Co Cork homes and businesses left without power due to lightning strikesESB crews working to restore power to 5,000 premises after transformers knocked outSat Dec 24 2022 - 15:27
Flu surge: GP says ‘nearly all’ cases coming before him are now respiratory relatedCork University Hospital tops trolley waiting list on Friday, with pressure on Emergency Departments across IrelandFri Dec 23 2022 - 15:39
Business leaders and city management welcome ruling on Cork flood relief schemeSupreme Court decision ends challenge brought by community group to flood defence system, with tender for project due next yearThu Dec 22 2022 - 19:05
Toscan Du Plantier family challenge Ian Bailey to explain changes in story of how he learned of her deathFirst notable change in Bailey’s version of events relates to what he was told by Irish Examiner reporter, says Jean Pierre Gazeau, Sophie’s uncleThu Dec 22 2022 - 18:06
HSA reminds employers of duty of care as firm fined €80,000 over fatal workplace accident Drumderry Aggregate Limited pleaded guilty to breach of legislation when employees died after falling from a height on building siteThu Dec 22 2022 - 16:43
Gardaí begin re-examination of Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder sceneOfficers wearing white forensic suits clear vegetation and undergrowth near French woman’s homeWed Dec 21 2022 - 13:08
McDonald calls for Citizens’ Assembly on unity at Mellows commemorationMary-Lou McDonald tells crowd of several hundred at Liam Mellows’ grave in Wexford that republicans are ready to bring about a 32-county socialist republicSat Dec 17 2022 - 09:51
Shane Kearney: A community prays for wounded soldier known as a ‘tidy hurler’ and diligent studentHundreds of people throng St John the Baptist’s church in Killeagh to show their support and solidarity with Trooper Kearney’s familyThu Dec 15 2022 - 21:59
‘A tragic event’: Irish soldier (24) dies after convoy ambushed in LebanonVehicles carrying eight peacekeepers fired at after being surrounded by ‘hostile mob’ while driving to Beirut, Coveney saysThu Dec 15 2022 - 12:18
Hales family of Cork an inspiration in overcoming division of Civil War, Minister tells commemorationThe manner in which the Hales family united after the shooting dead of Pro-Treaty TD, Sean Hales by the IRA shows a path to reconcililation, says CoveneyWed Dec 14 2022 - 20:57
Gardaí to prepare file for DPP after releasing man arrested in Tom Dooley murder investigationThe man was arrested in Cork city for questioning about the murder of Mr Dooley in a cemetery in Tralee in OctoberWed Dec 14 2022 - 14:53
Man arrested for questioning on fatal Cork road traffic incident releasedGobnait Twomey (51) died while walking home from funeral of relative with her mother and sisterWed Dec 14 2022 - 14:41
UCC Boole Library receives donation of Seán Ó Riordáin lettersThe letters come from a critical period in Ó Ríordáin's life when he switched from poetry to prose, says UCC academicWed Dec 14 2022 - 14:41
Cork crash: Woman (51) killed after car struck mourners following funeralGroup of friends were talking in Ballingeary after funerals when they were struckTue Dec 13 2022 - 19:48
Bertie Ahern says lessons to be learned from studying Civil War Former taoiseach speaks at commemoration to honour republican leader Liam MellowsTue Dec 13 2022 - 08:06
Gardaí believe there are ‘still persons who have information’ on Sophie Toscan du Plantier murderFresh appeal to those who never spoke to gardaí or didn’t tell everything they knowMon Dec 12 2022 - 18:26
Man arrested for questioning in Kerry graveyard murder investigationThree men have already been charged with the murder of Tom Dooley, including his brother and cousinSun Dec 11 2022 - 22:57
Asylum seekers to be moved from tents as ice warning extended until Friday Night-time temperatures forecast to remain below zero next weekSun Dec 11 2022 - 22:40
Coveney pledges support to communities housing Ukrainians amid concernMinister expects about 67,000 refugees will have arrived in Ireland by the end of the yearSun Dec 11 2022 - 20:37
TD shot dead 100 years ago had planned to seek Civil War truce, new records suggestPro-Treaty TD Sean Hales had received support for peace plea before he was assassinated on way to Dáil, Cork history event toldSun Dec 11 2022 - 11:52
Woman (67) killed in Macroom crash named locallyPatricia Daly from Coppeen was crossing the main street when she was struck by a lorrySat Dec 10 2022 - 16:12
IRA men who shot 13 Protestants in West Cork were not a rogue unit, says historianTG4 documentary examines nature of Bandon Valley Massacre to determine if killings were sectarianMon Dec 05 2022 - 08:42
David Lloyd George played ‘a dishonourable role’ in bringing about Irish Civil War, Ahern saysFormer Taoiseach tells Dick Barrett Commemoration in West Cork that Civil War as the greatest tragedy to befall Ireland in the 20th centurySun Dec 04 2022 - 20:24
Man (39) charged with rape of woman (21) who was found hypothermic on derelict property in CorkGardai objected to bail on the grounds of the seriousness of the charge, the strength of the evidence and their belief accused is a flight riskSun Dec 04 2022 - 10:58
Free State government more severe on IRA in Civil War than British were in War of Independence, says historianDr Andy Bielenberg tells symposium for republican Dick Barrett that civil law had effectively broken down during the Civil WarSat Dec 03 2022 - 20:05
