Often thought of as merely a source of gentle ribbing and marital tiffs, snoring is actually a factor in nearly half of divorces. Some 47 per cent of divorcees said their partner's night-time snorting contributed to their break-up, as did conditions such as sleep apnoea, which stops sufferers breathing temporarily. When partners are forced into separate bedrooms, they lose the critical 'pillow talk' and spontaneous physical closeness that anchor a relationship. Her work focuses on treating the snoring or apnea (the 'quest for a quiet night's rest') before the relationship damage becomes permanent. She has observed how thousands of couples are ending their relationships due to physiological problems that are often treatable with proper medical care.

It was an extremely star-studded affair at the the exclusive 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar party on Sunday night. And it was the nepo babies who ruled the red carpet at the event held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She turned heads in the pretty V-neck design and wore her short blonde tresses in their usual cropped style. The beauty, 23, looked incredible in a deeply plunging red dress which showed off her incredible figure. The actor, 22, looked smart in a black suit as he joined Kate who wowed in a cut out black dress.

Among Trump’s ancestors was the original Henry John Heinz, founder of Heinz “57 Varieties”, of which the late Irish man Tony O’Reilly was chairman at one stage. Let’s look at Trump’s mother, then. Very Irish! But time has never proved an obstacle to us claiming prominent people as Irish before, ever. Why no rush to claim Trump as Irish?

Emotional speeches, a few boos and a missing actor – 10 big moments from the Oscars 2026The 98th Annual Academy Awards ceremony took place on Sunday, March 15 in Hollywood – and it was a great night for the Irish. Here are some of the biggest moments you might have missedJessie Buckley wins best actress Oscar for HamnetTanya Sweeney Today at 07:30The 98th Annual Academy Awards ceremony, now boasting a tidy three-hour runtime, ran like a well-oiled machine, but that doesn’t mean that the glitziest of all award shows wasn’t without the odd splash of colour. From shock award winners to emotional tributes, here are some water-cooler moments that you may have missed...

Marcus Rashford's hopes of staying with Barcelona beyond this season have received a huge shot in the arm. That's because Joan Laporta, one of his biggest supporters at the club, has been re-elected as their president for a fourth term until 2031. But Laporta, who was re-elected with 68 per cent of the vote, reportedly made keeping the forward an important part of his manifesto. And Laporta, 63, celebrated beating Victor Font in the contest with a Donald Trump-style dance as his supporters boogied around him. 🚨 At the Barcelona presidential elections, Ter Stegen left without voting as his name did not appear on the electoral roll.

This is the setting for Kilele, a brilliant festival showcasing east Africa’s experimental music and music technology scene. One of Kilele’s founders, David Tinning, also cofounded Santuri East Africa, a community-driven music innovation hub based in The Mall. At The Mall in Nairobi, it isn’t just the boundary-pushing music and the artists creating it that offer inspiration. No matter where in the world you are, when vacant space is offered to artists, good things happen. That is true of The Mall in Nairobi – and with a bit of leadership, support and open-mindedness, it could also be true of vacant commercial space in Dublin.

Ten former TDs who left politics after the 2024 general election are now involved in lobbying current politicians and Government officials. Returns to the lobbying register show property development firm Beldare Homes and frozen fish company Atlantic Dawn Group among Pontis Advisory’s clients. He said he complied with disclosure requirements, saying the lobbying register was “vitally important” to the integrity of industry and “our democratic process”. Madigan’s first lobbying register return was on behalf of Vida Care, a company with an ambition to open a network of health screening centres countrywide. Ciarán CannonFormer Fine Gael TD and minister of State Ciarán Cannon retired from politics at the 2024 general election.

The Iran war is being driven by bad actors across the board and without concern for the people whose lives are most immediately and irrevocably impacted. As a result, ordinary Iranians are facing the double danger of a war of aggression in the midst of continuing state-based repression and violence. Nor will Iran flourish as a free country through a continuation of the rotten politics of the Islamic regime by another name. Trump is not offering liberation for Iran, and the Islamic regime is not offering resistance to empire. Dr Joel Hanisek is research fellow at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, University of Galway.

