The day to day practicalities of sharing a home can involve some adjustments or challenge the notion of happy-ever-after for couples moving in together for the first time, writes Carol O’Callaghan

Scottish Deputy First Minister John Swinney and Bob Geldof joined thousands of people who slept out in freezing conditions in Edinburgh to raise money to tackle homelessness.

The West’s Awake was a poignant winner of the two-and-a-half-mile novice chase at Punchestown yesterday.

Carol O’Callaghan previews some up-coming craft fairs to keep us shopping for the next few weeks.

There are things that a book can do for you that defy adequate explanation. It is a something deeply personal, a connection made with the words that lingers long after the book is closed and laid down. 

President Donald Trump, leading his first commemoration of the 9/11 anniversary, has said "the living, breathing soul of America wept with grief" for each of the nearly 3,000 lives that were lost on that day 16 years ago.

Nothing suggests reassurance like a pair of flimsy shoes that could, in seconds, topple you, snap your ankles, and land you in the shit, writes Suzanne Harrington

Suzanne Harrington takes an imaginary look inside the White House. 

A former Islamist has started a foundation to combat extremism among Muslims - and has made a lot of enemies in the process, writes Thomas Chatterton Williams

It’s all designed to boost the entity purveying the populism rather than the cohort it’s aimed at, writes Michael Clifford.

The Taoiseach will meet the British Prime Minister to discuss Brexit when Theresa May visits Dublin later today.

Massive crowds of supporters and opponents of Donald Trump are gathering in Washington as the world prepares for an extraordinary inauguration ceremony.

I would rather quick oblivion rather than humourless survival, lectured by Bear Grylls types about how I’d be dead if they hadn’t rescued me from being caught on the door handle by my belt-loop, writes Colm O’Regan

After such a divisive election, where lies the soul of America, asks Caroline O’Doherty

During the second US presidential debate last night, an audience member asked Donald Trump about his past comments on Muslims and his response inspired a trending hashtag #MuslimsReportStuff.

A church pastor interrupted Donald Trump mid way through his speech when he began attacking Hillary Clinton and her economic policies.

The writer who helped with Donald Trump's wife's speech at the Republican Party's National Convention says she made a mistake - and has offered to resign.

There is no question but that Donald Trump will return to Doonbeg many times as United States president.

Consultants acting for Donald Trump have warned that if the US billionaire doesn’t secure planning permission for a 200,000 tonne ‘wall’ of rock armour to protect his Doonbeg golf resort, the resort risks potential closure.

First lady Melania Trump.

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

Donal Trump has set the bar so low that even remarks like ‘legitimate rape’ seem less outrageous now, writes Alison O’Connor

Will Trump’s flirtations with Clare resort turn sour, asks Caroline O’Doherty

They have German, Scottish, and Czech blood pumping through their veins but the billionaire Trump family insist they have more than a little Irish in their hearts thanks to their two long-serving Irish nannies.

Seldom has overseas investment in an indigenous gem been met with such a collective frisson of excitement as with the confirmation yesterday that Donald Trump had waved his oversized chequebook in the direction of Doonbeg, Co Clare.

How sickening to see the Oireachtas pass a piece of legislation that the Government pledged would update and modernise protection of animals in Ireland but that specifically exempts two of the most horrific blood sports from prohibition.

RECENT events in Cork have put the spotlight on elephants.

Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole have been turned into Top Trumps.

BILLIONAIRE Donald Trump is considering adding an Irish golf course to his portfolio of 10 courses in the US, Europe, and the Caribbean.

The host of a US television programme has told viewers how he has resisted the chance to make fun of Britney Spears’ shaven head, because he doesn’t like jokes about “the vulnerable”.

IT was third time lucky for Donald Trump as he wed Slovenian beauty Melania Knauss in one of the most extravagant society weddings in recent memory.

Mark Sage