Singer Shane MacGowan was joined by family, friends and former neighbours as he said goodbye to his mother Therese at her funeral Mass yesterday. Mourners heard she passed on her own musical talent to her son.

Christy O’Connor Sr was an Irish national treasure who took on golf’s global giants and beat them, his funeral has heard.

The Cold War is heading for deep freeze as Bridge of Spies (12A) opens in 1957 with the capture of Russian spy Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance) in New York. 

Pope Francis has canonised the Catholic Church’s first married couple in modern times, declaring the parents of St Therese of Lisieux saints in their own right.

When the Rose of Tralee International Festival was launched in 1959, nobody realised how long it would run for or how much it would mean to so many people, the first ever Rose has said.

Ron Moody, who will forever be associated with the role of Fagin in Oliver!, was on his way to becoming a sociologist when he fell into acting.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny led tributes to former Irish Examiner political editor Liam O’Neill, who has died.

Five sets of sisters will be hoping to win the senior All-Ireland club title with Mourneabbey on Sunday.

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The State was warned a month ago about rising tensions inside one of its largest direct provision centres, which is at the centre of a blockade.

A major fundraising drive has been launched to help a girl with cerebral palsy continue a pioneering treatment which could help her realise her dream to walk.

The wife and children of businessman Philip Lynch are entitled to a further hearing to determine whether AIB is entitled to €26m judgment orders against them over an unpaid development loan, the Supreme Court has ruled.

Are we going to die, Granddad? It hardly bears imagining what torture must have gone through the mind of Nick Morris in the brief instant between life and death after a missile tore through Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine.

The Supreme Court has described as “understated” a finding that businessman Philip Lynch gave “hopelessly confused and unreliable” evidence concerning the circumstances leading to a €25m loan being issued to buy development lands in Waterford.

An interim examiner has been appointed to the company which operates six United Colors of Benetton stores in the Republic.

The 62nd Opera Festival, in Wexford, was true to form in unearthing rarely heard works.

With well-known chains regularly foundering on the rocks as a result of the storm that has engulfed the economy, one would be forgiven for assuming only the foolhardy would risk going into business.

For Tony Ward, it was quite the afternoon.

Cyril Farrell maintained that Galway’s spell of camogie supremacy in the mid-’90s was delivered by one individual.

Therese McGrath will be on St Patrick’s Bridge in Cork this evening to protest at her son being in a bigger class with just one special needs assistant in September.

Miranda Kerr is in "a lot of pain" after being involved in a car crash on Monday.

Staying active is key to positive ageing, a former Rose of Tralee tells Rachel Borrill.

BUSINESSMAN Philip Lynch and his family are to appeal to the Supreme Court against a finding they must repay €26 million to AIB arising from an unpaid loan made to them and developer Gerry Conlon to buy development lands in Waterford.

THE Commercial Court will rule next month whether businessman Philip Lynch and his family have any liability to Allied Irish Banks for a €25 million loan issued to them to buy development lands in Co Waterford.

Harrowing allegations of elder abuse at a nursing home were sparked by a personal vendetta, the owners have claimed.

THE Commercial Court has reserved judgment on the action by businessman Philip Lynch and his family aimed at preventing Allied Irish Banks pursuing them for repayment of a €25 million loan to buy development lands in Waterford.

THE long-running action by businessman Philip Lynch and his family aimed at preventing AIB pursuing them for repayment of a €25 million development loan is expected to conclude at the Commercial Court today.

A FORMER senior AIB banker said he is “sceptical” how anyone could have concluded the final terms of an AIB €25 million loan to businessman Philip Lynch, his family and developer Gerry Conlan to buy development lands did not involve full recourse to all borrowers.

EMAILS sent by solicitors with the LK Shields law firm to the family of businessman Philip Lynch just hours before they signed up to a €25 million loan to buy development lands with developer Gerry Conlan stated Allied Irish Bank only wanted recourse to the land, not the family, the Commercial Court has heard.

AIB has told the Commercial Court it is not contending that businessman Philip Lynch and his family are liable for all of the AIB debts of developer Gerry Conlan arising from a mortgage related to a €25 million land deal in Waterford.

AN action by One51 investment group chief executive Philip Lynch and his family aimed at preventing AIB pursuing them over a €25 million loan to buy development lands has been adjourned to next week.

A DAUGHTER of Philip Lynch has denied AIB would not have sought a net-worth statement for Mr Lynch, which showed he had assets of more than €48 million in 2007, if a €25m loan to buy lands for development involved no recourse to the One51 investment group chief executive or his family.

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny and his fellow party member Michael Ring have been elected on the first count in Mayo.

Orlando Bloom’s wife Miranda Kerr has reportedly gone into labour in Los Angeles.

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A FUNDRAISING dynamo in his 70s who completed three marathons last year has raised more than €24,000 for cancer research.

RESIDENTS who were evacuated after a landslide are afraid to return home despite assurances that the area is safe.

RESIDENTS were evacuated from a north Cork housing estate last night amid fears that their homes are in danger of collapsing down a huge embankment.

THERESE KIELY was just 25 years old when she was found to have a condition that can sometimes be a precursor to breast cancer.

A FAMILY holiday almost turned to tragedy after a toddler was hit on the head by a rock thrown at his camper van.