Monday, March 19, 2012

Glenda in Helix for a bit of old-school support

By: Alison O'Riordan

WITH the voice of an angel, it's hardly surprising that she is a choir member.

But it was the masses, not Mass-goers, who got to hear the talented Claire O'Loughlin last night, when she took to the stage of Dublin's Helix for The Voice Of Ireland.

Among those cheering was Glenda Gilson, who has been friends with the mother of two since their school days.

The Xposé presenter got to know the blonde singer - who mentor Brian Kennedy described as 'smokin' hot' -

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Elton's Tipp for an Oscar bash? Get an Irish chef...

By: ALISON O'RIORDAN

NOT only is he Elton John's favourite rocket man, he can whip up a delicious dressing for the salad leaves too.

Tipperary-born chef Stuart O'Keeffe cooked up a storm for the singer and 400 of his guests at the Grammy Award winner's Oscar dinner party last month.

Among the A-listers who dined on his culinary delights at the €2,000-per-ticket event were Katy Perry, Sharon Stone and Florence Welch.

Mr O'Keeffe, who has also landed a show, Home Made Simple, on

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Sunday, March 11, 2012

Getting my breasts done changed my life ... I want my implants replaced

Sarita Clery



By Alison O'Riordan



Saturday March 10 2012





Sarita Clery is one of the 1,500 Irish women who have been fitted with suspect breast implants. When the women spoke out, they were met with hostility, and even a suggestion that they were vain and deserved to die of cancer. Alison O'Riordan reports

'I was quite plain growing up. I wanted to wear nice clothes but they didn't cling to the right bits," says 31-year-old Sarita Clery from Lucan, Dublin,

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Dubs hardman Ger to show spiritual side in Croker...as religious volunteer Dubs hardman Ger to show spiritual side in Croker...as religious volunteer

By Alison O'Riordan

Monday February 27 2012


HE is an on-pitch tough guy but Dublin star Ger Brennan has a spiritual side too. The All-Ireland winner will be one of 82,000 people in Croke Park this summer -- but for once all eyes won't be on his football skills.

 

Instead he will be lining out as a volunteer for the 50th International Eucharistic Congress.

For the week prior to the closing ceremony in Croke Park on June 17, the RDS will be filled with 25,000 people daily

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My mum lost her savings and I want to see justice

By Alison O'Riordan

Monday February 27 2012


A VICTIM of the Custom House Capital collapse is determined to have her day in court and make someone accountable for her elderly mother's savings being eroded.

Ingrid Baugh's 85-year-old mother from Shankill, Co Dublin, is one of 1,500 victims of the scheme but is determined to fight back.

"My mother sold her home in 2006 and decided to move into a retirement complex with sheltered accommodation. She wanted to put the proceeds from the

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Monday, February 27, 2012

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My coach saved my life, says Voice star

Bullies drove singer Kiera to the brink of suicide
By Alison O’Riordan
HER confident and assured performances on The Voice Of Ireland have marked her out as a born star.But Kiera Byrne has revealed
that only a year ago she had lost every shred of self-belief and had even considered taking her own life.
The 22-year-old had harboured ambitions of being a professional singer since she was seven but had given up hope after piling
on weight and being remorselessly picked on at school.
‘I

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