German airmen who crashed in Ireland during the Second World War and survived were interned here, becoming objects of great curiosity among local people who encountered them, as Ryle Dwyer discovers.     

Tommy Barker says ‘Glencree’ in mature suburban Browningstown has been tastefully — and thoroughly — renovated and upgraded.

Roddy Doyle’s creative writing courses are being opened up to children all across Ireland. The Man Booker prize winner set up Fighting Words in 2009 with Sean Love, to provide free writing classes for children in Dublin’s north inner city.

As Tommy Barker discovers, from humble beginnings, a one-time modest hillside cottage above Glanmire is now something way more spectacular.

WHIDDY ISLAND WALK, WEST CORK

Motorists are being warned to take extreme care if driving in the Wicklow Mountains tonight, following a number of minor road accidents due to snow.

Two former paramilitary prisoners, one UVF and the other INLA, are in Co Cork tomorrow as part of a human rights project.

LAST sold in 2005 for far in excess of its mid-€500,000s asking price at the time, the distinctive and modern home Highgrove had further moneys spent on it since by its purchasers, who’ve also added to insulation levels in this architect’s former home.

PATIENTS with mental health needs are still not getting proper access to therapeutic services and individual care plans are not being followed though, according to the Mental Health Commission’s latest inspection.

A man in his early 20's has been killed in a road collision in Co Wicklow.

Motorists are being urged to take extreme care on the roads this morning with icy conditions reported in many areas.

MORE wintry showers are predicted for large parts of Ireland today after heavy frost caused major disruption on roads across the country yesterday.

MORE wintry showers are predicted for large parts of Ireland today after heavy frost caused major disruption on roads across the country yesterday.

AIRLINE flights at Dublin airport were thrown into chaos yesterday after heavy snowfall resulted in the closure of the runway.

FAMILIES of the Bray firefighters who lost their lives two weeks ago have organised a weekend march to protest against the lack of full-time fire services in towns throughout Ireland.

GLENCREE, a three-bed semi in the cul de sac of Woodgrove on the south side of Cork city has already gone over its €465,000 asking price to bids of €500,000.

Gardaí in Tralee will this morning resume questioning a 26-year-old man in connection with a vicious assault on a young woman in the Wicklow mountains during the early hours of Sunday morning.

A 26-YEAR-OLD man from west Dublin was being questioned in Tralee garda station last night in connection with a vicious sexual attack on a young woman in the Wicklow mountains, on Sunday morning.

Police in the Republic and the North were working together tonight to catch a vicious sex attacker who assaulted a young woman before dumping her in the Co Wicklow mountains.

Three peace centres in counties Wicklow, Donegal and Antrim today received a boost from the International Fund from Ireland as it announced a package of financial support for their activities.

EMMA-JAYNE does not remember her father. She was just three years of age when he was shot dead.

One of Ireland’s most feared terrorists tonight pledged himself 100% behind the peace process.

The political leadership of the Tamil Tigers rebels who are fighting a civil war with the Sri Lankan government have held talks in Ireland.

THE Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland has admitted it has no plans to notify communities in Wicklow where potentially dangerous high levels of radon have been found in drinking water supplies.

Northern Secretary Paul Murphy is due in Dublin today for a British-Irish intergovernmental conference at Farmleigh House.