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‘She never blinked an eye’ – An Irishman’s Diary on the IRA’s killing of Mary Lindsay in 1921
- Opinion
- January 25, 2021, 19:01
Mary (Maria Georgina) Lindsay was just 60 when she executed by the IRA in March 1921, yet in the loyal press in Ireland and Britain she was a “gallant(...)

EY Entrepreneur of the Year: nominee profiles
- Technology
- September 26, 2020, 05:09
The last four of eight nominees in the international category of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year competition are profiled this week. The awards are ru(...)

The 100 disappearances by the IRA during the Irish revolution
- Culture
- June 3, 2020, 00:00
In the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, the father of a British soldier sent a letter from his home in Stretford, Manchester, to Ireland seeking (...)

Kilmichael ambush largest in War of Independence
- Heritage
- October 15, 2019, 00:00
County Cork Incident Kilmichael ambush Date November 28th, 1920 Fatalities 12 Read full county by county breakdown here Cork was(...)

Cork greyhound professionals defend integrity of sport
- Other Sports
- July 6, 2019, 01:00
It’s a balmy July evening and the slowly sinking sun is slanting in from the west over Curraheen Park Greyhound Stadium in Cork where greyhound owners(...)

Old IRA disappearances ‘off the scale’ compared with PIRA
- Irish News
- August 20, 2018, 20:30
The old IRA disappeared almost four times as many people in Cork alone as the Provisional IRA did throughout the whole of the Troubles, new research c(...)

Making a new home from an old factory by the sea in west Cork
- Homes & Property
- February 17, 2018, 07:00
Bebhinn Marten looks around her kitchen with satisfaction. “Robert and I had agreed on the work we each would do and he wanted to build the kitchen. B(...)

Creed reticence on FG leadership rooted in 2010 heave, activists say
- Irish News
- May 27, 2017, 05:25
Macroom is the town that swears it never reared a fool, but for Michael Creed, the Fine Gael leadership race has posed challenges that would test even(...)

Notorious Cork murder transformed into a new musical
- Irish News
- September 18, 2016, 17:07
It was a murder that shocked Victorian Ireland and now, more than a century later, the story of how a Cork doctor poisoned his wife before marrying hi(...)

St Patrick’s Day: News, colour and fun across the island
- Heritage
- March 16, 2015
DUBLIN Many native Dubliners are ambivalent about the St Patrick’s Day parade. Many have seen it so many times before. Others associate(...)