A mother and daughter team have turned their shared hobby into a successful business, selling handmade fine china mugs with hand painted designs. They are hoping to be up and thriving again when the current Covid-19 economic storm passes.

The sale of Irish and International art by Whyte’s goes on view at the RDS in Dublin today.

The return of Genesis, a feast of French film, and Beckett at the Everyman: arts/ents editor Des O'Driscoll has the lowdown

There are plenty roads leading to the RDS, the home of Leinster rugby, but few will have taken the route chosen by Sam Matavesi.

He was part of an impressive collective effort back in his home city for Benetton in the opening round of the Heineken Champions Cup.

Here's the route Ireland's provinces must navigate to emerge from their Champions Cup pools.

Cutting back on Fast Fashion, carpooling and eating her mum’s homegrown veg are some of the ways TG4 presenter Máire Treasa ní Dhubhghaill is playing her part for the planet as mother to little Aela, writes Ellie O’Byrne

Des O’Sullivan gives a preview of the Irish selection on offer at two sales in Dublin

The teenager was attacked on Simmonscourt Road in Donnybrook.

Timeless, the Irish Antique Dealers Fair, continues this weekend at the RDS in Dublin and is open from 11am to 6pm today and tomorrow.

All the fun of the fair in Cork tomorrow will quickly be followed by all the fun of the fair in Dublin next week.

Louise Dodrill, executive registrar with the HSE’s Civil Registration Office

Five things for the week ahead with Des O'Driscoll.

Tipperary's Shane Breen has today made history at the Dublin Horse Show in the RDS, after he claimed victory in the €350,000 Longines Grand Prix of Ireland.

Paul O’Shea blitzed home on Imerald van’t Voorhof to claim the Sport Ireland Classic on the opening day of Dublin Horse Show yesterday.

Limerick’s Paul O’Shea has led an Irish whitewash of the three international classes on the opening day of the 2019 Stena Line Dublin Horse Show.

This year is the 100th anniversary of women first show jumping at the Dublin Horse Show.

From a €48k doll's house to chandeliers and Hollywood legends, we have all the latest from the world of art and antiques.

Dietitian Aoife Hearne gives tips on how to get back to your pre-pregnancy body with some simple steps. And don’t forget to buy a good pizza cutter.

Pestle & Mortar CEO Sonia Deasy tells Trish Dromey about the company’s big expansion plans

This week Portugal hosts a round of the Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) as the action moves to the coastal venue of Estoril. Irish riders Bertram Allen, Michael Duffy, Denis Lynch, Darragh Kenny, and Mark McAuley will all be in the hunt for individual purses as well as appearances for their respective Global Champions League (GCL) teams.

Eamon Ryan said the use of the word "pernicious" by President Higgins was appropriate.

After its poor showing in the recent elections, Sinn Féin faces a tough task to make up ground before the next general election, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

Here's your summer events guide for the month of August, including all things music, arts and ents.

A UFC fighter who is set to win a seat in South Dublin County Council for Sinn Féin has joked he is unlikely to run for the Dáil next as "I don't know if I'm going to be that corrupt".

Des O’Sullivan previews Whyte’s sale which features a number of leading names from the Irish art world

Angela Connolly: Creative director and owner of Conbu Interior Design

Leinster may be shaken by last Saturday's Heineken Champions Cup final loss to Saracens but Leo Cullen's side have at least emerged from the experience with relatively little in the way of fitness worries ahead of Munster's visit to Dublin.

Joey Carbery and Keith Earls look set to return for Munster against Leinster in Saturday's Guinness Pro14 semi-final at the RDS.

Munster sneaked into the Guinness PRO14 semi-finals by the skin of their teeth in Limerick on Saturday as Benetton missed two late drop-goal attempts after a game performance in their historic first knockout game.

The auction house is to be commended, writes Des O’Sullivan.

A rare penny-farthing bicycle is among the 460 lots on offer at the annual vintage auction at O’Donovan’s of Newcastlewest at 10am next Saturday. In excellent condition, it dates from c1880 and is estimated at €600-€1,200. There is a first edition of the 1865 Memories of Adare Manor by Caroline, Countess Dunraven (€1,000-€1,800) as well as period furniture and jewellery.

The game keeps changing. To stay on top, we need to change with it. Ireland will be hosting the European Games Week from July 4-7, a combination of two Irish gaming festivals into one super-charged event. Already, the structure and speaker line up is looking great.

You can perch on a leopard-print barstool this summer while you indulge in food from George Foreman’s new grill or from Aldi’s big-selling pizza oven, says Esther N McCarthy.

Eve Kelliher gets the inside track from leading interior designer Deirdre Whelan.

Rebecca Roe epitomises the stylish fusion of fashion and interior design, writes Eve Kelliher.

Kurt Cobain’s progressive politics were striking for the time but have been eclipsed by the tragedy of his suicide, writes Ed Power

It is hard not to agree with President Michael D Higgins’ weekend assertion that he believes the Ireland Skills Live exhibition, the first of which was held at Dublin’s RDS over recent days, “will in time be as important as the Young Scientist Exhibition”. Work, after all, is an ever-changing idea and there are many paths to realising worthwhile career and life ambitions.

Michael D Higgins has announced he will visit the event at the RDS in Dublin later this morning to see what type of trades are being highlighted.

The room shrinks when Doddie Weir walks in.

Johann van Graan’s team may not be back in Cork until February but that is not to say Musgrave Park is back in mothballs this morning after last night’s Guinness PRO14 clash with Edinburgh.

Taking place on July 13 and 14 of next year, the convention will feature the most magic we’ve ever seen before.