State has role to play in fixing construction defects, but so does industry, McGrath says‘It cannot solely fall to the state and the industry will have to step up to the mark’, Minister saysSat Jul 16 2022 - 13:45
Cork to Passage West greenway reopens after upgrading worksCycling path underwent a year of improvement works to widen route, make it more accessible and install lightingSat Jul 16 2022 - 11:05
Ministers must ‘put shoulders the wheel’ as refugee crisis escalatesTaoiseach urges collective response amid shortage of accommodation for people seeking safety in IrelandSat Jul 16 2022 - 02:00
Provision of accommodation and supports for Ukrainian refugees to cost €1 billion this year, Minister revealsMinister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath acknowledged that refugees sleeping on the floor of the old terminal building at Dublin Airport was not acceptableFri Jul 15 2022 - 16:39
Man arrested following seizure of drugs, fake firearm and cash at house in CorkAbout €210,000 worth of cocaine, €10,000 worth of cannabis and €3,100 in cash found at property on Evergreen RoadFri Jul 15 2022 - 10:54
Man (75) suffered brain haemorrhage when he fell while visiting Spike Island in Cork, inquest hearsRetired garda Edmond Horgan was waiting for almost two hours for an ambulance after two earlier ambulances were diverted elsewhere, the inquest at Cork City Coroner’s Court heardThu Jul 14 2022 - 16:07
Joy in the Park: Helping to bring mental health issues out into the openThe inaugural event in Cork will encourage people to get outside and engage with service providersThu Jul 14 2022 - 06:31
Taoiseach criticises hospitals over ‘inappropriate’ disposal of organs without knowledge of parentsAudit noted significant delays in relation to the sensitive disposal of perinatal organs removed during postmortemsWed Jul 13 2022 - 17:51
English couple found dead in Co Tipperary last seen alive shortly before Christmas 2020Investigators have not received reports of further sightings of reclusive pair believed to have lay dead in house near Cloneen for more than a yearMon Jul 11 2022 - 16:40
Asylum seekers in Cork hold protest due to fear of eviction from direct provision centreKinsale Road Accommodation Centre residents protest after they claim they were told they could be evictedMon Jul 11 2022 - 01:00
Mural recalling Civil War conflict and tragedy unveiled in ClonakiltyCork artist Garreth Joyce draws on imagery of Austin Clarke poem The Lost HeiferMon Jul 04 2022 - 21:15
Motorcyclist sought after garda injured in checkpoint hit-and-runInjured officer was on duty at a static checkpoint during Elton John concert in Cork’s Páirc Uí ChaoimhSat Jul 02 2022 - 20:30
Cork GAA applies for planning permission for 300 housesPlanned Kilbarry development intended to offset debts from €96 million redevelopment of Páirc Uí ChaoimhFri Jul 01 2022 - 19:31
Joshua Allen to serve 7 months in prison over drug possession charges Judge Sarah Berkeley said that she every sympathy for Joshua Allen on a personal levelFri Jul 01 2022 - 15:00
Bailey’s solicitor welcomes review of Toscan du Plantier investigationFrank Buttimer supports Garda decision to hold cold case review into 1996 murderFri Jul 01 2022 - 01:14
Covid: Repeated infections ‘are on the rise’Some patients reporting they had been infected three and four times, says Prof Seamus LinnaneThu Jun 30 2022 - 09:33
Sophie Toscan du Plantier cold case review - why now?Cork murder of French film-maker in 1996 has received massive international attentionWed Jun 29 2022 - 22:13
GPs report noticeable rise in number of Covid-19 casesDoctors urge people to self-isolate once they show symptoms even if testing negative on antigenWed Jun 29 2022 - 21:49
Gardaí to carry out ‘full review’ of Toscan du Plantier murder inquiryFrench film-maker was killed at her holiday home near Toormore in west Cork in December 1996Wed Jun 29 2022 - 17:25
It will be at least September before DUP moves on return to Stormont, predicts Michelle O’NeillMichelle O'Nelll says Liz Truss's bill to scrap parts of NI Protocol owe more to Tory politics than any concern for Irish peopleTue Jun 28 2022 - 21:41
Man (73) charged with murder of Nora Sheehan in Cork over 40 years agoNoel Long charged over death of mother of three whose body was found six days after her 1981 disappearanceTue Jun 28 2022 - 13:27
Joshua Allen remanded in custody as judge reviews full file on caseDarina Allen tells court she believes her grandson has ‘turned a corner’Tue Jun 28 2022 - 11:40
Green Party councillor elected new Lord Mayor of DublinCaroline Conroy becomes 11th woman to hold office in capitalMon Jun 27 2022 - 21:57
New lifeboat offers hope for West Cork harbour that saw one of Ireland’s worst fishing tragediesAtlantic 85 vessel's arrival marks important day for Glandore Harbour, says RNLI managerMon Jun 27 2022 - 15:11
Woman (42) jailed following online and in-person harassment of Sinn Féin TD and businesswomanSonya Egan pleaded guilty to harassing Jonathan O’Brien and Laura O’Connell between 2018 and 2019Mon Jun 27 2022 - 14:08
