Although she is from Watergrasshill, Cork, Emer O’Sullivan’s heart has always been in Tipperary.

Marian Duggan was in her 20s and could not imagine that her symptoms could be so serious, not even when a tennis-ball-size cyst was removed from her left ovary, says Helen O’Callaghan.

A diehard fan of Home & Away, Megan O’Brien made sure that a stop-off at the soap’s iconic “Summer Bay” set was firmly on the itinerary during her holiday in Australia with her boyfriend Peter Murphy.

THE death of a Co Galway woman in a savage dog attack outside her son’s home could have been avoided if earlier warnings about the animals’ behaviour had been listened to, an inquest has heard.

The family of a woman who died following a collision with a Luas tram say they will carry her in their hearts forever.

The wife of an Irish mountaineer who tragically died on Europe’s highest mountain has said she has lost her “best friend”.

Residential investment platform Urbeo Residential has made three key hires as it continues to expand in Ireland’s busy property market.

This is the beginning of a new movement, one where librarians become outlaws, and children become warriors, writes Suzanne Harrington

Concern Worldwide worker Kieran McConville has just returned from Mozambique and reflects on the desperate conditions the thousands of cyclone victims must endure.

A sister of a farmer whose will is being contested believes a solicitor got his instructions for the will from another sister whose son was left the entire 54-acre farm in Wexford.

The priest officiating at the funeral of a man who was fatally stabbed on the street last week has questioned why people carry knives when they result in so much tragedy.

A mother of five who lost her husband after a year long battle with cancer only to see her home badly damaged in a fire two weeks before Christmas was celebrating yesterday as the family moved back in to their newly refurbished family home following a fundraising drive.

The Eighth Amendment was never about Catholicism. The Catholic Church did not insert it, the political system did, writes Victoria White.

A family trapped by snow have issued an emotional thank you to an “army of angels” who helped ensure the safe delivery of a very special snow-storm baby.

Helen O’Callaghan says kids thrive when given attention.

A mother of five young children who lost her husband to cancer last month has been dealt another devastating blow after she saw all of her belongings go up in flames following a fire at the family home in Mallow, Co Cork.

Some 200,000 people care for loved-ones in Ireland. Among them is Jack Brennan, an 84-year-old who cares for his beloved wife, Bernie. She has Alzheimer’s disease and cannot even perform the most basic tasks.

A homeless man has been sentenced to five years in prison for robbing an elderly Dublin couple of cash that they had just withdrawn to pay for a family holiday.

Cork GAA is mourning the death yesterday at the age of 92 of legendary hurler Willie John Daly, who was the last surviving member of the three-in-a-row team of the 1950s who starred in the attack alongside Christy Ring.

We take it back, Teresa - you'll be always be the queen.

It was Mother Teresa who wrote: “If you want to change the world, go home and love your family.”

THE owners and builders of Hunters Crest didn’t exactly rush into building their dream home: in fact, they owned the land for over 20 years, before getting around to putting a house on it. And, what a property mix it has all turned out to be.

After defeating us in the 2001 Connacht championship, they were rumoured to have burned a Galway jersey outside a public house the following afternoon, writes John Divilly.

The fatal shooting of a Belfast man by British soldiers during rioting in 1971 was unjustified, a coroner has ruled.

George Byrne was holding down two jobs and getting by with just over four hours sleep every night when he suffered a stroke.

If Britain’s Theresa May concedes too much to those right-wing Brexiteers and Euroskeptics, she could make it impossible to reach a final agreement with Europe, writes Robert Harvey

There may be a few moves in Enda yet — a tango with Angela, a cha-cha-cha with the entire

There’ll be no more unnecessary journeys to the Dancing with the Stars studio for Teresa Mannion, after the RTÉ reporter became the latest to leave the Sunday night competition.

Like the best thrillers, movie night on Dancing with the Stars saw a final twist that no one saw coming as the final credits rolled for model Thalia Heffernan.

A priest has called on society to “wake up” to the plight of the homeless community, following the death of a mother-of-two whose body was discovered last week at a vacant building in Limerick.

Valerie O’Connor talks to Tribal Foods owner, Liam Heneghan, on the healthy demand for spicy and vibrant fruits.

“If it even gets one person to pick up the phone and make an appointment for a mammogram, then it will be good”.

A retired Catholic priest said he recognised the saintliness of Mother Teresa when he met her more than 40 years ago as he joined 120,000 people in St Peter's Square at the Vatican for her canonisation.

The Cope Foundation has urged volunteers to open their homes to help expand a new model of respite care.

A four-year-old boy who has been left severely brain damaged after a failure to diagnose and treat a bacterial infection in time has settled his High Court action with an interim payout of €2.4m.

A building company has been fined €250,000 for breaching construction regulations which resulted in the collapse of wall at a Longford DIY store three years ago, killing two men and injuring two others.

The president of the High Court yesterday said it was “really shameful” legislation has not yet been introduced for a system of periodic payments for the catastrophically injured who settle their medical negligence actions.

The President of the High Court today said it was "really shameful" legislation has not yet been introduced for a system of periodic payments for the catastrophically injured who settle their medical negligence actions.

A young Irish nun described by her family as a superstar died with five others in Saturday’s Ecuador earthquake as she tried to lead them to safety.