Kerry furniture designer Tricia Harris stretched the idea of a ‘room outside’ to an entire house at this year’s Bloom festival that opens today.

As Donald Trump’s offspring feel the glare of world attention, Andrea Mara looks at the fortunes of the other progeny of previous White House occupants

Faith Ryan sees the range cooker re-imagined and takes a hammer to her morning egg.

Cork composer Sam Perkin has created a tribute to two renowned educators, writes Colette Sheridan

IN A WORLD where everyone of Roy Keane’s self-serving, confrontational utterances is treated as if it were a recently-discovered Heaney poem on the nature of egomania.

The National Lottery has confirmed where the two winning tickets of last night's Lotto jackpot were sold.

Is there anything more dramatic than a sudden birth? Following last week’s New York story Arlene Harris looks at ‘precipitous birth’ and talks to a woman who had a swift labour.

Shane O’Connell received the gift of a new heart for Christmas and is looking forward to a healthier and happier new year.

A 33-year-old father of three who had been forced to live in a hospital for 20 months as he awaited a heart transplant has received a new heart.

A mother of three young children whose husband lies in hospital waiting for a lifesaving heart transplant has appealed for more people to become donors.

A long renovation process has finally borne fruit for this beautiful 400-year-old complex near Kinsale, writes Tommy Barker

A farmer has adopted a piglet who seems to think it is a dog.

SHE knows her grandchildren’s names but she doesn’t understand that they are related.

A YOUNG teacher whose breast cancer went undiagnosed at one of the country’s leading hospitals has told her story in the hope of encouraging other women with symptoms to insist on thorough tests.

WHAT’S going wrong in Irish society? The perennial question takes on heightened relevance in light of the horrendous murders of two boys for their mobile phones.

The village housewife behind the Calendar Girls charity fundraising - which became a major feature film - is now offering three-night package holidays linked to the locations used in the film of the exploits of the Women’s Institute members.

The village housewife behind the Calendar Girls charity fundraising is now offering three-night package holidays linked to the locations used in the film of the exploits of the Women’s Institute members.

Emmerdale star Sheree Murphy is quitting the soap after five years, she announced today.

IRELAND’S depleted eventing team achieved their goal of qualifying for next year’s Olympics when finishing fourth yesterday at the conclusion of the Failte Ireland/IFG European Championships.

The selection of Lorraine Chase as Tricia's mum in Emmerdale was inspired casting according to Sheree Murphy, who plays Tricia.

Stars have begun arriving at London's Theatre Royal for the British Academy Television Awards.