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THERE is a smugness about our method of holding elections in Ireland that I often find quite baffling. It’s a smugness that tends to be restricted...
TENS of thousands of us have strolled from the city down Centre Park Road in recent weeks, on the way to gigs at the Páirc and the Marquee. In many...
BY any yardstick you care to use, Irish motorists are taxed to the hilt. Whenever we buy a car, pay its road tax, have it fixed, and, of course, when...
BY the time you read this, I will be up, up, and away, off on my jollies on a flight from Cork Airport to a sun-baked foreign land. It’s a holiday...
LIKE, hey man, what on earth are we going to do about cannabis? On the one hand, a large proportion of us - and I would include myself in this - would...
THE horrific killing of a Limerick woman by her pet dog this month shocked the country, and prompted calls for certain breeds to be banned. Few would...
AS the world marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day this week, the extraordinary story of Irish woman Maureen Sweeney’s pivotal role in it was once...
WHEN he saw the images of the devastating floods that had struck his homeland of Brazil last month, Cork city restaurant boss Leo Lemos knew he had to...
THERE were warm tributes and richly-deserved accolades when one of the greatest female writers of all time, Alice Munro, passed away this month. The...
1. SWEDEN 1. SWEDEN Marcus & Martinus - Unforgettable The hosts are seeking victory tonight to edge ahead of Ireland on a record eight wins....
A FELLA started a thread on social media recently where he posed a simple question: ‘What is the No.1 problem that is making our roads more...
THEIR sight and sound have been an integral part of Cork city’s streetscape for so long, that they are indelibly ingrained in the culture of Cork...
DID you notice how ridiculously expensive Easter eggs were this year? Sure, I spotted a few tiny ones in the supermarkets for a couple of euro, but...
THE phrase ‘the customer is king’ is so universal in business that there are versions of it in multiple languages. In German, der Kunde ist König...
“MEET the new boss, same as the old boss,” goes the lyric to the 1970s hit by The Who. Ironically, the song is a critique of power and, even more...
WELL, it’s been quite the week. What, with Cillian Murphy landing an Oscar for Cork, and all kinds of rumours flying around about Britain’s Royal...
BACK in the era when fathers-to-be were kept well away from all matters pertaining to labour and birth, a worried husband in Cork left his home at 3am...
MOST parents have been there. It’s the middle of the night or the weekend, and your child has taken a turn for the worse. Their temperature is...
I SHOULD be in a state of heightened excitement about the forthcoming referendum. I should be counting down the 20 days between now and the moment I...
THE environmental issues facing our planet are now viewed as an undeniable fact of life in the worlds of science, politics, and the media. But despite...
“SO my record is broken!” I am on the phone to Cathal Dunne in the USA, to date the only Cork singer ever to represent Ireland at the Eurovision...
YOU know the drill when you head out for the weekly ‘big shop’ by now... Car keys? Check. Bank card or cash? Check. Plenty of bags so you don’t...
AFTER years of dismal failures for Ireland on the Eurovision stage, a Cork performer is promising to shake up the annual song contest this year....
LAST Saturday night, these three Cork city women did something they have done every January 6 for 40 years. Catherine Scannell, Josephine Reidy, and...
IT was late December, and the WhatsApp group that connects me to my buddies in my home town in northern England was lighting up like a Christmas tree....
THIS may make you feel antiquated, but 50 years ago this month, a song was recorded that would drill its way into the eardrums of generations of...
WHEN you’re 14 years old, and your beloved big brother suddenly and inexplicably dies, how do you begin to deal with the grief and pain that...
IF you saw someone falling into the River Lee in Cork city, how would you respond? Would you spring into action and try to rescue them? Unless you are...