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‘Our fear is we will be forgotten’: Flooding hits west Cork for second time this week
- Environment
- August 15, 2020, 15:36
West Cork has been hit again for a second time this week with flooding and damaged roads after a night of torrential rain. Motorists are being asked t(...)

Campaign begins for €114,130 Seanad cathaoirleach job
- Politics
- April 9, 2020, 01:00
The campaign has begun for the €114,130 job of cathaoirleach of the Seanad. Fianna Fáil Senators Mark Daly and Diarmuid Wilson and outgoing chair Den(...)

Cork marks 100 years since Mac Curtain and MacSwiney elected Lord Mayors
- Irish News
- February 1, 2020, 10:33
Cork City Council honoured its martyred Lord Mayors, Tomás MacCurtain and Terence MacSwiney this week at a special meeting to mark the 100th anniversa(...)

Tusla worker jailed for possessing child pornography
- Irish News
- November 1, 2019, 16:26
A 35-year-old man who was working with the Child and Family Agency Tusla has been jailed for a year after admitting possession of more than 2,500 chil(...)

Miriam Lord’s Week: Fine Gael troops told to push back against Fianna Fáil swagger
- Politics
- October 12, 2019, 01:56
Leo’s green and pleasant performance in Cheshire should boost flagging spirits in Fine Gael, where the mood is not as chipper as some would like it to(...)

Miriam Lord: Lofty new chamber fails to inspire waffling Senators
- Politics
- September 24, 2019, 23:00
The Seanad returned on Tuesday after the summer recess to a beautifully refurbished chamber. The Senators, neither refurbished nor reconstructed, ret(...)

Tusla employee had more than 2,000 child porn images on home computer
- Circuit Court
- May 9, 2019, 18:46
A 34-year-old man was found with over 2,000 child porn images at his home in Cork city while he was working for the Child and Family Agency, Tusla, a (...)

The bunting will be out next Saturday in Castleisland for the official opening of the much-anticipated Georgie O’Callaghan Park. But will John Delane(...)

Plebiscite on directly elected mayor for Dublin could be held in 2021 - Taoiseach
- Oireachtas
- April 18, 2019, 12:54
Dubliners will be asked in 2021 if they want to have a directly elected mayor depending on the outcome of a citizens’ assembly on the issue, Taoiseach(...)

Government may attempt to guillotine judicial reform bill again
- Oireachtas
- April 17, 2019, 17:10
The Government might make another effort to guillotine one of the longest running legislation debates in Irish parliamentary history after narrowly fa(...)