A physician says we are in denial about death and have unrealistic expectations of what hospitals can deliver at the end of life. Margaret Jennings reports.

YOUR child was expecting a sibling and now it’s not going to happen. Approximately 80% of miscarriages happen in early pregnancy but later miscarriages do occur, after the 12-week mark.

Another week when we could only be inspired by the breadth of vision shown by sporting luminaries in the constant quest for improvement.

A court has been hearing how a Donegal woman died following an 18 month delay in diagnosing her breast cancer.

You set off for the trip to Ikea to fit out your home with the best that Swedish ingenuity has to offer, but the experience can prove more testing for your relationship than putting together that flatpack wardrobe.

Come back John Virgo, all is forgiven.

The Government’s attempt to curb the sale of cheap alcohol reminded me of one of the many stories my late father told me about the customers of a family pub in Tralee.

LAST weekend, I came back on the train from Wexford, laden with my mother’s Christmas pudding.

Laurie O’Flynn visits a North Cork eco-friendly house which blends style, upcycling and fuel economy.

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Even Dianna Agron looks less than happy about this strange Marc Jacobs dress. 

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Elber Twomey considers her inability to remember the car crash that wiped out her family as a blessing.

It really is something to watch a miracle unfolding right in front of you.

I’m delighted that Tara the cat’s heroism, in saving a toddler in California from an attacking dog, was caught on camera and viewed by millions worldwide. What a long-overdue PR boost for cats.

A break from the norm for a bit of light relief this week, if only to mark David Moyes’ sudden change in fortunes on Wednesday night.

Brian May has undergone several tests for cancer over the festive period.

There have been plenty of National Hunt jockeys with far more talent than Tony McCoy, but none with the almost savage will to win, durability and the sheer bloody- mindedness of the man most refer to as AP.

ON MAY 26, 12 people aged 16 to 33 disappeared without trace after leaving Heaven, an after-hours club in the heart of Mexico City.

Five bodies pulled from a mass grave have been identified as some of the 12 people kidnapped three months ago from a Mexico City bar.

Since setting up in 2006, Galway theatre company Mephisto have rapidly established themselves as a force to be reckoned with.

Jumps used during last year’s London Olympics will grace the Green Glens arena next week for the annual Millstreet Horse Show.

Writer-director Harmony Korine has repeatedly stuck two fingers up to the cosy conventions of mainstream film-making.

Labour has dropped four points in the latest opinion poll.

Around 200 jobs were secured today after UK HMV’s administrators offloaded the retail group’s last remaining music and entertainment venues.

AS we stagger bruised and blinking into the cold financial dawn of 2013, it’s hard to be optimistic.

One of the most prominent businessman of the Celtic Tiger era, Hugh O’Regan, was yesterday given a prolonged standing ovation during his funeral Mass.

Heaven’s Gate disaster inspired Brian Duggan’s work at Carlow’s VISUAL Centre, Tina O’Sullivan reports

Mika was so nervous he hid in his bathroom ahead of his UK comeback show last night.

The woman whose rabbi husband and two children were shot dead outside a Jewish school in France this week issued an emotional online plea today in the memory of her loved ones.

Willie Mullins has never won the Cheltenham Gold Cup, but in Sir Des Champs he has a serious contender.

THE name of the company is irrelevant. It’s a big one with systems.

YOU might be in a pub, you might be gone to bed. But the world is set to end at 11pm Irish time tomorrow, just to let you know.

THE highway to Heaven never looked this cool. This bike with a lot of “hearse power” belongs to Peadar Byrne, coach builder and motorbike enthusiast who thought that, for people like himself, it’s the only way to go.

The mother of the deceased in a murder trial said she received a threatening call from the accused in the days before the killing.

THE priest lit candles and asked for prayers for the eight little babies whose lives were ended by the mother soon after she had brought each of them into the world.

Facing a stark choice of bench-warming for Munster or a new experience and rugby education in the south of France, which do you think Timmy Ryan chose? Ahead of tonight’s clash with Connacht, he spoke to Michael Moynihan

MICHAEL KINANE, the greatest flat jockey this country has ever produced, finally confirmed the rumours which had been rife in racing for a number of weeks when announcing his retirement yesterday.

JUDGES will be able to advise juries on the size of damages for libel by the end of next month, it was confirmed last night.

THE Michael Bowe-trained Coolcashin sprang a 25-1 shock in the Grade 3 ladbrokes.com Hurdle at Fairyhouse yesterday.

Rex has tried to persuade Sara to nominate Dale and Stuart for Big Brother eviction.