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An intense security operation is in place as the Notting Hill Carnival gets under way.

He’s dated Taylor Swift, but Tom Odell is happier talking about his music and his headline slot at Co Cork’s Indiependence festival over the weekend, writes Ed Power.

Nearly one in four female millennials no longer remove hair from their armpits. Times have changed, says Deirdre Reynolds

AT its most basic the notion of high-rise apartments as a solution to urban housing pressures always has, and always will be, an uncomfortable or opportunistic compromise rather than an endeavour to maximise the potential for human happiness.

Companies, individuals and charities have sprung into action to offer help to anyone affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.

From enchanting Morrissey to moving Imelda May, Damien Dempsey’s music often provokes an emotional response, writes Ed Power.

Four Weddings And A Funeral actor Hugh Grant has claimed he knows the secret to a happy marriage – cheating on your partner.

If you’re off to the British capital for the Rugby World Cup and plan hanging around for a few days , then Conor Power has the lowdown on how to fall in love again with London town.

If you thought that the school run is all hastily pulled together ponytails, jeans and runners, think again. Regular mums are getting up half an hour before their kids to make sure they turn heads, writes Paula Burns.

The legendary purveyor of musical good times tells Ed Power why he’s looking forward to playing in Kerry

Dara O’Briain hangs out with Stephen Hawking on BBC One on Tuesday.

Stars including One Direction and Rita Ora have joined forces to record a new Band Aid song.

Britain’s most expensive homes got cheaper this year as more central London mansions and super-prime apartments sported "for sale" signs.

A police investigation has been launched in Britain after a death threat aimed at controversial MP George Galloway was sent to the Houses of Parliament.

Anyone who sheltered from the rain over the weekend and just watched Notting Hill instead would have got none of the carnival vibes.

1. Originally carnival was just a small street party to bring neighbours of the (then) deprived area of Notting Hill together.

"Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship"

IT’S the first warm day of spring and I’m having lunch outside with a handful of close friends.

Some of the world’s best known tattoo artists jetted in to Ireland for the opening of the Love Hate Social Club, which unlocked its doors for the first time in Cork on Saturday.

Can you imagine popping down to your local and bumping into these two?

A radio documentary written by UCC lecturer Dr Jools Gilson will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 next week.

Actor Jude Law tried to manipulate a News of the World story about his girlfriend Sienna Miller’s affair with Bond star Daniel Craig to make it appear that “she cheated first”, it was claimed.

Lindsay Lohan wants to move to London and "stay under the radar".

David Beckham has put a £600,000 heart painting on his two-year-old daughter's wall.

The Last Diaries: A Blaze of Autumn Sunshine by Tony Benn

The story of Sir Henrys and its famous Sweat night has been well told in the past. How a weekly dance night in the Cork venue grew into one of the best house events in Europe in the 1990s, attaining quite a reputation for its amazing atmosphere and the quality of music on offer.

Ever since he first walked out onto a Cork Jazz Festival stage alongside, of all things, turntables and mixers, Courtney Pine has been a firm favourite with Leeside audiences. He’s been getting crowds dancing in the aisles during the festival since the late 1990s, placing his muscular, dizzying sax playing in all manner of musical contexts.

Famously private singer Morrissey has disclosed details of how his first relationship with a man came in his 30s and told how he later discussed becoming a father with a close female companion.

Four men have been arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism, Scotland Yard said.

Anna Friel admits having a child from a previous relationship can sometimes make her romance with Rhys Ifans "problematic".

WOMEN’S body hair, and what we choose to do with it, seems to provoke a lot of debate. It’s curious really, because no matter where you are from, what your skin type or hair colour, all of us have it. Yet, instead of providing common ground, our attitudes to body hair (keep it, keep it in line or be gone with it) seem to be a great divider.

David and Victoria Beckham hired an entire cinema for their youngest son's birthday celebrations yesterday.

The two-year-old daughter of one of Britain's richest men has died after becoming tangled in a blind cord.

A woman has admitted to smashing a window at Simon Cowell's London home with a broken brick.

A 30-year-old woman has admitted smashing a window at music supremo Simon Cowell's London home with a broken brick.

A woman has appeared in court accused of breaking in to Simon Cowell's home wielding a broken brick.

TV presenter Mariella Frostrup has inadvertently advertised herself as a swinger by installing two plants outside her London home.

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are renting a luxurious apartment in west London together.

It’s served by dozens of direct flights, and spilling over with great shops, restaurants, museums and shows. It’s London, baby, and it’s time you paid another visit, says Pól Ó Conghaile.