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I am taking on an extraordinary fundraising challenge this summer, walking from Donegal Town to Kinsale, Co. Cork, in support of MS Ireland. I began...
The house I grew up in was sold recently after an eight-year-long probate battle. It had been unoccupied since my mother died in 2017. It was a bit of...
Over the last few months, I’ve spent far more time than I ever expected reviewing planning policy. The National Planning Framework. The Regional...
“You’d probably know it as the place that The Young Offenders was filmed in’’ It’s the go-to line any young Cork Northsider has learned to...
I’m issuing a challenge to the Taoiseach and the Minister for Transport. See for yourselves. The shouting. The fighting. The visible drug use on...
As a heat dome hovered over Europe last month, it reportedly caused dozens of deaths, disruption of power supplies and public transport, closure of...
Three months ago, in the staffroom at work, someone casually mentioned they had swapped houses for a holiday. “It was brilliant,” they said....
We in Ireland are a nation of storytellers. Everyone loves a good yarn, and we are the very best at sharing them. Yet, we often forget to tell our own...
I came out of the Stéphane Grappelli concert at the Cork Jazz Festival feeling his music was almost too good to be true. That was my first taste of...
Out of the thousands of news stories you read in the past year, I wonder how many allowed you to make a better decision about a serious matter...
The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BSCFA) is a payment to help families with the cost of school uniforms and shoes. Many families get...
When I was in my twenties, I shared an apartment with two college buddies who were obsessed with football. They bought multiple newspapers a day to...
Work-outs can sometimes feel repetitive or uninspiring, and many people are turning to martial arts to reignite their motivation and transform their...
Cobh Trad Fest returns this summer from July 23-26, and we think it’s shaping up to be our best year yet. We have a fantastic headline line-up at...
It’s a parenting shift that dad-of-two Kevin Maguire began to notice more and more. It led him to start writing The New Fatherhood newsletter about...
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times -the first line from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Published in 1859, the book was all...
For many children growing up in Cork city today, the connection between the food on the table and the farm it came from can feel more distant than it...
It was Aine Roche of Wexford who wrote the beautiful song I Light A Candle For You - its words explain just exactly what it truly means when one hears...
The banks of the Lee are set to ‘rock for Rory’ again this summer as Cork City Council hosts a free open-air concert celebrating the music and...
The school yearis drawing to a close – for many parents this is a relief. No more getting kids out of bed for school, rushed breakfasts, traffic...
I live in Blarney with Brenda, my wife, and we have two children, Kate and Simon. It’s a busy house, made busier by me being a local councillor on...
I meet up with two good friends, Tommy and Jim, every five or six weeks - for a leisurely breakfast and a hurling chat. In fairness to us three wise...
I was recently selected to participate in the European Student Assembly 2026 on behalf of University College Cork and UNIC, an alliance of ten...
Hypertension Awareness Month in May aimed to increase global awareness about high blood pressure (BP) as the leading preventable cause of premature...
Gather your information from a few select sources that you trust, and always be wary of potential online scams. That was the message delivered at a...
The Carrigaline International Maritime and Folk Festival takes place from June 26-28 with performers from six nations. Heading up the main festival...
It hits me as we pass St Joseph’s Church and both instinctively bless ourselves one- handed. Today, my 89-year-old grandad is driving me to work,...
“Get Your Sh*t Together”. Excuse me, how very dare you! I have my business together. I’m not the one uttering expletives in public places,...
As a private tenant, you have several important rights: You have the right to live in your home without disturbance. If noise from neighbours or other...
I’m reading a book at the moment called Strangers In Time written by David Baldacci. It’s a historical fiction novel set in London during the...
I’m Stephen Comerford. I’m 47 years old and from Cork. I’m husband to Karen and father to Sophie and Stephen. My story dates back to September,...
My connections with Kilworth go back a long way. Two decades after the Famine, my grandmother’s sister Margaret Barry was born - in 1868. She was 32...
As Kelly reached her building, she noticed the front door had been left ajar. She pushed it shut, heard it click, and started up the stairs to her...
Every May from 1980 to the early 1990s, I seemed to have been preparing for an important all-consuming exam. Leaving Cert, Medical School, GP exams,...
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...
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