So you will have to bear with me on this one as I argue that Simon Harris’s leadership of Fine Gael is most closely likened to professional wrestling. Then taoiseach Enda Kenny meeting wrestling star Hulk Hogan in March 2015 en route to SXSW in Austin, Texas. Fine Gael in government has, obviously, far outlasted that timeframe. And perhaps we need to be talking along those lines and making sure that there’s a place in Fine Gael for everyone. Mr Harris will become taoiseach once more in 23 months or so, if all works out as the Government has planned.

Windy conditions will be ongoing on Sunday with gusts increasing through the day. Expect the strongest winds around the time of the frontal passage overnight Sunday into Monday morning where gusts over 50 mph will be possible. In addition to strong winds, a few storms may be strong to severe along the front Sunday night, capable of producing sporadic gusts over 60 mph. Temperatures crash behind the front from the 60s into the 20s resulting in wind chills bottoming out near zero degrees by Monday morning. Windy conditions persist through the day Monday with wind chills struggling to get out of the single digits.

Popping on a bit of lipstick and eye shadow can reduce the risk of depression, especially in older women. For a study has found that women who regularly apply make-up appear to have better psychological wellbeing than those who go without. They studied 295 women to see what differences there were between those who regularly wore it and those who hardly ever did. The results, published in the journal Healthcare, showed 72 per cent of the women regularly wore make-up, mostly foundation, lipstick, eye shadow and blush. The researchers said: ‘Putting on make-up is a meaningful activity that may promote social participation among older women.

Last year, Barbara established a new performing arts company, Sing Street UK, recording England as her country of residence. As a child, she had what she agrees was ‘a very British accent’ – courtesy of her attendance at Lady Eden’s School, in London’s Kensington. The television chef, 50, whose eldest child Poppy is 23, says: ‘I remember that my 40th birthday really annoyed me. They were joined by Lord Downpatrick, 37, a travel consultant who’s the grandson of the Duke and late Duchess of Kent. (Very) modern mannersHe turns 83 next year, but Sir Vince Cable still seems to see himself as middle-aged.

Picture: Brian ArthurShe worked for Marc Jacobs in New York as part of her college work before heading to Paris, where she worked during fashion week. After luxury and tech entrepreneur Ashley McDonnell announced the launch of Ireland Fashion Week in April and in October, seven shows were hosted in venues across Ireland. It’s a big push for us and we've had a lot of customers there already.”Mary O'Sullivan with her daughter Lily at Ireland Fashion Week. “To me, presenting along heritage brands at Ireland Fashion Week was incredible. One thing is sure for the Limerick designer, representation matters — and Ireland Fashion Week gave the country the boost it needed.

The exchange about the impact of the high-profile robbery was made during a meeting of British and Irish officials at Downing Street on January 5 in 2005. Irish civil servant Michael Collins said the Irish side “shared the deep anxiety about the bank robbery” and said they would welcome any information the British side had gathered. He also expected that the DUP would “go on the rampage” once then PSNI Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde attributed responsibility. “Powell feared that the robbery would have proceeded even if the deal had been done with the DUP,” the note states. Mr Powell also said that the British would not demilitarise in return for IRA arms decommissioning, but would demilitarise “in a house-keeping way” as it wanted to scale back its presence in Northern Ireland.

The Clintons visited Northern Ireland in 1995 before travelling to Dublin. “The ostensible intention is to enable the president to meet a wider range of people in Northern Ireland” he wrote on November 28 1995. On the morning of November 30, before the reception in Belfast that evening, Mr Clinton met Mr Adams on the Falls Road in Belfast. Plans for the Clintons visit to Dublin, from December 1-2 1995, show that a US embassy official estimated that there was a “50/50” chance the visit would go ahead. Mr Clinton would go on to visit Cassidy’s Bar in Dublin for an hour during the 1995 trip.

