Singers from Cork and Belfast in Ed Sheeran-backed project star at Fleadh festival
Crowds at celebration of Irish music and culture hope musician will appear after his performance last year
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Galway Races aiming to ‘get ahead of the game’ when trying to curb underage drinking
Official Ballybrit attendance of 124,745 only slightly down on last year’s tally
West Cork is a common target for drug smugglers. But the methods used have changed
While ways of bringing contraband into the State and the Continent have changed over the years, the country’s geography has not
From waterfalls to silent valleys: Nine of Ireland’s lesser-known landscapes to discover this summer
Take the scenic route this summer to Ireland’s lesser-known landscapes, where waterfalls, caves, abbeys and islands reward the detour
Bessborough researcher urges purchase of site and inquest into deaths of women and babies
We still don’t know where 19 mothers and 859 infants associated with Bessborough were buried, Conall Ó Fatharta says
Murdered postman Barry Daly adored his children and spoke of growing old with partner, court hears
Victim impact statements heard in court in aftermath of three convictions
Cork Kabin Studio musicians prepare for Belfast Fleadh collaborations in Ed Sheeran project
Singer-songwriter’s charity links cross-border youth music programmes for live performance
Teenager found guilty of murder of postman Barry Daly in Co Cork
Boy (17) had pleaded not guilty to the murder but guilty to the manslaughter of the father of five in 2025
Grandfather who provided shelter to man who stabbed him to death was repaid with ‘savagery’
Daniel Hourigan (33) has been jailed for life for the murder of grandfather Michael Foley (61) in Co Cork in 2024
Man arranged ‘straightener’ during which father of seven was stabbed to death, court hears
Fight arranged to take place in playground over earlier alleged attack on youth by three males
‘I want this fixed and to get back to work’: Solicitors split on criminal legal aid reform
Most unhappy at single flat-fee payments, but adjustments to address concerns have pleased others
Five-star Castlemartyr Resort convicted of polluting river and killing more than 100 fish
Hotel fined €10,000 in connection with discharge from a pump house handling sewage into river on its estate
College Green building revaluations help lift Clarendon’s Irish portfolio to €147m
Firm controlled by Paddy McKillen and Tony Leonard also owns Powerscourt Town Centre, Dublin
Perfect confection: Cian Flaherty on that strange Irish concoction called gur cake
Known by many colourful names, a decent slice of it and you were good for the afternoon
Homeless man found dead in Dublin waste depot was friends with pair who died in Grand Canal
Andrew Haire (35) remembered as ‘lovely’ and ‘quiet’ by homeless service providers who knew him
Up to individual solicitors to decide whether to continue withdrawing services, Law Society president says
Lawyers’ representative body had ‘good meeting’ with Minister for Justice over legal aid dispute
Met Éireann forecasts warm temperatures as rain returns this week
Warm and humid conditions will continue, with the heaviest rain forecast for western and northern counties
Hospitals say insufficient funding is affecting patient services
Irish Voluntary Healthcare Association says its members are worried about financial sustainability
Meet the bestselling Irish author you may never have heard of
Cork-based Jean Grainger writes Irish historical fiction books, popular in the US among the diaspora
Former minister for children calls for pause on planned development at Bessborough
Significant efforts should be made to determine scale of burial at former mother and baby home in Cork, Katherine Zappone says
You Langer: Colette Sheridan on a wonderful new book of Cork’s slang words
Immaculate conception, fine half, electrocution lessons, a fifty and more in professor’s compendium
‘Youghal has an amazing creative community with musicians and artists. It’s a hidden gem’
Actor Liz FitzGibbon: ‘Being the youngest probably helps the wild child in me’
Emergency infrastructure laws ‘may be at extremity’ of what is constitutionally permitted
Minister for Public Expenditure says aspects of Climate Act weaponised by those who want to stop projects
Staycation inspiration: 15 standout Irish holiday rentals, from clifftop cottages to private retreats
Why holiday abroad when you could venture down the road for something special?
‘He smelled of chalk and sweat’: Pattern of school-to-school abuse uncovered in Garda search of pupil rolls
Former pupil says he told principal of sexual abuse by Christian Brother Liam Coughlan in 1970s – Coughlan later became principal of another school
Dairy firm suspended over pollution is allowed to restart operations
Outstanding issues at North Cork Creameries must be addressed by end of next month
Wife of man who died by suicide in hospital calls for change in mental health treatment
Nancy Reilly spoke after settling action against HSE over death of husband Mark at Cork University Hospital
Former minister Zappone raised concerns about building apartments on Bessborough site
Burial place of more than 800 children from Cork mother and baby home remains unknown
Why all the anti-Dublin bias?
Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford are fine, but none is a global city. Why, then, all the anti-Dublin bias?
Dublin Zoo welcomes giant anteaters and six-banded armadillo
Fota Wildlife Park in Co Cork announces birth of first ever Sumatran tiger litter
Former garda injured by belligerent prisoner awarded €458,000 by High Court
Sharon Mooney had aspired to a long career in the force but developed life-altering complications and was discharged
Temperatures to hit 24 degrees today as ‘frequent outbreaks’ of rain forecast for this weekend
Sunny spells to become more widespread later in the day but it will be cooler in the north, Met Éireann has forecast
State’s affordable housing agency to sell more homes privately at full market price
Bill proposes changes to tenure-mix rules for developments built on State land in areas with large populations
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