Fashion designer Don O’Neill says he is more than twice blessed: A career to die for, love of partner, family, and friends, a fulfilling and often hectic work and social life in New York, and the chance to come home a few times a year to his native Ballyheigue, Co Kerry.

OPRAH WINFREY wears Irish couture on the latest cover of O, the Oprah Magazine.

A summer school to commemorate “the father of modern economics”, Kerry-born banker Richard Cantillon, is to take place in his home town of Ballyheigue this summer.

A summer school to commemorate “the father of modern economics”, Kerry-born banker Richard Cantillon, is to take place in his home town of Ballyheigue this summer.

THE son of a Kerryman and a Donegal woman was last night crowned Britain's Brainiest Kid with an IQ higher than quizmaster Carol Vorderman.