Patients with demential and mental health difficulties are responding remarkably well to a series of programmes that help them become themselves again through song, writes Helen O’Callaghan.

The hotel broke its silence on the issue after days of pressure and a flood of complaints from people opposed to the ideology of Ms O’Doherty’s Anti-Corruption Ireland party.

Food from the Cork-Limerick borderlands is in line for one of the most world’s most prestigious awards.

Gardaí in Ashbourne, Co Meath are renewing their appeal for help in finding a missing 14-year-old boy.

The man who jumped from a third-floor window, after gardaí discovered the body of missing woman, Joanne Lee, in the property was the deceased’s estranged husband, it has been confirmed.

Some TDs are renting out at least five properties, others are letting holiday homes in sunny tourist destinations or in plush southside Dublin addresses, and dozens more have shares with financial firms at the centre of the decade-long financial crisis.

Irish criminals in the Netherlands will be “tracked down” and “handed over to the Irish authorities”, Dutch police say.

There’s always a temptation to say a major drugs haul represents a ‘significant blow’ to the crime gang being hit. Researchers have long complained of the tendency of the media, and gardaí, to make such claims, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

A newlywed mum from Donegal who has had a baby with her wife in the UK has been denied an Irish passport for her 11-week-old son because of her gender.

Tayto Park has revealed ambitious plans for a 250-bedroom hotel at its home near Ashbourne, Co Meath.

A 25-year-old woman who claimed she broke her ankle on the Tayto Twister ride at Tayto Park five years ago has settled her High Court action.

A man who syphoned off nearly €1m from his business PayPal account to his own bank account has been disqualified by the High Court from acting as a company director for five years.

A local councillor has received a string of online abuse, including a death threat, after commenting on Facebook about a dangerous dogs’ public safety notice.

From the Easter Rising in Dublin to the slaughter and carnage of the Battle of the Somme, 1916 was a fateful year in the minds and lives of Irish country house owners.

Paul Maguire on the spectacular success of the fifth battalion of the Dublin Brigade against a large Royal Irish Constabulary force in Ashbourne, Co Meath

Gardaí have uncovered another industrial-scale cannabis factory following an intelligence operation in Co Kildare.

AS a boy, Korey Kiepert built toy amusement parks. He made small, functional, rollercoasters in his bedroom and dreamt up inventive jumps.

First came the mouthwatering news of a dedicated crisp sandwich shop opening its doors in Belfast. Now, Tayto has unveiled plans for a similar operation in Dublin which will be open for business in less than a week.

A childhood classic went mainstream last month with the news of a dedicated crisp sandwich shop opening its doors in Belfast.

A man who stole the car of a woman during their first date has been jailed for 18 months.

Tayto Park is a flurry of activity at the moment, with contractors and builders going to dizzying heights to finish what will be the largest inverted wooden rollercoaster in all of Europe.

Two men had bleach poured over them and one had a shotgun shoved into his mouth as their wives and one of their children looked on in what gardaí said was a "particularly violent" burglary.

Dan McCarthy takes a trip down memory lane with a book that charts 101 items from our recent popular history from TV show Wanderly Wagon to the Aran jumper to the ‘I shot JR car sticker’    

Ulster Bank is to close a further 14 branches in early 2015, putting at risk nearly 40 jobs in the process.

Pavee Point has described as "despicable" the refusal by a funeral home to take the body of a teenage Traveller.

His reputation as an absolute hound for the nosebag is well- established but The Menu is also a great man for the ‘pictures’.

Charges have been dropped against one of the men accused of the manslaughter of a man who went missing from East Wall in Dublin over two years ago.

Gardaí have called off a search of the land where the dismembered remains of a Dublin criminal were found and have formally declared a murder investigation.

The widow of murdered garda, Adrian Donohoe, has spoken publicly for the first time about the devastating impact of her husband’s violent death on her family.

When many of today’s coeliacs were diagnosed there was very little gluten-free food. Today there are far more options and coping mechanisms, says Áilín Quinlan

Charges have been dropped against a woman who had been accused of disclosing confidential information which had been accessed at a garda station.

Nama is to receive over $200,000 (€148,000) after the 8.38-carat diamond solitaire ring belonging to a property developer’s wife sold at a US auction.

Nama has secured a number of High Court orders freezing the assets of developer John McCabe and members of his family.

An eight-week course encourages older people to be confident and productive, says Rachel Borrill.

Two more men have been charged with killing Ciaran Noonan who went missing from East Wall in Dublin last October, while a woman has been charged with conspiracy to falsely imprison the father-of-one.

1. Leahy’s Open Farm, Dungourney, Co Cork. Farm and exotic animals, go-karting, boat rides & other activities, small heritage museum. Open: July/August: Mon-Sat, 11am-6pm; Sun, 1pm-6pm. Price: €8 per person, no charge for under twos. Tel: 021-4668461/086-8560461. www.leahysopenfarm.ie. Age: all ages but best for 2-12.

A 35-year-old man has been charged with killing father-of-one Ciaran Noonan who died after he went missing from East Wall in Dublin last October.

A former garda has been charged with corruption and breaching the data protection act.

Creative food entrepreneurs can avail of expert industry advice and a €5,000 feasibility grant by applying for the new Food Works initiative launched yesterday by Bord Bia, Enterprise Ireland and Teagasc.

A Dublin man charged with falsely imprisoning murdered father-of-one Ciaran Noonan was further remanded in custody today.

GARDAÍ investigating a €2.28 million tiger raid carried out 64 searches and arrested 24 people in a single day, a trial has heard.