A medical expert has quantified the greater risk to cyclists who do not wear a bike helmet.

Tash Sultana is the first artist to be announced for performances next summer at Cork’s Live at the Marquee and at the Iveagh Gardens in Dublin.

Irish-American comedian Kathy Griffin is on Interpol’s list after offending Donald Trump, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

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The world's 50 best restaurants have been announced today in Melbourne, Australia.

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2016 may have brought a lot of surprises with it but many of the oddities of the year have actually been predicted before.

As most parents know, it can be a struggle to get their little ones to eat their greens.

A Carlow solicitor, who took out a fraudulent mortgage after his father’s law firm got into trouble with the Law Society, has avoided a prison sentence.

A Carlow solicitor, who took out a fraudulent mortgage after his father's law firm got into trouble with the Law Society, has avoided a prison sentence today.

A full State commemoration for Roger Casement was led by President Michael D Higgins at Banna Strand near Tralee yesterday.

A Carlow solicitor, who took out a fraudulent mortgage after his father’s law firm got into trouble with the Law Society, will be sentenced next week.

Tommy Barker reports on a kick-started new house scheme in the north Cork hinterland of Conna village.

A documentary on Máire Mhac an tSaoi gives a rare insight to the poet, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

Lord Lucan’s disappearance after his family’s nanny was found bludgeoned to death more than four decades ago continues to baffle detectives and historians.

The new UFC bantamweight champion of the world, Holly Holm is set to be honoured by her hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico for her victory over Ronda Rousey. 

An Singapore Boeing aircraft flying from Melbourne, Australia, to Malaysia, carrying 2186 goats, was forced to divert to Bali after the farting of the animals set off smoke alarms.

A campaign to get men to pop the question is being launched as rape crisis groups work to clear up any doubts about the importance of sexual consent.

When Michel Faber’s wife died after an illness it had an inevitable impact on his next and last book he tells Richard Fitzpatrick

NOT before time, a campaign has been launched to criminalise the men who use prostitutes for sex in Ireland.

No matter how exciting their lives overseas, Christmas is a time when most emigrants dream of home. Arlene Harris talks to emigrants in Ireland and overseas

THERE’S one thing that we gardeners love at this time of the year, apart from gardening, and that’s sitting in the armchair and leafing through seed catalogues, gardening magazines and gardening books.

Nicole Kidman's father has died.

A musician who died along with his partner as he tried to save him from drowning has been remembered as a talented and treasured colleague.

The world of HIV and Aids research has been rocked by the Malaysia Airlines disaster which claimed the lives of more than 100 leading experts in the field.

On July 20, 1969, Buzz Aldrin was "out of town" when the world united and rejoiced in a way never seen before or since.

There has been an alarming rise in the number of children abusing their parents, with the majority suffering in silence because of shame and guilt.

For Neil Finn, the various stages of his career are all part of a continuum, writes Ed Power.

Ronnie O’Sullivan moved a first step nearer the sixth world title that would give him equal footing with Steve Davis and Ray Reardon after a no-frills opening win against Robin Hull at the Crucible.

The husband of the late Jill Meagher has broken his silence about his wife’s death, penning a powerful article for the White Ribbon Campaign.

Justin Bieber has been behaving like a bad boy to boost his career, R&B singer Brian McKnight has claimed.

After many unsuccessful attempts at mastering a surfboard, Shane Lowry continued to stand upright in the ancient club-and-ball game with a four under par 68 on day one of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

An Irish man has died in hospital in Melbourne, Australia, this morning after sustaining head injuries last weekend.

Sanjeev Chada was “deeply loved” by his wife Kathleen, regarded locally as a friendly, gentle, quiet man who was extremely close to his two sons.

An elderly robber was arrested because he was too slow putting his walking frame away.

Tourism officials in Cobh, Co Cork, are planning to erect a life-size sculpture of local athlete and Olympic silver medallist Sonia O’Sullivan.

Even Adrian Bayley himself told police he should never have been let out of jail.

Almost 1,200 Irish people have died while on holidays or living abroad since the start of 2007 — with 194 losing their lives in the past 12 months.

The family of murdered Irishwoman Jill Meagher have invited the public to a memorial Mass at St Peter’s Church in Drogheda.

The mother of murdered Irish woman Jill Meagher has thanked the public for their support.

It has emerged that missing Irish woman Jill Meagher, who disappeared in Melbourne, Australia over the weekend, made a worried telephone call to her brother in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Police in Melbourne, Australia, have expressed concern following the disappearance of an Irish woman.