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A walk through Graffiti Theatre gives us a glimpse of 120 years of a part of Cork’s history. Located on Assumption Road, Blackpool, the distinctive...
How would you feel about a nuclear power station in Aghada? Would you welcome a small modular reactor to Youghal? East Cork TD James O’Connor is...
Last year, almost 5,000 people took part in cancer clinical trials in Ireland. There are currently 131 cancer trials actively recruiting around the...
‘Cyprus has the most courteous drivers in the world!’ That was a headline on the Cyprus Mail here recently. They reported that, according to a...
The year is 2036, and the Government of the day is poised to make a ground-breaking announcement. After a White Paper was published on the subject of...
From the moment I attended a meeting about creating tiny forests hosted by Living Woodlands, I knew that we would have to embark on our own...
I admit I do like talking, and I’m not fussy about my conversational partners - sure, I’d talk to anyone that would talk to me. About 20 years ago...
Women are living longer than ever. In Ireland, a woman born today can expect to outlive her male counterpart by several years. But the uncomfortable...
So, after nearly being reduced to a road-stain by a tractor, and after a severe allergic reaction to some gold-covered hazelnuts, and after my car was...
The Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2026 is a measured and necessary response to a market that has...
Regular readers know I am liable to bang on about the brilliance of bikes. This is National Bike Week, and it could not be timelier given the fuel...
I’m 11 years retired this month, and I can hardly believe it. I have no idea where that time went. I had thought that when I retired, time would...
It’s hard to put into words the physical, overwhelming, arresting power of grief. Losing someone to suicide is deeply traumatic — gut-wrenching...
When she was a little girl, Imelda Clancy used to cherish her visits to Cork city to see her parents’ families - and one sound in particular was...
I often wondered how people write songs - readers may say ’tis little enough is bothering you! Too true, but nevertheless the gift of being able to...
When I went into business in 2012, remote working was rare - and few people were talking about artificial intelligence in any meaningful way. Less...
It started with inflammation in my gums and I was first treated with antibiotics for a gum infection. My dentist then sent me to a dental doctor in...
I could hear it coming. I knew by the sound that it was a big, heavy vehicle travelling fast in my direction. I looked to my right and my left. There...
Those of us who were children in the 1970s remember the freedom of being able to roam, cycle around our neighbourhood and to and from school, spending...
How do you feel about opening an all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant? It won’t require major investment, bank loans or planning permission. You can do...
Most of us are law-abiding citizens, but there are many who spend their lives railing against authority. They engage in anti-social behaviour,...
Cobh will once again host a solemn and dignified tribute this month as the annual Lusitania Commemoration Ceremony takes place on Sunday, May 10. The...
Everyone said it would be easy. Easy-peasy. Easy as pie. My wife, my teenage kids, my work colleagues. A doddle, they said. So I’m not really sure...
The countdown is on for a brand new festival taking place this May bank holiday weekend. After making its mark in Belfast for the last 20 years, Cork...
Imagine your 11-year-old daughter staring into the mirror, not seeing the freckles you love, but a “flawed” canvas needing filler, Botox, and...
Written in white in an attractive, flowing script on the back window of the tractor cab, the words were clearly visible. All the same, I had to read...
A national campaign to drive public awareness of heart failure and promote early detection is coming to Cork city early next week. Blackpool Shopping...
It was one of those mornings. I was on my way to host an event in Dublin, leaving home at 6.30am to catch the train to the big smoke. I usually cycle...
As households pay closer attention to how energy is used in the home, amid rising energy bills, electricity suppliers have launched a new guide to...
I grew up in the 1960s in Cobh in a house that directly overlooked the Cork harbour area. At night, the harbour was a dark and mysterious place and as...
Anyone out there with the surname Mulligan? Because - and I hope this excites you as much as it excites me - I’ve just discovered that there’s a...
After Mass of a Sunday, and at meetings and matches with the last two months, I’m being asked: “Well, John, what’s it like to be retired from...
When people hear about a choral festival, they might think about formal concerts and polished performances. That’s part of it, but just as important...
Working in the arts is attractive to neurodivergent people, as visual and performative art often involves intense, detailed patterns or highly...
She was deeply worried, she confided, about her school’s decision to shift students over from textbooks to laptops and digital devices. Many other...
You know you’re getting old when your idea of exciting weekend entertainment is not to hit the tiles for an evening of gallivanting, but to instead...
Some of the children walking to school were as young as six – but that didn’t stop the soldiers from attacking them with tear gas. Cork man Sam...
I was parked up in a shopping centre recently, doing what I spend most of my life doing - waiting for my wife. She had gone in to grab something, so I...
Ireland’s book market is not just holding firm, it’s growing steadily. Recent figures from www.nielseniq.com show print book spending in Ireland...
It was Henry Kissinger who hit the nail on the head when it came to the often tricky dilemma of having talks and doing deals with the European Union....
It’s lashing rain outside as I pen these lines. ‘Bating’ down on the roof like the middle of winter. Sure we had hailstones as big as quail’s...
If you’ve been told you have a cataract, you’re in very good company. Cataracts are one of the most common age-related changes in the human body,...
Ah, what a week. Blockades, panic buying, shuttered petrol pumps. On Friday, with a rush of relief, I dived into The Crown. We’d had days of...
There is nothing more humbling than to lie down and look up at the night sky. Wonderment at the velvet black studded with starlight diamantes is a...
After steep rises in petrol, diesel and home heating oil, and the uncertainty around future increases and the supply chain, fuel consumption hacks...
If you live in East Cork and commute into Cork city each day, the routine is a familiar one. An early start. Coffee on the go. A long drive into the...
It’s easy to see how climbing Mount Everest was once thought impossible. It is about 8,000 metres high, and the summit is covered by rock and hard...
For genealogists, historians, nosy parkers, and anyone interested in local history and their family roots, next Saturday will be like Christmas Day....
A few years back, there used to be great music and singing ‘sessions’ of a Monday night in the Adair Hall in Fermoy. Under the auspices of the...
An engagement ring is a beautiful reminder of romance, and yet, for couples planning a lifetime together, the most meaningful commitment may not fit...
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