Carmel Collins and her family faced down violence and intimidation from gangland thugs who murdered her innocent son Roy, so that other families would not have to suffer a similar hell, her funeral mass heard today.

Five units of the Cork City Fire Brigade were needed to tackle a large blaze at the old St Kevin’s unit at the former Our Lady’s Hospital site in Shanakiel.

If you visit Antigua don’t get too comfy on the sun lounger, says Eoghan Cormican. Make sure and see the whole island – you won’t be disappointed

Two transatlantic flights diverted to Dublin Airport today - including one that had already made an unscheduled landing in Canada.

It’s not even a century since John Alcock and Arthur Brown became the first men to fly across the Atlantic. 

Before there were dieticians, logistics specialists and conditioning coaches, there was Leo Griffin — Kerry GAA bag man and lucky mascot.

As Cork Folk Festival remembers Séamus Creagh, Richard Fitzpatrick hears about a brilliant musician who was also a much-loved man

Newfoundland feels like Ireland 20 years ago, when people left their doors unlocked, hitchhiked without fear and took time to stop and chat. Jennifer Hough feels right at home in the Canadian province.

A pledge by a descendant of a family that ruled Tralee for 300 years is to be fulfilled: Dorset-based stained-glass artist Tom Denny, a descendant of the Elizabethan planter, Edward Denny, is to complete a window for the town’s St John’s Catholic church.

HOW does a Canadian–born film executive who has worked on some very famous films, including the Harry Potter series, end up making award-winning home fragrances and perfumes in Galway?

FOR several years Sean McGinley has been heading across the Atlantic from June to December to shoot a crime series on CBC, Canada’s national television station. 

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Eight Irish authors are among the 154 on the longlist for the world’s richest literary prize – the highest ever number.

THE FASTEST man in the world will tomorrow romp home to victory.

Canada’s broadcast standards council has amended an earlier ruling that deemed Dire Straits’ 1985 hit 'Money For Nothing' unfit for radio, saying that while the homophobic slur used in the song was inappropriate, it must be taken in context.

POPE BENEDICT lamented the widespread abandonment of religion in Western countries at a Holy Thursday ceremony, saying the heartlands of Christianity were turning away from their faith.

TWO years ago, Adelina Corigliano’s parents weren’t sure if she’d be alive for her 10th birthday.

A TEAM of scientists will launch an expedition to the Titanic next month to assess the deteriorating condition of the world’s most famous shipwreck and create a detailed three-dimensional map that will “virtually raise the Titanic” for the public.

TOP Vatican officials, including the future Pope Benedict XVI, did not react to letters about an American priest who molested as many as 200 deaf school children.

A SCATHING report on Ireland’s hospital emergency departments by the State’s spending watchdog shows that waiting times rose last year despite assurances by Health Minister Mary Harney that services are improving.

A MAN working under a car which was scheduled for an NCT was crushed to death when it fell on him.

Canadian rescuers searched freezing waters for 16 missing people after a helicopter heading to Atlantic oil fields reported mechanical problems and ditched in the sea off Newfoundland.

Rescuers were searching freezing water today for 16 people missing after a helicopter reported mechanical problems and ditched into the Atlantic Ocean.

“From here on, we will be strengthened in the knowledge that every Garryowen team that takes to the pitch will have Shane as our 16th man, there beside us”

The killing of rugby captain Shane Geoghegan could be a turning point in the bloody feud among Limerick’s rival drug gangs, a priest told mourners today.

Garryowen rugby club have called for an end to the criminal activity that led to the shooting dead of club member Shane Geoghegan in Limerick over the weekend.

A MAN and a teenager have been charged with the murders of a British couple who were shot in their resort cottage on the last day of their honeymoon in the Caribbean.

UP to two years ago when cystic fibrosis began to overwhelm her, Siobhán Ryan was regarded as one of the best Irish dancers in the east Limerick parish of Pallas.

MOVING house is reputed to be the second most stressful thing in life — after divorce — so Nancy Claxton deserves to be frazzled after upping sticks 32 times in the last 20 years.

A LIMERICK hospital is investigating claims that a patient died during a breakdown in care procedures after two newly-qualified doctors were left alone to monitor a ward.

An Air France jet made an unscheduled landing at St John’s, Newfoundland, on New Year’s Day because of security concerns, it was disclosed today.

A decade ago, John Gotti bid farewell to his family and wiseguys to spend the rest of his life in jail.