It is time again, dear readers — thanks again to all three of you for your unremitting support — for Examiner Motoring’s annual Car of the Year extravaganza where, oddly, we pick out the outstanding motors we’ve driven during the last 12 months and, yet again, we have a few surprises for you. So, let’s not dilly-dally and get into the meat of the subject:

Cork MEP Billy Kelleher has said he would have won the 2025 presidential election had he been selected as Fianna Fáil’s candidate. Asked if he would have won the election, Mr Kelleher said: “Yes, I believe I would have.”The Fianna Fáil MEP said Ireland is a “modern, dynamic country” with a young population, and he could have connected “well beyond traditional Fianna Fáil voters”. Mr Kelleher said the “damage was done” after Mr Gavin’s withdrawal, saying the former candidate was not able to withstand scrutiny and interrogation. The party’s disastrous presidential election sent shockwaves through Fianna Fáil, with the fallout leaving Taoiseach Micheál Martin badly damaged. “That’s the fear of many of my colleagues, holding clinics on their own in community halls or in rooms around their constituency," Mr Kelleher said.

Breast cancer death rates have plummeted by a sixth in the UK over the past decade to a record low, new analysis reveals. But breast cancer remains the second biggest cause of cancer death in women - behind lung cancer - with more that can be done to reduce rates further, they add. It means there are now 30 breast cancer deaths per 100,000 people in the UK, down from 52 per 100,000 in 1971, according to Cancer Research UK. Sophie Brooks, health information manager at Cancer Research UK, told the Daily Mail: 'It's fantastic news that, thanks to research, breast cancer death rates in the UK have reached a record low. Drugs like tamoxifen, anastrozole and Herceptin, developed with support from Cancer Research UK, have also transformed survival and prevention for breast cancer.

A man with confusion and signs of a brain injury actually had an extremely rare condition diagnosed in just 50 people over the past century. The damage extended into his corpus callosum, a C-shaped bundle of nerve fibers in the brain that connects the left and right hemispheres. A man in Ireland was diagnosed with alien hand syndrome, an extremely rare condition in which a person's hand moves on its own uncontrollably. The affected hand, usually the left one, also doesn't have sensation and cannot feel anything it touches. The above CT scan image shows damage to the man's brain tissue, likely due to a stroke.

By Cillian Sherlock, Press AssociationIrish officials queried the decision of UK port authorities to question famous folk singer Christy Moore in 2004, amid a rise of similar complaints relating to anti-terrorism measures. Both he and his driver were interrogated separately by police at the port under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. Christy Moore in 2024 (Damien Storan/PA)He said it was saddening to think that this kind of treatment of Irish people travelling to the UK was not a thing of the past. Officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs met counterparts in the UK Home Office about the matter in London on December 1st, 2004. Issues involving Moore’s “high profile” case, including the locking of his interrogation room, were also raised in the meeting.

State Papers Day 1 - 1995 and its place in Irish historyThe year opened with renewed focus on peace efforts in Northern Ireland. In September, in a headline writer’s dream, the Censorship of Publications Board removed a ban on sales of Playboy magazine across Ireland. From the high of the USA 1994 World Cup the previous year, Irish football witnessed the plague of hooliganism in 1995. In rugby, Ireland finished second in their group at the 1995 World Cup to New Zealand but were eliminated in the quarter-finals by France. Ireland’s arts world also mourned the loss of some of its best known performers.

O’Dwyer’s death marked the passing of a generation of sporting leadership rooted in personality rather than systems. His sudden death felt especially cruel because of how alive he seemed — engaged, curious, encouraging. Her passing felt like the extinguishing of a steady light rather than a blaze, but its absence is keenly felt. His passing felt like the removal of bedrock — an actor whose presence grounded films in something real. Her death felt like the loss of a quietly radical presence — someone who expanded what female longevity in cinema could look like.

The world continues to count the heavy cost of climate disasters, as just 10 such events of heatwaves, wildfires, droughts and storms cost a seismic $120bn (€101bn) this year, a new report has found. The ‘Counting the Cost 2025’ report from Christian Aid said the cost of climate inaction was clear from the devastation being wreaked by extreme weather events across the globe, with every region being impacted by climate change. The charity’s report identifies the climate events that caused the most damage, including devastating British wildfires, extensive droughts in Canada, typhoons in the Philippines and record-breaking fires across Spain and Portugal. While the financial cost may not have been as high in some of the world’s poorer regions, the charity said extreme weather events had a disproportionate impact on countries in this place. Countries also in the report as having had significant extreme weather events in the last year included Scotland, Brazil, Australia and Japan.