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Disco Pigs Review: An intense and powerful performance I won't forget for a long time

Disco Pigs Review: An intense and powerful performance I won't forget for a long time

When Disco Pigs was first performed on stage in Cork in 1996, it was met with much acclaim and launched the careers of writer Enda Walsh and actors...

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Mary Corcoran

Cork families urged to donate pre-loved toys to a good cause

Cork families urged to donate pre-loved toys to a good cause

In the run-up to the festive season, the Enable Ireland charity shops in Cork, including the new homewares shop on 33, North Main Street in the city,...

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Evening Echo

TV producer: I had to leave Cork to discover I had a grá for Irish

TV producer: I had to leave Cork to discover I had a grá for Irish

Growing up in Macroom in the 1980s, speaking Irish wasn’t exactly cool. In fact, I did everything I could to avoid it. My parents had a huge love...

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Evening Echo

How to prepare your body for a healthy winter

How to prepare your body for a healthy winter

As the evenings get darker and winter approaches, there is an understandable tendency to look for something that will make us healthier almost...

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Professor Caitriona Ryan

John Arnold: ‘Blackas’, Christy Ring... words of wisdom in a book of poetry

John Arnold: ‘Blackas’, Christy Ring... words of wisdom in a book of poetry

Monday was November 2, All Souls Day - the day when we remember all those family members, relations, and friends who have died. As our priest Fr Joe...

05.11.2026 20

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John Arnold

Summit in Cork to address energy solutions for the future

Summit in Cork to address energy solutions for the future

As Europe accelerates its transition to net zero, a truth is becoming unavoidable: our energy, industrial and digital systems are now deeply...

04.11.2026 20

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Paul McCormack

'I never want a teen to say they can’t do maths': Cork start-up aims to help students

'I never want a teen to say they can’t do maths': Cork start-up aims to help students

It is ten o’clock on a Tuesday night. A third year is at the kitchen table with her maths homework open, stuck on the same question for 20 minutes....

03.11.2026 10

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Evening Echo

Cork doctor: As deaths rise, how can we help prevent cot death?

Cork doctor: As deaths rise, how can we help prevent cot death?

As a junior doctor in the late 1980s, working in paediatrics, nothing compared to the trauma of a young couple rushing into the Emergency Department...

02.11.2026 20

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Catherine Conlon

John Dolan: Ghostly monks, a foxy lady... Cork’s most terrifying spirits

It was more than 100 years ago now, on a beautiful Sunday in June, when a woman from Dripsey set off in her pony-and-trap to a farm near the city to...

30.10.2026 20

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John Dolan

John Arnold: I completed the holy trinity... Medjugorje, Lourdes, Fatima

I’m not absolutely certain, but I think I saw the film 101 Dalmatians in a cinema many years ago, and of course in recent decades it’s often been...

29.10.2026 30

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John Arnold

Explainer: What you need to know about penalty points

Penalty points help to enforce road rules and improve road safety. If you commit a motoring offence and the penalty includes penalty points, your...

27.10.2026 40

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Evening Echo

John Dolan: ‘Sinful, near-nudity, indecency’ - when jazz was all rage in Cork

If I were to suggest that the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival this weekend would include scenes of near-nudity, indecency, rampant promiscuity, and sinful...

23.10.2026 20

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John Dolan

John Arnold: It took 45 years, but we’ve finally made it to our honeymoon destination

Look, I know, one should forgive and forget, but with some things - it’s very hard indeed! Like Tito for example – I never met him, nor anyone...

22.10.2026 20

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John Arnold

Cork Views: Eye and ear care could ward off dementia

We talk a lot about living longer. We think about what we eat, how much we move, how well we sleep, and what we can do to stay healthy as we get...

21.10.2026 20

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Evening Echo

Cork Views: CCTV can play a big part in making our city safe

Two hundred and thirty-four days. That was the time between receiving a response about CCTV provision around the Blackrock Line Greenway and last...

20.10.2026 30

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Evening Echo

Recalling Cork polio outbreak 70 years on

Polio Survivors Ireland is hosting a special event tomorrow, Tuesday, October 20, to mark 70 years since the devastating 1956 outbreak in Cork. The...

