Emmerdale has been named best soap at a TV awards event crowning a haul of prizes, which also included best storyline, outstanding achievement and best bad boy.

Cork-based Joyce Russell dug deep into her interest in nature and family relationships for her first collection, Bloodlines, writes Billy O’Callaghan

An idea about posing nude for charity led some ladies to create a calendar that outsold Pirelli’s that year, says Claire Droney

The Big Beach Boogie by Jenny Arthur (Caterpillar Books €10.66 HB) is a big, colourful, musical counting book to welcome summer.

CAMPING and mobile home operator Kelair Campotel is offering deals for €250 for a week in the month of June.

A MAN has died after falling 80 feet while ice climbing a frozen waterfall on St Stephen’s Day.

'Father Ted' star Frank Kelly is swapping Craggy Island for the Yorkshire Dales after landing a role in 'Emmerdale'.

'Emmerdale' triumphed at the TV Choice Awards 2010 last night.

Funnyman Steve Coogan is to return to TV with a new comic creation – himself.

TV star Pauline Quirke has swapped Essex for Emmerdale to start filming her new role in the rural soap – and admitted it was an emotional experience.

THE freezing Arctic conditions delivered an unexpected bonus for some New Year’s Eve revellers after they were forced to spend three days snowed in at England’s highest pub.

LA Law star Amanda Donohoe is joining the cast of Emmerdale.

European conservation experts will today address an international summit on farming in the Burren area.

THE preservation of the Burren in Co Clare, one of the most important landscapes in Europe with a wealth of natural and cultural heritage, will be discussed at a three-day international conference in Ennistymon at the end of this month.

A DEFINING moment is looming for the future of the Burren in Co Clare, one of the most important landscapes in Europe with a wealth of natural and cultural heritage.

Ireland’s first-ever international summit on farming conservation will bid to save the future of unique ecosystems like the Burren, it was claimed today.

Patsy Kensit is quitting Emmerdale for Holby City.

British police and social services were today attempting to contact a mother who left her teenage daughter at home as she moved abroad.

Patsy Kensit has signed up to become Emmerdale’s new superbitch.

Emmerdale family the Marsdens have been axed after just six months, it was announced today.

Stars of new movie Calendar Girls have played down rumours of a rift between the original Women's Institute members who stripped off for the charity calendar that inspired the film.

A NAKED rambler who has been arrested eight times as he attempts to walk from Land’s End to John O’Groats said yesterday that he is determined to complete the trek following his latest brush with the law.