Posh crisp maker Kettle could be sold after its US food giant owner Campbell hired advisers to assess the future of the snack brand.

Chvrches played a blinding gig at the Olympia in Dublin last night. Ed Power was there to review it.

A policeman who discovered the body of a murdered 83-year-old dog walker said it looked like he had been attacked by his own pet, a court heard.

The Duke of Edinburgh pointed out a bearded man and asked "is that a terrorist?" as he greeted crowds at Sandringham, it has been claimed.

Even modest levels of exercise can help stave off heart attacks and strokes among the elderly, new research suggests.

Kya deLongchamps follows the adventures of some unfettered spirits who set up home abroad or away and thrive in their creative environments.

These Cork cows are living it up

Jill Smith, a Co Cork dairy farmer, isn’t retiring, but her herd is — to a sanctuary in England.

A tangled chain in a mooring buoy almost pulled a visiting yachtswoman overboard in a Co Cork harbour.

The National Trust in Britain has reversed a decision to bar volunteers from public-facing duties at a Norfolk stately home if they refuse to wear rainbow sexual equality symbols.

The parents of a seven-year-old girl who drowned at her best friend's birthday pool party have said it feels like they "relive her passing every day", as an inquest concluded her death was accidental.

A seven-year-old girl drowned at her best friend's birthday pool party while there was no lifeguard on duty, an inquest heard.

Jon McGregor has made the Man Booker list twice and also won a €100k prize from the Impac, but he’s never been totally comfortable with such accolades, writes Sue Leonard.

Motorsport Ireland (MI) chief executive Alex Sinclair has described this week’s meeting with rally competitors in Athlone as “something positive” as officials seek solutions to a number of problems facing the sport.

A man was arrested at Gatwick Airport on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts after disembarking a flight from Iraq, Scotland Yard said.

Bestselling author Lucinda Reilly plans on spending less time in airports and more time at her West Cork hideaway, writes Ellie O’Byrne

Wikileaks’ Julian Assange has vowed to defend the organisation against attack after his intervention in the US presidential election, writes Dan Buckley

Police in England have released video footage of an elderly motorist who drove for six miles in the wrong direction on a motorway after he became confused after returning on a flight to the UK.

ENGLAND: One of the most important record collections to catalogue the history of music from 800AD until 1700 is to go under the hammer at auction.

A man has died after a group of swimmers got caught in a rip tide off an English beach.

Two people are being treated by paramedics attending an "ongoing" incident on an English beach.

Police investigating the attempted knifepoint abduction of an RAF serviceman said there may have been an element of “pre-planning” and they cannot rule out terrorism as a motive.

Cork driver Matt Griffin and his AF Corse team-mates Duncan Cameron and Aaron Scott had to be content with sixth spot in the LMGTE category of yesterday’s 4 Hours of Imola, the second round of the European Le Mans Series that ended under the safety car due to incessant rain.

New photographs of Princess Charlotte, taken by her mother, the Duchess of Cambridge, at their home in Norfolk, have been released to mark her first birthday, today.

USA: A truck driver was caught using a fishing line to flip his licence plate in a bid to avoid paying tolls into New York City.

Some of the stranger stories from around the world

Some of the strangest stories from around the world

The sister of a British backpacker murdered in Thailand has attacked the country’s authorities for dismissing her family’s grief.

Two men who could face the death penalty for the murders of a pair of British backpackers in Thailand are “confident” they will be acquitted as they prepare to learn their fate today, their legal team has said.

USA: When it comes to holiday decorations, Kathy and Mark Hyatt go to extremes.

Failing children’s services that are putting the lives of young people at risk will now be taken over by other councils and charities, British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.

Some of the weirder and more wonderful stories from around the globe