A heartbroken mother yesterday spoke of the "absolute privilege’’ she and her husband had of being the parents of two children who died of the extremely rare Battens disease.

The country’s newest priest plans to reach out to the Facebook generation and encourage them back to the Church.

A Co. Waterford parish is in mourning following the tragic death of an 8-year-old schoolgirl at the weekend.

AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Waterford girl has died after she was thrown from a bouncy castle that had been struck by a gust of wind.

A LIFE size statue of composer Seán Ó Riada has been unveiled in Cúil Aodha in mid-Cork.