‘I wish I didn’t have this story to tell’: Bereaved families join Christmas road safety appealRSA and gardaí launch campaign urging motorists to slow down this DecemberFri Dec 02 2022 - 15:00
Gardaí introduce new drug driving test under Christmas road safety campaignAn average of 54 drivers a week are arrested on suspicion of drug driving, which is linked to almost third of all road fatalitiesFri Dec 02 2022 - 09:00
Ian Bailey attacked by three men near his flat in West CorkChief suspect in Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder contacted gardaí in Bantry over assaultThu Dec 01 2022 - 18:32
Ireland entering ‘decade of opportunity’ to end failure of partition, says Michelle O’NeillSinn Féin vice-president says more and more people are ‘enthused by the possibility of change’Sun Nov 27 2022 - 20:56
Woman arrested over man’s death in north Cork released without chargeChristy Aherne (61) was found with a stab wound at a house in Buttevant earlier this yearFri Nov 25 2022 - 20:48
Cork University Hospital: baby organ incineration was ‘misguided’, experts findReview found decision was ‘isolated incident’ due to Covid-19 pressuresFri Nov 25 2022 - 14:05
State funding to help universities build student residences under Harris plansFive universities have planning permission but are not building as current model ‘not viable’, Minister saysFri Nov 25 2022 - 06:39
Minister cautions against dissent over accommodating Ukrainian refugeesHarris says he believes the overwhelming majority of Irish people still want to show solidarityFri Nov 25 2022 - 06:31
Tributes paid to retiring State prosecutor involved in some of Ireland’s biggest drugs casesSolicitors, gardai, court staff and judges acclaim retiring west Cork State Solicitor Malachy Boohig after over 30 years of service to the stateThu Nov 24 2022 - 22:06
Woman arrested over death of man in Cork stabbing last MarchFather of six Christy Aherne (61) was found with a stab wound in a house at O’Brien Terrace in ButtevantThu Nov 24 2022 - 19:44
Parents to receive report into infant organ removal from CUH Campaigners fear the report will not explain why the organs removed at autopsy were sent to Belgium for incinerationThu Nov 24 2022 - 05:00
Grieving parents angry at delay in baby organs incineration reportParents whose babies’ organs were sent for incineration without their knowledge were told the review would be available by November 2021Thu Nov 24 2022 - 05:00
Man jailed for 18 months for subjecting garda to harassment involving false reports of sexual abuseDefendant sent garda photos of officer's children focusing on groin area while accusing him of causing people to take their own livesWed Nov 23 2022 - 20:25
Man charged with causing criminal damage by throwing soup at Cork art gallery pictureThomas Shinnick is charged with causing damage to a George Atkinson painting at the Crawford Art GalleryWed Nov 23 2022 - 18:49
Ian Bailey’s ex-partner Jules Thomas to sue Netflix over Sophie Toscan du Plantier documentaryThe West Cork artist was not interviewed by the makers of the Netflix documentary seriesTue Nov 22 2022 - 14:13
Families concerned new development may encroach on Bessborough burial siteDeveloper was refused permission for 179 apartments last year but is now seeking permission for 92 unitsTue Nov 22 2022 - 10:08
Execution of anti-Treaty IRA leaders by Free State was illegal, says leading judgeJustice Gerard Hogan says there was no basis in law for killings of Rory O’Connor, Liam Mellows, Joe McKelvey and Dick BarrettSun Nov 20 2022 - 17:07
Man held up three post offices for money to meet fiancee he met online, court hearsFiancee of the accused, who is in the US, did not know how the money she was sent had been obtainedSun Nov 20 2022 - 13:50
Urgent need for autopsy suite for post-mortems on babies at Cork University Hospital, review group saysCurrent arrangements where post-mortems on deceased infants take place in a space on a corridor off main mortuary and are insensitive and not in keeping with national standards, review group saysSat Nov 19 2022 - 11:15
Key figures of revolutionary period should not be reduced to just their deaths, says historianFigures such as republican leader Dick Barrett should be remembered for their achievements, Gabriel Doherty saysSat Nov 19 2022 - 05:00
Gardaí arrest suspect who allegedly returned to raid same post office one week onThe masked assailant (49) is believed to be responsible for three Cork robberies at knifepointFri Nov 18 2022 - 18:47
Wounded Ukrainian soldier returns home following surgery and rehab in CorkTributes paid to staff at CUH and people in Cork for the support they gave Myroslav (24) and his mother, LiudmilaThu Nov 17 2022 - 22:10
Gardaí tracking cattle rustler gang after theft of €10,000 worth of livestock in West Cork Crew made off with five Friesian heifers and three Aberdeen Angus bullocks in raid that would have required preparationThu Nov 17 2022 - 15:08
Tom Dooley’s children witnessed murder, gardaí say as two are chargedThe 43-year-old father of seven was fatally assaulted while attending a funeral last monthWed Nov 16 2022 - 12:37
Gardaí investigating Tralee graveyard murder arrest two more men for questioningTom Dooley, a father of seven, died after being attacked by a group of men while attending a funeralTue Nov 15 2022 - 10:00
