in his head — but he ended up stealing 6,000.

This is a great opportunity to see what’s happening in architecture in Ireland, says Rose Martin, and to have an input into the built environment.

Ten years on from the events of Prometheus, Alien: Covenant (16s), the fifth offering in the Alien franchise, opens with the spaceship Covenant responding to what appears to be a human signal from an Earth-like planet.

A clergyman has appeared in court in England accused of filming young men in public toilets.

Defects inherent in the old Cork Prison building in terms of housing vulnerable and suicidal prisoners have been rectified at the new multi-million euro facility, Cork Coroners’ Court heard yesterday.

Live at the Marquee got off to a cracking start last night thanks to the ever-infectious intensity of Celtic punks Dropkick Murphys.

A woman suffering from anorexia took her own life after a referral for her urgent admission to hospital “went astray”.

Minds out of gutters.

When Shelley Brandie’s young son found an Easter card he had made at school a few weeks ago, he proudly presented it to her even though it was a little late.

Wexford got their league campaign off to a winning start, with a 0-13 to 0-9 victory over Tipperary at Cloughjordan.

This Georgian residence in Co Waterford has much of its original plasterwork and features, says Trish Dromey.

She is a piebald border collie called Shelley, seven years old, and she wears a jingling harness mounted with bells and lights.

Mark O’Halloran explains to Padraic Killeen how the central character of Davoren in The Shadow of a Gunman echoes O’Casey’s view of his younger self

Ian Bailey was upset and crying when he put his arms around a man and said: “I did it, I did it”, a High Court jury has been told.

Tommy Gilbert Jr has been arrested on suspicion of shooting Tommy Sr, a rich Wall St investor. How did such a gilded life corrode? asks Lynnley Browning

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As she snips away at a blonde bob, hairdresser Shelley Youell looks just like the rest of us. But, when she gets home, an altogether different force takes over.

The Final of the Hurley & White Golden Mile was the feature on the third and final day of the 2014 Ballabuidhe Festival.

Graham Norton is joined by X-Men stars Hugh Jackman, Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy, with music from Eurovision hopeful Molly on BBC1 at 10.35pm.

Tune into BBC1 at 10.35pm tonight as Graham Norton is joined by Hollywood superstar Russell Crowe, screen siren Cameron Diaz, and comic actor and director Richard Ayoade. Plus music from the queen of pop, Kylie Minogue.

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I suppose I should have wondered about the unfamiliar silence that lay over the city of Yogjakarta in central Java when I was woken at 4am by the call of the muezzin to dawn prayers at the mosque.

I Frankenstein, an action fantasy thriller based on Kevin Grevioux’s graphic novel, hits the big screen next week. Mary Shelley’s nameless ‘fiend’ is now Adam Frankenstein, played by Aaron Eckhart.

Sharon Osbourne had a foul-mouthed rant at Louis Walsh.

Desperate kisses and passionate pleas from Sharon Osbourne were not enough to stop fellow judge Louis Walsh bringing the curtain down on Shelley Smith’s ‘X Factor’ career tonight.

'X Factor' judge Gary Barlow has confirmed he is to step down from the talent contest at the end of this series, making the announcement mid-way through a live show.

A Labradoodle is about to wed a golden doodle in a ceremony with 500 guests, writes Áilín Quinlan.

The Rolling Stones return to London’s Hyde Park today – 44 years since they last played at the outdoor venue.

Stealing a march – or should that be swim – on next month’s 3D re-release of ‘Finding Nemo’, ‘Sammy’s Great Escape’ is a sweet and inoffensive computer animation with a gentle message about mankind’s plundering of underwater resources.

Andrew Heffernan and eight unlicensed individuals will have to wait until next Friday to know their fate following a British Horseracing Authority disciplinary panel hearing over breaches of the rules of racing.