Firemen responded to a very special call-out at the weekend to help a colleague whose son has a chronic kidney disease.

Vicki Mooney, once a size 32 and morbidly obese, will later this week launch V+ Models — Ireland’s first plus-size model agency. The mother of three said V+ Models would fill a gap in people’s lives for healthy role models with a fuller figure.

Tune in to RTE One at 8pm tonight for the 59th annual Eurovision Song Contest live from the B&W Hallerne in Copenhagen.

The Moore family’s cedar-shingled home at ecovillage Cloughjordan is coming to fruition.

Your guide on what to look out for on the box this evening.

Gary Oldman did Bowie video for a sandwich

A 20-year-old woman collapsed and died from pneumonia just hours after being told by her GP that she had gastric flu.

A charity organisation is providing a liaison nurse at Cork University Hospital for women and families affected by gynaecological cancers, such as ovarian and cervical cancer.

The jury will resume deliberations at the Central Criminal Court tomorrow morning in the trial of a Dublin man charged with murdering rugby player Shane Geoghegan.

The jury has heard closing speeches in the trial of a Dublin man charged with murdering rugby player Shane Geoghegan.

The man accused of murdering rugby player Shane Geoghegan agreed with investigating gardai that the killing was the worst crime the country had seen in years.

A British father believed to have slit the throats of his wife and two young daughters before hanging himself had faced bankruptcy, it emerged.

A WOMAN who found the bodies of her granddaughters and their parents screamed “all my babies are dead” as she ran from the house where they died.

US Senate Democrats won a crucial vote on President Barack Obama’s healthcare plan, putting them on track for passage before Christmas of the historic legislation to overhaul the medical system and cover 30 million uninsured Americans.

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama, three former presidents and the nation’s elite gathered at a grand Catholic funeral for Edward Kennedy, America’s legendary political patriarch.

Senator Edward Kennedy’s body was taken on the first leg of its final journey, first past landmark after landmark bearing his family’s famous name and then to his murdered brother’s presidential library where mourners lined up by the thousands to bid farewell to him.

ON a spring day nearly two years ago, Senator Edward Kennedy sat on the porch of his sprawling Hyannis Port home with a friend of five decades, Edmund Reggie, father of Kennedy’s wife, Vicki. The two men gazed out at the ocean that has been such an anchor in Kennedy’s life and talked about the future.

Veteran politician Edward Kennedy was making a good recovery from surgery on a brain tumour, doctors said today.

VETERAN US politician Edward Kennedy was undergoing surgery yesterday on his cancerous brain tumour.

Senator Edward Kennedy had surgery to treat a cancerous brain tumour today, and his doctor said the procedure “was successful and accomplished our goals”.

Veteran US politician Edward Kennedy was undergoing surgery today on his cancerous brain tumour.

Senator Edward Kennedy took the helm of his sailboat Mya in a regatta, just a week after undergoing a brain biopsy that diagnosed him with cancer.

SENATOR Edward M Kennedy walked out of the hospital yesterday after being diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumour, giving a thumbs up to well-wishers and kisses to his relatives before driving off for his Cape Cod home.

Senator Edward Kennedy was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumour in what could be the grim final chapter in a life marked by exhilarating triumph and shattering tragedy.

DOCTORS in the US were working yesterday to determine the cause of a seizure that sent Senator Edward Kennedy to the hospital and prompted an outpouring of support for the liberal political icon.

Dirty Den brawls with Alfie Moon after telling him to leave the Queen Vic - because he’s the new owner.

EastEnders actress Scarlett Johnson is to quit the soap after two years playing wild teenager Vicki Fowler.

PROPERTY franchise agency ERA has signed up new members in both Cork county and Cork city, adding to its nationwide spread now with 46 offices.

Dirty Den, one of the best-loved villains in soap history, is set to make a dramatic return to EastEnders after 14 years, the BBC confirmed.

Vicki Fowler is returning to EastEnders in January.