Fair City’s Dave O’Sullivan reveals the unusual way he and his wife chose their baby’s name

Dame Patricia Routledge will be in Dublin in February as the Keeping Up Appearances star is set to be involved in a cultural event in Dun Laoghaire.

Famous faces from Ireland’s longest-running soap, Fair City, gathered on the 31st December to lay their friend and colleague Jean Costello to rest.

Gráinne Seoige has tied the knot with her partner Leon Jordaan in a lavish ceremony in County Kildare.

Legendary Fair City actress Jean Costello has sadly passed away, aged 76.

Christmas is just around the corner now and we are all organising get-togethers with friends we don’t get to see during the year.

Blogger-turned-businesswoman Suzanne Jackson has paid tribute to her dog Bella by naming her new €1.8m mansion in her honour.

Writer-director John Carney's background in Irish rock band The Frames has informed much of his screen work, exploring the power of music to liberate and connect us in films like Once and Begin Again. He drew on experiences from his own youth in economically depressed 1980s Dublin in the 2016 feature Sing Street, a let's-make-a-band high school story that doubled as a valentine to the flamboyant new wave Brit pop of the period.

2019 is coming to an end, so we’ve decided to look back at the best things that the year has given to us.

The boys are definitely back in town. Homegrown heroes The Coronas are lighting Christmas with a series of gigs across The Capital this month.

The Coronas have been named as the latest act to play at next year's Live At The Marquee.

Paul 'Redser' Redmond will face Ryan Scope at Bellator Dublin on February 22nd, the Irish Mirror can exclusively reveal. T he Team Ryano veteran (15-8) is set to return to the cage after missing out on September's Dublin card through injury when he faces the Englishman (10-3) at the 3 Arena.

Gardai are appealing for help finding a missing 13-year-old girl. Sebastiana Paun is missing from the Coolock area of Dublin since Saturday. She is described as 5'7", brown hair with blonde tips, of thin build with brown eyes. Sebastiana is known to frequent Dublin city centre and the Jervis Street area. Read MoreRelated Articles

A search was underway on Sunday in Co Wexford after a car believed to belong to a couple missing from north Dublin was found locally. An appeal was launched to find Carol and Bernard Devine from Portmarnock, who are both 53-years-old, by gardai on Friday.

Almost 3,000 people used one of the new Dublin Bus 24-hour services within the first five days of operation. T he 41 bus, which operates from Lower Abbey Street in the city centre to Swords, had 2,829 passengers between the hours of midnight and 6am in the first five days of operation.

A pensioner who was “fat-shamed” by a judge says he is now too embarrassed to leave his home during daylight hours. Michael Noyek, 68, will only go out walking under cover of darkness after a judge described him as “grossly overweight” in open court.

2019 was Dermot Kennedy’s year! The singer released his first album and is set to play two sold-out shows in the 3Arena later this month.

A car belonging to a missing Dublin couple has been found in Co Tyrone with their keys left in the ignition. Police in the the North say they are concerned for the safety and wellbeing of Ben and Carol Devine who have been missing since September 18. T heir dark Mazda saloon car was left abandoned on the Caledon Road area of Aughnacloy, Co Tyrone on Thursday. T he PSNI are seeking public assistance in finding the missing pair who were last seen in Tyrone. Read MoreRelated Articles

Three people were arrested following rival protests by anti-racism and free speech groups which took place outside the Dail in Dublin on Saturday. Hundreds of protesters converged on Kildare Street as two separate demonstrations took place throughout the afternoon.