Open champion Shane Lowry has switched his focus from parental responsibilities to trying to reclaim top spot in the Race to Dubai at the Italian Open.

Away from the goldfish bowl of a World Cup, how do Ireland's rugby stars relax and cool the jets?

Shane Lowry said the feeling of winning The Open “hasn’t sunk in yet” as he was welcomed home to County Offaly.

No man is an island, not even in a non-team sport like golf and while Shane Lowry is not one to use “we” when referring to his achievements in the style of many of his counterparts in golf’s elite, the Irishman is not afraid to give credit where it is due.

“It’s hilarious how they respond”

Shane Lowry may have recorded his best finish on the PGA Tour this year but he admitted missing out on victory at the RBC Heritage last week felt like “one that got away”.

The Masters is a tournament not a championship — a limited field event that’s there to be won by the man in form who displays the stomach for battle down the stretch.

Teenager Aaron Gallagher has cystic fibrosis, and after six weeks in hospital, he is happy just to be back with his family for Christmas, says Áilín Quinlan

Gardaí investigating the death of a man who was found critically injured on the street after St Patrick’s Day celebrations questioned a man over the weekend.

A Cork farmer has made the unusual decision to give his dairy herd a retirement an animal sanctuary instead of sending them to the slaughter house, writes Amy Ryan.

Shane Lowry plans to move his family to the US next year as he attempts to halt his worrying slide down the world rankings after two frustrating years on the PGA Tour.

On the pig’s back

Sam Jones is back.

An American mother has complained to police about finding cannabis in her daughter's chips.

Shane Lowry spoke of his “anguish” at being forced to give up on his Olympic medal dream over his fears of contracting the Zika virus in Rio.

Carolyn Moore went backstage at last weekend’s VIP Style Awards and followed up and coming TV talent Bláthnaid Treacy as she prepped for the red carpet – Irish style.

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Rachel Marie Walsh shares the best backstage beauty advice from London Fashion Week.

Here's what's on the box tonight.

It may have been a washout summer but business interests in Waterford’s premier beach town, Tramore, are finding that visitors’ willingness to spend is benefiting the town’s tourist trade, writes Sean O’ Riordan

Your guide to today's television.

With good reason, Shane Lowry admitted to embarrassment and shame and letting family and friends down after an outburst of temper during yesterday’s second round of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open probably cost him the chance of capturing the title for the second time in six years.

Your guide to tonight's television.

Pan from filmmaker Joe Wright has been pushed back by several months into a winter release date, apparently to give it more chance at the box office

JAY has been raised by his mother on a diet of ‘gods, monsters, lambs, virgins and fillums, fillums, fillums.’

A new documentary gets behind the public image of the Nirvana singer, writes Ed Power

This is the lovely moment a man and his cherished dog are reunited after six months separation.

What should you watch tonight? These things.

One of the men who went missing at sea off Brighton beach in England during the early hours of the morning was swept in after taking part in a dare.

Shane Lowry believes he’s ready to chase the American dream on the PGA Tour and play the kind of global schedule that could make him a Ryder Cup player and an Olympian in 2016.

Shane Lowry might be chasing a $1.25m (€1m) pay day in Sun City this week but he’s already feeling like a winner after breaking into the world’s Top 50 and getting engaged.

From the toe-tapping tunes in Peter Pan to Boyzone’s Keith Duffy as the Baddie in in Jack and the Beanstalk, we pick the best of the festive fun with Colette Sheridan

SCOTTISH wildlife cameraman, Gordon Buchanan, 42, is from Tobermory on the Isle Of Mull. His November speaking tour of Ireland includes Theatre Royal, Waterford (18); Triskel, Cork (20); and Axis Ballymun (22).

Facing into your first big state examination is daunting for anyone, but imagine the additional challenge when you end up in a wheelchair — as Niamh Costello did.

The Australian father at the centre of an international surrogacy controversy has been convicted of more than 20 child sex offences, court documents reveal.

The Menu is glad to see the poor benighted banks being afforded some well-deserved TLC with a clutch of their very own holidays arriving in quick succession and he shall pass the next in Lovely Limerick, enjoying the exceedingly family-friendly Riverfest (May 2-5).

Kurt Cobain's childhood home could be turned into a museum.

Don't miss the new Irish Sitcom The Walshes on RTE One at 10.15pm.

Well, this is just adorable.

Like cool hidden beds for small spaces? Want to know how to turn surplus autumn leaves into decorative art?