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When Disco Pigs was first performed on stage in Cork in 1996, it was met with much acclaim and launched the careers of writer Enda Walsh and actors...
In the run-up to the festive season, the Enable Ireland charity shops in Cork, including the new homewares shop on 33, North Main Street in the city,...
Growing up in Macroom in the 1980s, speaking Irish wasn’t exactly cool. In fact, I did everything I could to avoid it. My parents had a huge love...
As the evenings get darker and winter approaches, there is an understandable tendency to look for something that will make us healthier almost...
Monday was November 2, All Souls Day - the day when we remember all those family members, relations, and friends who have died. As our priest Fr Joe...
As Europe accelerates its transition to net zero, a truth is becoming unavoidable: our energy, industrial and digital systems are now deeply...
It is ten o’clock on a Tuesday night. A third year is at the kitchen table with her maths homework open, stuck on the same question for 20 minutes....
As a junior doctor in the late 1980s, working in paediatrics, nothing compared to the trauma of a young couple rushing into the Emergency Department...
It was more than 100 years ago now, on a beautiful Sunday in June, when a woman from Dripsey set off in her pony-and-trap to a farm near the city to...
I’m not absolutely certain, but I think I saw the film 101 Dalmatians in a cinema many years ago, and of course in recent decades it’s often been...
Penalty points help to enforce road rules and improve road safety. If you commit a motoring offence and the penalty includes penalty points, your...
If I were to suggest that the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival this weekend would include scenes of near-nudity, indecency, rampant promiscuity, and sinful...
Look, I know, one should forgive and forget, but with some things - it’s very hard indeed! Like Tito for example – I never met him, nor anyone...
We talk a lot about living longer. We think about what we eat, how much we move, how well we sleep, and what we can do to stay healthy as we get...
Two hundred and thirty-four days. That was the time between receiving a response about CCTV provision around the Blackrock Line Greenway and last...
Polio Survivors Ireland is hosting a special event tomorrow, Tuesday, October 20, to mark 70 years since the devastating 1956 outbreak in Cork. The...
What sort of person would willingly want to watch the public execution of another human being? That question was raised lately when dotty old...
My 11-year-old twin sons, Tommy and Tony, were diagnosed with DLD in 2022. It is a common neurodevelopmental condition that causes lifelong...
Sisters Ellen and Catherine Connors were both born in Ballyhooley in or around 1810. Their father was a publican or, as they used to say back then, a...
The HSE and Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) are encouraging people aged 57-71 to talk to their community pharmacy team about taking part in BowelScreen,...
A national shingles vaccination programme for the over-65s will start on a phased basis from the middle of next year, after its approval in Budget...
Being a part of my local youth council, Cork City Comhairle na nÓg, gives me and other young members aged 12-17 a chance to discuss and take action...
I’m standing in a chilly and dank, pitch-black tunnel which used to house some of Ireland’s most dangerous convicts. I literally can’t even see...
Whilst driving to Abbeyville Veterinary Clinic in Togher with my dog recently, I witnessed three or four geese making their way out onto the road at...
Another October, another modest pension rise in this week’s budget, and another reminder that the State pension alone won’t ensure a fulfilling...
Waking up in the morning, I instinctively reach for my phone. I am not answering a call or a message; like most people these days, I catch up on...
Long ago in the GAA, there were just three grades for club teams - Senior, Junior and Minor - and none of these were age groups. For example, the...
It was called Rochelle House, located on the old Blackrock Road in Cork. Bizarrely, it had been a school for French girls up until the mid-1970s,...
A Cloyne mum-of-two is calling on schools, families and readers across Cork to pick up a book this November as she takes on the role of MS Readathon...
Assassins have been with us forever. History has shown us that there is always someone who is prepared to pay for the services of those who specialise...
It’s hard to convey to anyone aged under 30 today how much cigarette smoke used to play a part in everyday life. Getting the bus into work? Smoke...
A Cork father has recalled the day his daughter began speaking after a brain tumour robbed her of her voice. James O’Riordan, 42, from Cloyne, his...
I suppose ‘keeping it in the family’ was very important long ago. This was especially so when it came to money, land, and power. Amazing, isn’t...
The main Social Welfare support with heating costs is the Fuel Allowance. Paid to only one person in a household, it normally begins in late September...
A word to the doom scrollers who don’t bother with small talk: never underestimate the value of random conversation. Apart from the entertainment...
Ireland’s School Meals Programme is one of the most important public health measures introduced in recent years. Giving every child access to a...
This will be my last column for The Echo. It has been a privilege to share my thoughts, opinions, and passions with you for the past six years....
In the summer, I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to complete two different legal internships. The experiences gave me a great insight...
Ever wondered what it would be like to take a ride in Noah’s Ark? Well, wonder no more because, very soon, it looks like you will be able to have...
Here at The Echo, we love a newshound with a nose for a good story who can chase up a lead... and this young pup is now the leader of our pack. Yes,...
My interest in 3D printing started long before ReAble Labs existed. Back around 2008 or 2009, my father bought a 3D printer. It cost about €30,000...
The town of Dunmanway wasn’t overcrowded on Tuesday, February 8, 1927. Despite ‘discouragement’ from Church and State, ‘Old’ IRA men - most...
When we talk about tackling Ireland’s most complex social challenges, there can be a temptation to look for a single, top-down solution. But...
Isn’t it strange the way things happen? I switched off Flack. Fast. I’d browsed Netflix looking to power down after a tiring day and decided to...
Whether we are tending a window box, working on a farm, walking through a woodland, or choosing plants at a garden centre, we all depend on healthy...
Roy Keane famously used the phrase ‘Fail to prepare, prepare to fail’ during the 2002 Saipan World Cup controversy. It’s a motto I forever...
When I was a teenager, a dance teacher came to my school and invited my classmates to take part in a performance. I was the only student with a...
You know how sometimes a smell can take you back in time? You can’t identify exactly what the smell is, but it just reminds you of something from...
We live in an age when being judgmental is viewed as a sin. In fact, we’ve even come up with a snappy word for it - ‘judgy’. It’s a wholly...
There was a time I was full of confidence. I was outgoing, positive, and the kind of person who could walk into a room and make friends with anyone....
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