US: These wedding dresses have it all — long trains, full, layered skirts, floral appliqués, ruffles, and sparkling bodices. Their detailing is the same as you see on designer gowns made of silk and lace. But these dresses are not designer. They’re made of toilet paper.

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You know you’ve made a fool of yourself when the police - the actual police - put comedy music to the video of your crime.

A prolific reader, Josephine started writing from her early school days and didn’t stop. She studied journalism and film at university, but did a postgraduate degree in education and taught English, but it didn’t suit her. So she turned back to writing.

Eating probiotics regularly may help lower blood pressure, according to research findings.

They came with roses to say farewell to a young woman who had bloomed and touched many hearts during her all too short but happy lifetime.

Taylor Swift has found herself a surfer boy.

Irish nurses have been tempted by higher wages and less stress in Australia, says Claire Droney

As children settle into school The Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) is advising parents to check for head lice every week by wet combing the hair.

A rescue operation was continuing tonight to recover four sailors who were injured when a large wave crashed on to their yacht during a round-the-world race.

An operation to help four sailors who were injured when a large wave crashed on to their yacht during a round-the-world race has been delayed.

A SINGLE alcoholic drink could push many motorists over the limit from Friday following the introduction of lower drink-driving thresholds.

Designs for the national children's hospital must be passed on to planners immediately, a leading charity has said.

A TEAM of international experts committed to a review of plans to build a new national children’s hospital on the Mater Hospital campus are not required to visit the controversial site.

NEWLYWEDS William and Kate are enjoying a quiet weekend in a mystery location in Britain after postponing their honeymoon.

UNEMPLOYED construction workers could be given the opportunity to work abroad for two years if they help rebuild areas of Australia and New Zealand hit by natural disaster.

Investigators from the Irish Air Accident Unit will today be trying to understand why the pilot of the Manx2 Fairchild Metroliner tried to land after aborting two earlier attempts and circling for 20 minutes in a holding pattern hoping for conditions to improve.

The ANZ Ladies Masters at the Royal Pines Resort in Queensland, Australia has been reduced from 72 to 54 holes because of heavy rain, competition officials announced.

Organisers of a world record attempt are hoping rock star brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher will join them in Ireland this week as their ancestral clan unites for a colossal get-together.

THE contestants battling to be this year’s Rose of Tralee arrived to a heroine’s reception in the Kerry town yesterday, knowing the crown is all to play for.

THE Roses of Tralee will be blossoming this year if the forecast from Met Éireann is anything to go by.

Hollywood stars Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey had to be evacuated from the set of their new movie when a deadly jellyfish was found on set.

Late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin is set to be immortalised as an action figure.

Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin's eight-year-old daughter Bindi's official foray into television is being delayed by at least a year, in light of growing concerns the child is too young to cope with the demands of a TV series.

Socialite Paris Hilton was so nervous filming her big screen debut in horror film House Of Wax she had a panic attack.

IN THE early 1990s, a member of the Christian Brothers was watching television from his home in Western Canada. He tuned into live coverage of the Hughes Inquiry then underway in Newfoundland. The inquiry was investigating allegations of abuse by Christian Brothers in Newfoundland’s Mount Cashel Orphanage.

MINISTER for Transport Seamus Brennan has been urged to introduce random breath tests, increase speed checks on minor roads and ensure that the country’s 325,000 provisional licensed drivers are made take the test before the summer of 2004.

SURVIVORS of child abuse have criticised a legal challenge by a religious order to prevent the Laffoy Commission from naming and shaming their members.