From Jedward's close shave to dancing gardaí and a miraculous dog rescue, here are the best good-news stories of 2021

Today's Headlines

arrest | Forensics on scene after body of woman (20s) found dead in Meath as man arrested

video nasty | PSNI arrest man (31) in connection with Michaela McAreavey video
sunshine | Russell Crowe spotted cycling around Dublin and Wicklow as he films new flick
'dead' man walks | Man who broke out of coffin after drinking binge claims he was human sacrifice
unveiled | Electric Picnic reveal final line-up for post-Covid return of the iconic festival
true blue | Dublin golfing star Paul McGinley to be given freedom of Donegal
Baby Joy | Richie Sadlier reveals wife is pregnant following four-year struggle to concieve
fatwa | Famous writer Salman Rushdie attacked on stage during event in New York
'Mopeds of the sea' | Irish Coast Guard slams ‘dangerous’ behaviour of jet ski riders in Dublin Bay
plot revealed | Hard-line loyalists planned to murder unionist leader David Trimble with rocket launcher
let's talc about it | Johnson & Johnson to cease production of talc-based baby powder

Today's Headlines

arrest | Forensics on scene after body of woman (20s) found dead in Meath as man arrested

video nasty | PSNI arrest man (31) in connection with Michaela McAreavey video

sunshine | Russell Crowe spotted cycling around Dublin and Wicklow as he films new flick

'dead' man walks | Man who broke out of coffin after drinking binge claims he was human sacrifice

unveiled | Electric Picnic reveal final line-up for post-Covid return of the iconic festival

true blue | Dublin golfing star Paul McGinley to be given freedom of Donegal

Baby Joy | Richie Sadlier reveals wife is pregnant following four-year struggle to concieve

fatwa | Famous writer Salman Rushdie attacked on stage during event in New York

'Mopeds of the sea' | Irish Coast Guard slams ‘dangerous’ behaviour of jet ski riders in Dublin Bay

plot revealed | Hard-line loyalists planned to murder unionist leader David Trimble with rocket launcher

let's talc about it | Johnson & Johnson to cease production of talc-based baby powder

REVEALED: Which classic Ice-cream melts fastest in a heatwave

assassin | Killer Sam 'Skelly’ McCrory’s sick jokes revealed on booze-fuelled fishing trips

Can't Keat Up | Ronan Keating claims his son is now ‘more famous’ than him

let's talc about it | Johnson & Johnson to cease production of talc-based baby powder

fatwa | Famous writer Salman Rushdie attacked on stage during event in New York

let's talc about it | Johnson & Johnson to cease production of talc-based baby powder

enquiries | Man (30s) arrested after young woman dies in fatal assault at Meath home

arrest | Forensics on scene after body of woman (20s) found dead in Meath as man arrested

'Mopeds of the sea' | Irish Coast Guard slams ‘dangerous’ behaviour of jet ski riders in Dublin Bay

video nasty | PSNI arrest man (31) in connection with Michaela McAreavey video

Shopping brawl | Shocking video of two women fighting in Primark goes viral

Revealed: The counties predicted to be the hottest this weekend

BAR BLAZE | Video shows fire at derelict Dublin pub where gang boss Eamonn ‘The Don’ Dunne was killed

Footage shows fight on Cardiff Bridge Road in Finglas

Puck fair: Goat is paraded down Killorglin street amid warm conditions

CRIME WORLD | Episode 139: The dark secrets of Paul Moody - the disgraced ex-garda convicted of coercive control

sad news | Former partner of Ellen DeGeneres, Anne Heche, ‘not expected to survive’ LA car crash

drug raid | Youth arrested after gardaí seize €2k worth of cannabis and crack cocaine in Dublin bust

Road closed | Five teenage girls rushed to hospital following serious crash in Kilkenny

enquiries | Man (30s) arrested after young woman dies in fatal assault at Meath home

booze control | Hospital guard was abusive to gardaí after row over €15 refund in off-license

my cheerleader | Greg O’Shea to run marathon in memory of granny who died of Alzheimer’s

'threatened' | Former Garda says retailers are facing intimidation from street beggars

confrontation | Armed man who tried to breach security at FBI office in Ohio dies in standoff

Mother distraught | Arrest warrant issued for medical professional suspected of fleeing to Asia with boy

charges | Man remanded for alleged robbery of Ukrainian girl in Dublin

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unveiled | Electric Picnic reveal final line-up for post-Covid return of the iconic festival

'threatened' | Former Garda says retailers are facing intimidation from street beggars

checks | Warning issued on impact of withdrawal of public health nurse home visits for new parents and infants

alert | Irish businesses warned over ransomware threats

Road closed | Five teenage girls rushed to hospital following serious crash in Kilkenny

heat stress | Status Yellow high temperature warning to come into force as highs of 31C predicted

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REVEALED: Which classic Ice-cream melts fastest in a heatwave

assassin | Killer Sam 'Skelly’ McCrory’s sick jokes revealed on booze-fuelled fishing trips

Can't Keat Up | Ronan Keating claims his son is now ‘more famous’ than him

let's talc about it | Johnson & Johnson to cease production of talc-based baby powder

fatwa | Famous writer Salman Rushdie attacked on stage during event in New York

enquiries | Man (30s) arrested after young woman dies in fatal assault at Meath home

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booze control | Hospital guard was abusive to gardaí after row over €15 refund in off-license

steven avery | Musical based on Netflix doc Making A Murderer premieres at Edinburgh Fringe Festival

'unbelievable' | Ukrainian-born truck driver involved in collision that killed seven US bikers is acquitted

brutal beating | New evidence suggests man jailed for 60 years for murder of Irish woman could be innocent

Forgetful | Drug smuggler who ‘forgot where he was staying’ jailed after €850k heroin and coke bust

uncovered: | Naked Florida man armed with machete arrested after trying to steal another man's clothes

Remanded | Polish pilot charged over €8.4m Westmeath cocaine seizure prepares fresh bail bid

infatuation | Woman obsessed with childhood friend harassed her again immediately after THIRD prison stint