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We’ve got boots on the ground on four Irish culinary destinations recommended by you – Abbeyleix, Kinsale, Carrick-on-Shannon and Belfast

Deal, which is an expansion of an existing arrangement, will see funding provided on a half and half basis by Bank of Ireland and AIB

Ireland is dangerously overdependent on a small number of companies for far too much revenue

Cardinals are enthusiastic musical pickpockets – and, paradoxically, it has made them sound entirely like themselves

Bord Gais Energy chief Dave Kirwan’s remit includes responsibility for parent company Centrica’s nuclear plants in the UK

Creating a warm space for family get-togethers was the brief for this property, which offers stunning coastal views

Accused, who faces 132 charges, was an employee of Martin Shanahan’s Fishy Fishy restaurant in Kinsale

A 300-year-old cottage with a large garden in Kinsale or a dormer cottage with gorgeous gardens and outbuildings outside Gowran village?

Locals in Co Cork town are angered at license approval for farm

From Facebook post to community action: Kinsale residents are teaming up to raise €1.5m to buy the Harbour Bar and run it themselves

Keeping the shutters up and the lights on over the low season for tourism providers is a complex operation

A spacious two-bedroom townhouse in a converted mill and a class-act schoolhouse conversion

The full Michelin Guide verdict on the 21 Irish restaurants awarded stars

Mamadi Sialou (21) sentenced to 120 hours of community service in lieu of four months in prison

Cork woman (31) was stabbed to death in Mallow just over a week ago

Announcement is first major investment by a US multinational following Trump victory in presidential election

Incident occurred shortly after 1.30am at Ballynamona, near Kinsale

An Bord Pleanala rejects proposals from Old Head of Kinsale Links

Seven-storey facility with 30 bedrooms planned