The images last year of the small boy eating a plate of carbonara off a cardboard sheet laid on the pavement sparked public outrage and shone the spotlight once again on the homeless crisis. Noel Baker meets the boy and his mother to see how their lives have fared since and spends the night with the homeless freephone service in Dublin.

The artist’s eye of Mick O’Dea has provided him with some interesting insights into how people looked in the 1916-23 period, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

Suzie Monaghan works with her inspiring father in the clothing business he founded 60 years ago, writes Rowena Walsh

An attorney general in the US is to challenge a court ruling allowing a father and daughter convicted of the murder of an Irishman a retrial.

From an agricultural point of view, the county of Limerick has a lot of variety for its relatively small size.

Is this the evening IT Carlow finally manage to get over the line, the evening where DJ Carey’s charges deliver the college a historic first Fitzgibbon Cup title?

The family of the Irish businessman murdered in his home in 2015 are confident that the convictions for his violent killing will be upheld following a recent shock decision.

A recent column on traditional folk medicine involving the use of plants and herbs for treating various ailments drew a response from several readers.

A North Carolina Court of Appeal ruled yesterday that Molly and Tom Martens are entitled to a new trial following an appeal of their convictions for the second-degree murder of Jason Corbett.

At this stage, it’s probably a rite of passage for one of Philly McMahon, James McCarthy, Ciarán Kilkenny, Kevin McManamon, or Paddy Andrews to haze new recruits with tales of the bad old days.

Food news with Joe McNamee

The appointment was announced by Liam Kavanagh, managing director of the Irish Times, which acquired the Irish Examiner’s group of titles in July 2018.

It might be possible to find someone who didn’t like Larry Gogan, but it would take one hell of a search to identify them. Pick any year out of the half a century he worked for RTE, and you’d find the same Larry. Smiling. Unpompous. And wonderfully UNSURE of himself.

Santa, please bring my dream present

Ballyhale Shamrocks’ Joey Holden admits he is getting to grips with the scheduling of their AIB All-Ireland club semi-final with Slaughtneil.

Munster counties increased their spending on team preparations by almost 20% in 2019.

The family of a missing Dublin couple, believed to have been murdered, have said they just want their bodies back.

Tom Farrell’s hopes of playing in next year’s Six Nations have been dealt a blow with the Connacht centre set to be sidelined until the New Year with a fractured shoulder.

Playing Santa carries with it a responsibility like no other. Get it right, and you become an icon. Get it wrong, and you run the risk of ruining Christmas says Chris Wasser.

The rural landscape around Macroom marks what many would consider to be the boundary of West Cork.

Bandon mart manager Tom McCarthy, never one to shy away from a good headline, had one for me on Monday.

Tom Carey has been found safe and well.