THE Crunching Munching Caterpillar by Sheridan Cain and Jack Tickle (Little Tiger; €9.50 HB).

NEXT Sunday, a large family from the isolated Donegal peninsula of St John’s Point will gather for Mass to pray for the souls of Francis Byrne and his son Jimmy.

A WIDOW in Limerick city, who has suffered a series of petrol-bomb attacks on her home, believes her life is under threat since her husband passed away.

THE driver of a people carrier that crashed, resulting in the death of his four-year-old son, had earlier consumed eight pints and several shots of whiskey in Ballybunion, an inquest heard in Tralee.

THE final resting place of the first immigrant through America’s Ellis Island has at last been marked — 84 years after her death.

THE husband of an Irish pilgrim whose body was found several months after she went missing in Medjugorje has said he was not surprised that the authorities in Bosnia and Ireland were unable to determine the cause of her death.

John Breslin

The inventor of the yellow 'smiley' face symbol has died aged 79.