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Next January will mark the 25th anniversary of my emigration to Ireland, on a Ryanair plane from England alongside my wife-to-be, and with our two...
Not long ago, a client sat across from me, visibly embarrassed. She said: “I know it sounds silly, but I’m terrified of clowns.” Then she...
For many people, ADHD still conjures up the image of a little boy bouncing around a classroom, unable to sit still, and causing trouble. But ADHD is...
I always thought I’d get Honours in English in the Leaving Cert in 1974 - yes, and in History and geography and Irish too! But it was all ‘vanity...
I am a student at Le Chéile Ballincollig and I’m a member of the local youth council Cork City Comhairle na nÓg. Comhairle na nÓg is a network of...
“Our house,” I declared to my mother, “must have been really manky when the kids were young.” “Never!” she replied loyally. “You always...
Sometimes, I forget that I’m walking the halls of an inner-city DEIS primary school when I hear the distant fanfares of our Music Generation Brass...
“Mai has closed the chat session, you can now close this window.” No!!! Don’t cut me off! It’s the second time my chat has been abruptly...
When SECAD Partnership was first established in 1995, we had little more than a technical grant, a volunteer board, and myself as its first employee....
As times change, we often move away from some of our older traditions. Take funerals, for example. More and more people are choosing cremation instead...
Is there something in the water out in Kilnamartyra? The village between Macroom and Ballyvourney has an unusual claim to fame - one of its sons...
As soon as kids return to school in September, the evidence on the roads is plain for all to see – grid-lock. In cities across Ireland, heavy...
The hospitality industry will benefit from a VAT cut next year after Budget 2026, with a reduction from 13.5% to 9% due for eligible businesses in...
Do you know the way you might be of a Friday morning, after reading The Echo the night before and hanging around for the next edition? I often let my...
If you’re a farmer, but are finding it hard to manage on the income you take in, what social welfare schemes can help? You may be eligible for Farm...
Now there was something I wasn’t expecting to find. Cleaning out my office in preparation for the big refresh – out with the stacks of old files,...
I was overjoyed, though shocked, to receive my invitation letter in July for the Youth Vision Conference 2025. I was selected to be a Fully-Funded...
There are few farms that can claim to be ten minutes from Shandon Street. Glenbrook Farm, just beyond Ballyvolane, is one of them. Home to free-range...
When I was a kid, there was no shortage of older people willing and able to put manners on young fellas. At least that was the case in my neck of the...
According to Mental Health Ireland, one in four people will experience mental health difficulties in their lifetime. Anxiety and depression are the...
How much of a legacy will you have left behind 50 years after you die? Perhaps a few grandchildren will remember you, or your career or sporting...
Every child deserves the best start in life, yet staff shortages in Early Years and School Age Care settings across Cork result in children missing...
This Sunday, October 5, Orka Gym at Crawford Business Park by The Lough will host the inaugural Cork Rebel Wellness Festival. This is a day-long...
You often heard the phrase ‘Like father, like son’ - so well used down the years. I suppose the feminine version is equally applicable, ‘Like...
Housing is a human right. We will take to the streets of Cork on October 4 to say loud and clear that we do not accept the current situation where...
Have we been innately nasty all along, and just done a bloody good job of hiding it - or are we just plain cowardly, ignorant, and stupid? I mean us....
Every week across the island, women walk into community centres, parish halls, and coffee shops, lugging bags of pamphlets, toys, and small children,...
Every day, Focus Ireland teams meet families who are experiencing something no-one should have to endure - homelessness. Right now, more than 660...
There are about 50,000 people living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in Ireland - Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis are the most common. To mark...
An exciting new initiative was announced at the Cork Deaf Association HQ on MacCurtain Street on Monday, promoting the use of Irish Sign Language in...
I have never actually read The Last September, the novel written by Elizabeth Bowen. I know it was set in Ireland during the War of Independence when...
Walk through any schoolyard at lunchtime and you’ll see something profound in action: children negotiating rules for a game of tag, daring one...
“I don’t quite follow you,” my friend said. “What’s new,” I responded irritably, blowing my nose. I’d been trying to explain to her...
Kite-flying season is upon us. Not the childhood pursuit of galloping across a green with a kite held aloft, hoping to catch the wind. Rather, the...
Fuel Allowance is a payment to help with the cost of heating your home in the winter months. It is paid to one person in a household. The allowance...
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) provides free home energy upgrades to homeowners who get certain social welfare payments. These...
The defeat of Billy Kelleher in the vote for Fianna Fáil’s nominee as President this week has left just a handful of potential Cork candidates...
When my dad, Gerry Kelly, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2021, my world turned upside down. Cancer is one of those words that lands with a...
Researchers at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences in Dublin recently outlined how more than a quarter of adolescents described their...
Organ donation is when you give healthy organs and tissue from your body for transplantation into another person’s body, to replace their organs...
Nearly everybody seems to own one. And, it seems, everybody else believes they should have one. Two weeks ago, shortly after my car – and me –...
Éamon de Valera retired from public life and vacated Áras an Uachtaráin in the summer of 1972 and moved, with his wife Sinéad, to a nursing home....
It’s hard to imagine now, how a Sinn Féin rebel - an elected member of Youghal Urban Disrict Council - defied capture by the British authorities...
Ireland stands on the cusp of energy transformation. Offshore wind will soon be at the heart of our transition to a cleaner, greener economy, helping...
Who do rent increase rules apply to? You and your landlord agree the amount of rent you pay for a property at the start of your tenancy. Your landlord...
The latest economic forecast from Bank of Ireland painted a positive picture for the Irish economy in 2025. It reported that we outperformed...
Dev - a three-letter word that encapsulates one of the most consequential figures in Irish history. Admire or abhor him, there are few people who have...
TV presenter Kirstie Allsop criticised how a five-year old ate his breakfast in front of an iPad – and got hammered by thousands of messages online...
For most students, the end of exams is a time to relax and forget about university for a few months. But for those who secure a place on the Student...
It’s funny how sometimes a sound or a smell can trigger a memory from the distant past, and in many cases, you can’t even identify that sound or...