Every county in Ireland needs more services and facilities and the social glue applied by boots-on-the-ground workers like the GAA’s GPOs, writes Brendan O’Brien

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian’s idea of fun is mixing with other celebrities, eating very little at the finest restaurants, and shopping, shopping, shopping. Surprise, surprise! So why did she and her husband, rapper Kanye West, choose Ireland for their honeymoon?

She rose to fame as Posh Spice, then became one of the most famous footballer’s wives. Now a self-made fashion icon, Victoria Beckham reaches another milestone this week — she turns 40.

The K Club’s Ryder Cup course has been voted the country’s top parkland course for 2014 by readers of Golfing Weekly. Its sister course at the Straffan estate, the Smurfit Course, came in at No 15.

Victoria Beckham has put her wedding tiara up for auction.

If you know the White family in Booterstown, Dublin, you had better watch your Ps and Qs because they have connections to the British royal family.

Genealogists have discovered a distant “rags-to-riches” Irish cousin of Britain’s Prince William on a 19th century document dedicated to an English lord.

Victoria Beckham has revealed Dublin holds a special place in her heart because she walked down the aisle in the capital.

Portstewart's Paul Cutler and Portmarnock’s James Fox fired three-under-par 69s to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the East of Ireland Amateur Open Championship at fast-running Baltray.

Newlands’ Andrew Hogan defied 40 mph gusts to card a four-under par 67 and grab the silver medal for the leading qualifier in the West of Ireland Championship at Rosses Point.

WIDE fairways, light rough and little wind combined to leave Killarney’s Lackabane course at the mercy of the field in yesterday’s opening round of the Ireland Ryder Cup Challenge tournament.

One of the most talked-about women in Britain, Victoria Beckham has come a long way since auditioning for a fledgling girl band over a decade ago.

The news that Jack Nicklaus is set to design his second course in Ireland — on the grounds of the Killeen Castle in Co Meath — has renewed the debate on just how many more new multi-million euro complexes this country can take.

THE news that Jack Nicklaus is set to design his second course in Ireland — on the grounds of Killeen Castle in County Meath — has renewed the debate on just how many more new multi-million euro complexes this country can take.

FEARLESS in business and hungry for a challenge, Denis O’Brien has regularly flirted with disaster.

High – Manchester United take him on as a trainee in 1991 and next year makes his debut for first team and is part of the side who win the FA Youth Cup.

POSH and Becks were destined to become one of the world’s most famous couples from the moment they first set eyes on each other. Yet the one-time Spice Girl said she did not know who the rising Manchester United star was when the couple were introduced after a football match in 1997.

Leslie Walker's big hitting came into play as he reduced three of the four long holes at Luttrellstown Castle to four shots each time.