The great Tom Wolfe passed away last week. Master of the masters of the universe, he was 88, and if his last book was an oddity — The Kingdom Of Speech, really? — some of its predecessors are well known to you, gentle reader, writes Michael Moynihan.

Disturbing evidence was given in court of thick blood being smeared onto a garda’s face as a man was jailed for 11 months.

A row over a child wearing a Manchester United jersey saw a man getting struck on the face with a hurley and yesterday the culprit was given an 18-month suspended sentence.

Experienced radiologists can spot subtle signs of breast cancer in mammogram images in just half a second, a study has found.

Led Zeppelin may have won the copyright war over their creation of Stairway To Heaven, but they lost its battle to recoup nearly 800,000 dollars (€721,000) in defence fees.

It was Cork, first and foremost, that set Nyle Wolfe on his international singing career.

Members of Led Zeppelin have appeared in court to face claims that they copied the famous opening guitar riff on their "iconic" song Stairway To Heaven.

A row over a child wearing a Manchester United jersey saw a man being hit in the face with a hurley, leaving him with injuries that required the insertion of two metal plates in his cheek.

Led Zeppelin’s lead singer Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page must face a US jury trial over whether they stole opening chords for their 1971 classic ‘Stairway to Heaven’.

Despite recent concerns about the Irish dairy industry’s ability to deal with a global downturn in the dairy sector, Dairygold CEO Jim Wolfe still believes the scrapping of the quota system is good for his company, the farming community and the country as a whole.

King Lear will help write the latest chapter in the storied history of The Loft, writes Colette Sheridan

In 1854, John Henry Newman, a well-bred English convert to Catholicism who had abandoned his career as an Anglican cleric to become a Roman priest, arrived in Dublin. He had been asked by Cardinal Paul Cullen to be Rector of the new Catholic University.

A popular statin should not be used because there is growing evidence of side effects, a doctor and campaigner has claimed.

It’s been called the letter that launched a literary genre — 16,000 amphetamine-fueled, stream-of-consciousness words written by Neal Cassady to his friend Jack Kerouac in 1950.

There are some Americanisms that bug me — like the use of the word ‘already’ out of context or the hijacking of the term ‘awesome’ to refer to anything from agreement to a nice sandwich.

YOU never meant it to happen but there are three in the bed — you, your partner and your toddler. 

Poor-quality care and conditions are still a problem in some crèches more than a year after a shocking investigation prompted public outcry.

Mark Wolfe is taking on a personal sporting challenge to raise funds for a charity linked to his late dad, he tells Ellie O’Byrne

An Taisce has lost a fight to take its case over a new nuclear power station on the west coast of England to Europe.

An Taisce has launched a fight to take its case over a new nuclear power station on the west coast of England to Europe.

Joyce Wolfe is just in the door from training when my call comes through.

Jess Wolfe of Lucius shakes her head in an expression of mild disbelief. “Apparently Paul Krugman got into our music through his daughter,” she says, referring to the Nobel prize winning economist. “He turned up at one of our shows in New York. It was a bit of a surprise. He’s written some very nice things about us, which is always a help.”

A former garda who perverted the course of justice on two occasions and admitted having cocaine for sale or supply has been remanded in custody for sentencing at a later date.

Gardaí in Balbriggan investigating the death of 54-year-old Harvey Wolfe at a building site on Harbour Road in Skerries yesterday have appealled for witnesses.

The man who was crushed between a digger and a wall yesterday was taking pictures of the construction work.

Adam, Ahern, Black, Bolger, Brennan, Breslin — the names read like poetry under the Menin Gate. Molloy, Moran, Morgen, Mulvihill, Murphy, Murray — all buried in unknown graves in Flanders soil.

Outgoing Limerick hurling manager John Allen says he always intended to spend two years in charge on Shannonside, and that no “conspiracy theories” are required to explain his departure.

Whether it’s inventing the World Wide Web or finding new ways to feed more of us, 20 of the world’s greatest minds are helping power our future, writes David Morton

Barnardos said next month’s budget needs to mark the end of stringent cuts and the beginning of investment in vulnerable families.

Eleven nursing homes closed in the last two years following inspections by the State’s health watchdog, it has emerged.

Bantry bathed in exquisite sunshine on Saturday as it marked the opening of a maritime festival built around a longboat that came within 450m of altering the course of our country’s history.

Only time will tell if the quick divorce settlement reached between Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise lasts longer than their five-year marriage.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have reached a settlement in their divorce, her lawyer said.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have reached a settlement in their divorce, her lawyer said today.

Substitute Johnny Breen finished this Ford FAI Cup tie with an eight-minute hat-trick to see Drogheda through to the last 16 against 10-man Munster Senior League side Mayfield.

The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age

CANADIAN billionaire Galen Weston has donated thousands of euro towards the restoration of an RAF Spitfire dug from a Co Donegal bog earlier this summer.

THE wheel of a crashed Spitfire that lay buried in bogland for almost 70 years has finally touched down back at its home base.

A LARGE plate of steak and chips.