There is a narrative that Hizbullah has fallen into an Israeli trap. The November 2024 ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, under which the Beirut government committed to disarming Hizbullah, was considered a substantial achievement for Israel. It followed Israel’s killing or maiming of many senior Hizbullah commanders in a high-profile operation that caused their pagers to explode, and the assassination of Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Meanwhile the Israeli air force continued to hit Hizbullah, despite the ceasefire. Hizbullah, according to the official narrative, was only a shadow of the organisation that once possessed 120,000 projectiles pointing at Israel.

There is no “fun” in dropping bombs on people and property and causing immense destruction and human suffering (“Trump threatens further Kharg Island strikes ‘just for fun’”, World News, March 15th). There has to be a better way to resolve our political, cultural and religious differences on this small and fragile planet. It’s not much to ask, but could someone in high office show some moral leadership and speak out against this pointless and destructive war against Iran? There has to be a better way to resolve our political, cultural and religious differences on this small and fragile planet. Or maybe Pope Leo could say something – now there’s someone Trump might listen to.

As with many people from my generation, for me Dawson’s Creek was one of those must-watch programmes, so I was shocked to read that James Van Der Beek had died from bowel cancer. Secondly, I myself have just received a bowel cancer diagnosis. I was well aware of the symptoms of bowel cancer. Still, it wasn’t until I started passing blood on its own with abdominal pains that I told my wife. Within four hours I was making that phone call home to tell my wife I had bowel cancer.

The same event was supported by Independent Ireland, with the group’s TD Ken O’Flynn and Cllr Linda de Courcy also speaking. Rachel Morrogh, chief executive of DRCC, warns that across Europe and the United States, there have been “efforts to weaponise the issue of sexual violence to fuel anti-migrant sentiment”. Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín has previously called on the Government to release crime statistics based on nationality, ethnicity or citizenship status. The Women’s Coalition on Immigration, without the same data, instead tries to point to statistics in other European countries. It found that 78 per cent of victims who experienced sexual violence in their lifetime knew the perpetrator.

As the Taoiseach prepares to meet US president Donald Trump for their annual St Patrick’s Day encounter, Irish-American relations are at their most strained since the State’s foundation. “Irish Americans are more liberal than the image portrayed by Steve Bannon,” says Ted Smyth. A former Irish diplomat and public relations specialist who lives in Manhattan, New York, Smyth is sceptical about the idea that there is an emerging gulf between the Irish American diaspora and the Irish mainstream. “The Irish American vote is a classic swing vote. Smyth has seen how the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH), normally considered right-wing and Catholic, has distanced itself from the White House.

That won’t be too far away, so we’ll see how that goes,” said Farrell after Ireland’s 43-21 win over Scotland at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday. Farrell was asked if days like this would make him more inclined to remain. [ Thomas Ramos gives us a gobsmacking conclusion to a gobsmacking Six NationsOpens in new window ]Ireland had “put the pressure on ourselves” to deliver a big last-day performance. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/InphoWinning trophies helps, but much like the team after a somewhat flat autumnal campaign, Farrell has seemed re-energised in this Six Nations. Ireland supplied 18 players to the Lions and most of the coaching and back room staff, and France have now won six of the last eight post-Lions Championships (Ireland won the other two in 2014 and 2018).

A day earlier, he had called on countries including China, Japan, South Korea, France and Britain to send warships to the strait to help reopen the waterway. “I’m demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory because it is their territory,” he said last night. China will not be sending warships to the Strait of Hormuz, not least because some oil bound for the Chinese market is still coming through. Bloomberg reported yesterday that an Iranian supertanker with oil for China passed through the strait last Friday. “I am at the moment engaged in talking to them and my talking has yielded some results,” Jaishankar told the Financial Times.