A woman who delivered her baby at home in the midst of the chaos of Storm Ophelia is praying that electricity will be restored at her house in Crosshaven, Co Cork so that she can discharge herself from hospital.

Everyman, Cork

When Jim and Marie Quigley moved from Dundalk to its rural environs, they named their new home after their son who tragically drowned as a child.

The HSE’s apology to the parents of Alex Butler was not sincere, writes Catherine Shanahan

A mother and father who waited eight years for an apology from the State for the injuries caused to their daughter at birth were forced to listen to experts argue about how long she might live in an effort to secure a final settlement.

The tugboat Gerry O’Sullivan sprayed arcs of water, other Navy ships sounded their horns in salutem and families cheered and waved flags on the quayside as the LÉ Eithne pulled into base.

It sounds like a contradiction in terms, but a woman whose whole life is song has just received an Unsung Hero Award.

RTÉ broadcaster Brenda Donohue today presented the 2014 Hidden Hearing Heroes Awards honouring those who made a significant, and often unheralded, contribution to society.

Sonya Kelly puts a funny spin on her battles with bureaucracy to secure an Irish visa for her Australian girlfriend, writes Pádraic Killeen

The Off The Rails presenter and designer Sonya Lennon has bared all for Trevor Hart, one of Ireland’s leading advertising and editorial photographers.

TAKING a 21st Century approach to the spare parts industry, Cork start-up company UrParts.com has created a website which companies any where in the world can use to source new and used parts for construction equipment.

LENNON COURTNEY

“Watch me fly, see me soar, you will see all that I am meant to be, like an eagle up on high,” sang 140 young voices, as sun blasted the steps of Cork’s Triskel Christchurch.

Sonya Keogh is relishing the chance to share her passion for singing, says Nicki ffrench Davis.

THERE are many unfortunate children who make headlines for all the wrong reasons, the best bits of childhood stolen through some tragic mishap at birth.

Lifting his eight-year-old daughter doesn’t knock a feather out of John Butler, but why would it when she weighs just two-and-a-half stone.

Alex Butler is tetraplegic. Her physical disability means her body can be like jelly and her limbs are stiff. She gets around in a wheelchair.

A Woman of No Importance is Wilde at his best — and full of resonance for modern audiences, writes Carl Dixon

Tolstoy: A Russian Life

A LIMERICK man who survived a bullet wound to the head turned up unexpectedly at his girlfriend’s 21st birthday party and proposed to the dumbstruck birthday girl.

A TEN-YEAR-OLD girl who has spent her life being fed through a tube arising out of a rare disorder is finally able to eat following a specialised programme at a hospital in Austria.

A TEN-YEAR-OLD girl with a rare disorder which renders her barely able to speak is to receive vital treatment in Austria after residents of Cobh, Co Cork, raised €15,000 in two weeks for her care.

The bodies of four decapitated lions were discovered today at a wildlife park in the North where the owner was this week evicted for allowing children to stroke a tiger.

I SYMPATHISE with the predicament of fifth-year student Sonya Minihane (Letters, October 1) in relation to spoken Irish.

The Irish Women's soccer team defeated hosts Turkey 3-0 in the World University Games in Izmir yesterday.

Holby City actress Laura Sadler died today five days after she plunged 40ft from a balcony, a hospital spokesman said.

Coronation Street's Hilda and Stan Ogden have been voted the most romantic TV couple of all time.