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You must restore our Town Councils, Taoiseach

The Programme for Government pledged to establish a Local Democracy Taskforce, and the members were recently appointed. Amongst other things, the...

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Dr Aodh Quinlivan

Glory and tragedy... 100 years of Fastnet Race highs and lows

Think of the iconic buildings of Cork, and you may alight upon Shandon church, the Quad at UCC, or Blarney Castle. But there is a strong case to be...

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John Dolan

Cork principal urges parents to sign up to pledge over pupils' phone use

As anyone who has spent any time in the company of children will tell you, play is the language of childhood. It is how children learn about and...

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Joanne Dwyer

I wept at Croker, not for Cork’s loss, but for Tipp’s ‘16th man’

Well, people are just great, aren’t they? Ah yes, I cried in Croke Park last Sunday. My tears were not for the Cork team -they came to Dublin to...

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John Arnold

We throw jabs at Israel and U.S and rely on others to defend us

Sometimes, it’s hard to figure out what’s really going on behind the scenes. On the one hand, there’s all this sound and fury over the Occupied...

24.07.2025 2

Áilín Quinlan

What I’ve learned from my first year at UCC

American writer Tara Westover once said: “Education is not so much about making a living, as making a person.” Your college years won’t just...

24.07.2025 3

Amy Obrien

Joy, then despair in the rain on our family trip to the Páirc fanzone

Last summer, my family scrambled for tickets for the All-Ireland hurling final against Clare - not for Croke Park, but for the family fanzone area...

23.07.2025 10

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