19.10.2026 30

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Evening Echo

John Dolan: What kind of people watched public executions in Cork...all sorts

What sort of person would willingly want to watch the public execution of another human being? That question was raised lately when dotty old...

16.10.2026 20

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John Dolan

Cork mum: 'DLD is hard to understand, but much harder for those who have it'

My 11-year-old twin sons, Tommy and Tony, were diagnosed with DLD in 2022. It is a common neurodevelopmental condition that causes lifelong...

15.10.2026 30

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Evening Echo

John Arnold: ‘We can only imagine joy in Cork family when Dublin won’

Sisters Ellen and Catherine Connors were both born in Ballyhooley in or around 1810. Their father was a publican or, as they used to say back then, a...

15.10.2026 30

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John Arnold

Cork pharmacies back campaign to highlight free bowel cancer screening

The HSE and Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) are encouraging people aged 57-71 to talk to their community pharmacy team about taking part in BowelScreen,...

13.10.2026 30

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Evening Echo

Dr Catherine Conlon: Benefits of shingles vaccine may go beyond protection from condition

A national shingles vaccination programme for the over-65s will start on a phased basis from the middle of next year, after its approval in Budget...

13.10.2026 50

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Evening Echo

Cork Views: 'Being a part of my local young council gives young people a voice'

Being a part of my local youth council, Cork City Comhairle na nÓg, gives me and other young members aged 12-17 a chance to discuss and take action...

11.10.2026 30

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Evening Echo

Spooky Spike: John Dolan takes a chilling tour on Cork’s island of the lost souls

I’m standing in a chilly and dank, pitch-black tunnel which used to house some of Ireland’s most dangerous convicts. I literally can’t even see...

09.10.2026 30

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John Dolan

Letter to the Editor: Motorists - beware of geese near the Lough

Whilst driving to Abbeyville Veterinary Clinic in Togher with my dog recently, I witnessed three or four geese making their way out onto the road at...

09.10.2026 30

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Evening Echo

'You need more than a State pension to retire on'

Another October, another modest pension rise in this week’s budget, and another reminder that the State pension alone won’t ensure a fulfilling...

09.10.2026 30

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Evening Echo

Cork Views: Art show explores impact of online world

Waking up in the morning, I instinctively reach for my phone. I am not answering a call or a message; like most people these days, I catch up on...

08.10.2026 30

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Evening Echo

John Arnold: A year since I milked my last cow... and I have no regrets

Long ago in the GAA, there were just three grades for club teams - Senior, Junior and Minor - and none of these were age groups. For example, the...

08.10.2026 40

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John Arnold

Mario Rosenstock: Play at a Cork city school changed my life

It was called Rochelle House, located on the old Blackrock Road in Cork. Bizarrely, it had been a school for French girls up until the mid-1970s,...

06.10.2026 30

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Evening Echo

‘The rules change’: Cork mum on life with MS

A Cloyne mum-of-two is calling on schools, families and readers across Cork to pick up a book this November as she takes on the role of MS Readathon...

05.10.2026 30

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Evening Echo

Trevor Laffan: Life as an assassin-for-hire can be a hit-and-miss affair

Assassins have been with us forever. History has shown us that there is always someone who is prepared to pay for the services of those who specialise...

05.10.2026 40

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Trevor Laffan

Holy smoke! It will now cost €20 for a pack of cigarettes?

It’s hard to convey to anyone aged under 30 today how much cigarette smoke used to play a part in everyday life. Getting the bus into work? Smoke...

02.10.2026 40

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John Dolan

Cork dad recalls day his daughter started speaking again after tumour impacted speech

A Cork father has recalled the day his daughter began speaking after a brain tumour robbed her of her voice. James O’Riordan, 42, from Cloyne, his...

01.10.2026 30

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Evening Echo

John Arnold: Napoleon, William of Orange... and my own take on ‘history’

I suppose ‘keeping it in the family’ was very important long ago. This was especially so when it came to money, land, and power. Amazing, isn’t...