Cork’s history of trade with Europe ‘cushions’ region from worst of Brexit effects Cork and The Brexit Effect first study of the UK exit’s longer-term consequences for the localityFri Jun 24 2022 - 15:35
Tipperary deaths: Gardaí contact British police in effort to identify relatives of couple found dead in homeRetired pair Nicholas and Hilary Smith believed to have died in their house near Cloneen up to 18 months before being foundThu Jun 23 2022 - 18:20
Judge orders reports on man caught in ‘ruse’ by paedophile hunting vigilantesTim Bowen (45) pleaded guilty to attempted child sexual exploitation after arranging to meet who he believed to be a girl (14)Thu Jun 23 2022 - 15:28
Tipperary deaths: Gardaí to examine phone records in attempt to establish when couple diedLocal inquiries and milk found in fridge at home of Nicholas and Hilary Smith suggest pair may have died in late 2020Wed Jun 22 2022 - 20:51
Tipperary deaths: ‘They made it clear from the outset they didn’t want to be invited in for tea’Gardaí await postmortem results to determine how couple whose remains were undiscovered for more than 18 months diedTue Jun 21 2022 - 20:30
Bodies found in Tipperary house may have lain undiscovered for more than 18 monthsPostmortem on bodies of Nicholas (81) and Hilary Smith (79) inconclusive as toxicology reports awaitedTue Jun 21 2022 - 20:17
Postmortems due on remains of Tipperary couple believed to be dead over a year‘Too early’ to speculate if foul play was involved in deaths of elderly couple, gardaí sayTue Jun 21 2022 - 13:03
Taoiseach tells HSE system must change to ensure ‘rapid delivery’ of aids for children with disabilities Families call on Micheál Martin to act on ‘collapse of children’s disability services with urgency’Mon Jun 20 2022 - 21:13
Couple (70s) found in Co Tipperary house may have been dead for monthsGardaí had called to the house in Cloneen, near Clonmel after neighbours reported that the couple had not been seen in some timeMon Jun 20 2022 - 19:57
Irish fishermen preparing plan to stop French navy’s military exercisesPlanned naval training exercise will impact on migratory fish in Irish territories, say Irish fishermenMon Jun 20 2022 - 14:34
Covid: ‘Summer wave’ taking off this month, immunologist warnsFace masks recommended as ‘good tool’ to reduce risk as hospitals brace for higher numbersSat Jun 18 2022 - 18:31
New trans support network calls for better balance on RTÉ programmesGroups say Joe Duffy’s Liveline phone-in shows ‘stigmatised and misrepresented’ trans communityFri Jun 17 2022 - 04:00
Taoiseach urges sensitivity on transgender issues after Liveline controversyDublin Pride severs ties with RTÉ over radio discussionThu Jun 16 2022 - 17:20
Taoiseach refuses to be drawn on President’s criticism of the housing crisisMicheál Martin said he would not be engaging in a debate with Michael D Higgins over housingThu Jun 16 2022 - 13:17
Full-scale trade war over Northern Ireland protocol would be damaging for everyone, Martin saysEU has launched infringement proceedings against the UK for not complying with parts of the agreementThu Jun 16 2022 - 12:51
‘Let’s get on with it’: Taoiseach defends mica compensation schemeMicheál Martin acknowledged there is no definitive figure as to the overall cost of the schemeThu Jun 16 2022 - 11:56
‘Customers have dropped projects, because they just can’t afford it’One Cork builder’s story of construction in a time of rising inflation and increased labour costsThu Jun 16 2022 - 05:00
Some of Higgins’s housing ‘failure’ comments true, Varadkar saysTánaiste refuses to criticise President for recent housing `disaster’ remarksWed Jun 15 2022 - 19:00
Army bomb disposal team deal with grenade in Cork suburbDevice believed to date from around time of War of IndependenceWed Jun 15 2022 - 06:51
Ireland’s longest serving public representative diesNoel Collins was a public representative for 55 yearsTue Jun 14 2022 - 17:07
Dervla Murphy to be remembered at Co Waterford festivalThose reading at Immrama Festival of Travel Writing will speak on influence of late travel writerTue Jun 14 2022 - 11:35
UK publishes bill to override much of Northern Ireland protocolEuropean Commission said it is likely to recommence legal action against the UKMon Jun 13 2022 - 18:21
Cocaine use on the rise in Munster with profile of user ‘getting much younger’Gardai and health workers report increased use of cocaine in both cities and rural towns and villages across MunsterThu Jun 09 2022 - 00:52
Students at Cork school land global entrepreneurship awardSchoolgirls develop resource to teach consent and what is and is not appropriate touching to primary school childrenWed Jun 08 2022 - 19:52
Father of murdered Santina Cawley convicted of assaulting her killer Karen HarringtonMichael Cawley pleads guilty and gets ten months suspended for assaulting Karen Harrington who murdered his daughter, SantinaWed Jun 08 2022 - 14:38