01.10.2026 40

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John Arnold

Explainer: What you need to know about fuel allowance

The main Social Welfare support with heating costs is the Fuel Allowance. Paid to only one person in a household, it normally begins in late September...

30.09.2026 30

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Evening Echo

Áilín Quinlan: Nuggets of advice I learned... just by listening, not scrolling

A word to the doom scrollers who don’t bother with small talk: never underestimate the value of random conversation. Apart from the entertainment...

30.09.2026 40

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Áilín Quinlan

Cork Views: How we can make most out of school meals

Ireland’s School Meals Programme is one of the most important public health measures introduced in recent years. Giving every child access to a...

29.09.2026 40

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Evening Echo

Kathriona Devereux: Covid, saunas, Cork cable cars - hot topics of my Echo years

This will be my last column for The Echo. It has been a privilege to share my thoughts, opinions, and passions with you for the past six years....

29.09.2026 30

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Evening Echo

My intern roles were a great way to spend the summer

In the summer, I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to complete two different legal internships. The experiences gave me a great insight...

28.09.2026 50

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Amy Obrien

Trevor Laffan: Allow pets on public transport? It's a one-way ticket to disaster

Ever wondered what it would be like to take a ride in Noah’s Ark? Well, wonder no more because, very soon, it looks like you will be able to have...

28.09.2026 50

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Trevor Laffan

John Dolan: What a newshound... meet the assistance dog called ‘Echo’!

Here at The Echo, we love a newshound with a nose for a good story who can chase up a lead... and this young pup is now the leader of our pack. Yes,...

25.09.2026 40

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Evening Echo

'I'm developing a 3D-printed powered prosthetic hand...here's my advice to students with an idea'

My interest in 3D printing started long before ReAble Labs existed. Back around 2008 or 2009, my father bought a 3D printer. It cost about €30,000...

24.09.2026 40

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Evening Echo

John Arnold: 100 years after his death, Cork will remember Sam Maguire

The town of Dunmanway wasn’t overcrowded on Tuesday, February 8, 1927. Despite ‘discouragement’ from Church and State, ‘Old’ IRA men - most...

24.09.2026 40

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John Arnold

Cork Views: Solutions to local social challenges are on our doorstep

When we talk about tackling Ireland’s most complex social challenges, there can be a temptation to look for a single, top-down solution. But...

23.09.2026 40

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Evening Echo

Áilín Quinlan: Women like Nikita are the true trail-blazers for future Ireland

Isn’t it strange the way things happen? I switched off Flack. Fast. I’d browsed Netflix looking to power down after a tiring day and decided to...

23.09.2026 40

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Áilín Quinlan

Simple advice to help gardeners protect plant health

Whether we are tending a window box, working on a farm, walking through a woodland, or choosing plants at a garden centre, we all depend on healthy...

22.09.2026 40

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Evening Echo

Kathriona Devereux: We need to add some comforts to our emergency preparedness list

Roy Keane famously used the phrase ‘Fail to prepare, prepare to fail’ during the 2002 Saipan World Cup controversy. It’s a motto I forever...

22.09.2026 40

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Kathriona Devereux

Cork Views: My experience led me to create inclusive dance programme

When I was a teenager, a dance teacher came to my school and invited my classmates to take part in a performance. I was the only student with a...

21.09.2026 50

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Evening Echo

Trevor Laffan: My friend’s still a painter at 80 - he vows he will never retire

You know how sometimes a smell can take you back in time? You can’t identify exactly what the smell is, but it just reminds you of something from...

21.09.2026 50

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Trevor Laffan

John Dolan: Traitors cast are so judgy about jobs...

We live in an age when being judgmental is viewed as a sin. In fact, we’ve even come up with a snappy word for it - ‘judgy’. It’s a wholly...

18.09.2026 40

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John Dolan

Cork Views: I was in a dark place: here’s how I rebuilt my life

There was a time I was full of confidence. I was outgoing, positive, and the kind of person who could walk into a room and make friends with anyone....

17.09.2026 50

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Evening Echo