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When he ditched his plans for a career in the pharmaceutical industry to work in a pizza fast food restaurant, Ola Azeez admits: “My friends thought...
Culture Night 2026 takes place on Friday, September 18, inviting people to come together for a night of free cultural discovery, creativity and...
A Free Travel Public Services Card may be used to travel free of charge on cross-border journeys between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland,...
The response to Cork City Council’s initial consultation on proposed changes to speed limits has shown just how much people care about the future of...
Every year, we convince ourselves this will finally be the September we have it all together… and every September has other plans. It is the middle...
So, I got through the hot spell when half the country couldn’t sleep. I got through years of every imaginable kind of ups and downs, crises and...
Budget 2027 will happen on October 6. There is no sense that anybody in the struggling 50% is talking about it or believes that anything much will...
As a child, I owned a VHS copy of The Sound Of Music and watched it repeatedly. The Rodgers and Hammerstein lyrics and tunes are engraved on my brain...
“I got an alert on my watch.” It’s a phrase I hear increasingly often in the clinic. Sometimes it’s a notification about a high heart rate....
It’s not a paper I read every day, but according to the Asia Times, India has the fourth-largest railway network in the world, after the United...
With the Leaving Certificate results being released on Friday at 10am, it can be a nerve-wracking time for students and parents who have waited...
In June, I posted on social media about the uncertainty hanging over more than 500 Ukrainian residents in Trabolgan in East Cork. I wrote about...
It is blatantly clear that the manosphere is by no means a niche corner of the internet any more. Figures such as Andrew Tate have amassed enormous...
This Saturday, for one day only, Cork’s most unique and historic buildings and spaces will once again open their doors and invite us in to hear the...
A stoma is a surgically created opening on the surface of the abdomen that connects the digestive or urinary tract to the outside of the body,...
Last week, a wetsuit-clad team of ace swimmers emerged from the water at the Port of Cork having completed a nine-day, 81km-long water odyssey from...
Earlier this year, my mother was invited to work in Paris for a few months. It was a lucky coincidence as it was my Transition Year - so I decided to...
Cancer continues to be one of Ireland’s most significant public health challenges. As the demand for cancer services grows and medical innovation...
My home in Cork is more than 500km from the home of Sinn Féin MLA Caoimhe Archibald in Coleraine, Co. Derry. Driving to Derry from Cork means you see...
We spend weeks looking forward to our holidays, yet for many people the first couple of days are accompanied by bloating, constipation, diarrhoea ,or...
Last week, I found myself sitting in a bright orange rib, packed hip to hip with neoprene-wrapped strangers. The excitement was high. Half of the...
I lived in Cork city for almost a decade in the early 2000s, and was a feature writer with the then Evening Echo for four years. During that time, I...
The controversy over the future of the site of the former mother and baby home in Bessborough is a reminder of the cosy collusion between Church and...
At about a quarter to two last Sunday, I had a few words with Jarlath Burns in Croke Park. In the Hogan Stand, he was deep in conversation with...
Em Egan Reeve is co-founder and co-host of Litreacha , a popular queer open mic event held monthly in queer-friendly bar Nudes on Lavitt’s Quay in...
A decade ago, an old friend worked as a vet in Al Ain Zoo in Abu Dhabi. Tales of caring for tigers and cheetahs made the job sound exotic and exciting...
This Thursday, the Society of Young Solicitors (SYS) are hosting an evening for young solicitors to support them in navigating such a high pressure...
I am taking on an extraordinary fundraising challenge this summer, walking from Donegal Town to Kinsale, Co. Cork, in support of MS Ireland. I began...
The house I grew up in was sold recently after an eight-year-long probate battle. It had been unoccupied since my mother died in 2017. It was a bit of...
Over the last few months, I’ve spent far more time than I ever expected reviewing planning policy. The National Planning Framework. The Regional...
“You’d probably know it as the place that The Young Offenders was filmed in’’ It’s the go-to line any young Cork Northsider has learned to...
I’m issuing a challenge to the Taoiseach and the Minister for Transport. See for yourselves. The shouting. The fighting. The visible drug use on...
As a heat dome hovered over Europe last month, it reportedly caused dozens of deaths, disruption of power supplies and public transport, closure of...
Three months ago, in the staffroom at work, someone casually mentioned they had swapped houses for a holiday. “It was brilliant,” they said....
We in Ireland are a nation of storytellers. Everyone loves a good yarn, and we are the very best at sharing them. Yet, we often forget to tell our own...
I came out of the Stéphane Grappelli concert at the Cork Jazz Festival feeling his music was almost too good to be true. That was my first taste of...
Out of the thousands of news stories you read in the past year, I wonder how many allowed you to make a better decision about a serious matter...
The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BSCFA) is a payment to help families with the cost of school uniforms and shoes. Many families get...
When I was in my twenties, I shared an apartment with two college buddies who were obsessed with football. They bought multiple newspapers a day to...
Work-outs can sometimes feel repetitive or uninspiring, and many people are turning to martial arts to reignite their motivation and transform their...
Cobh Trad Fest returns this summer from July 23-26, and we think it’s shaping up to be our best year yet. We have a fantastic headline line-up at...
It’s a parenting shift that dad-of-two Kevin Maguire began to notice more and more. It led him to start writing The New Fatherhood newsletter about...
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times -the first line from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Published in 1859, the book was all...
For many children growing up in Cork city today, the connection between the food on the table and the farm it came from can feel more distant than it...
It was Aine Roche of Wexford who wrote the beautiful song I Light A Candle For You - its words explain just exactly what it truly means when one hears...
The banks of the Lee are set to ‘rock for Rory’ again this summer as Cork City Council hosts a free open-air concert celebrating the music and...
The school yearis drawing to a close – for many parents this is a relief. No more getting kids out of bed for school, rushed breakfasts, traffic...
I live in Blarney with Brenda, my wife, and we have two children, Kate and Simon. It’s a busy house, made busier by me being a local councillor on...
I meet up with two good friends, Tommy and Jim, every five or six weeks - for a leisurely breakfast and a hurling chat. In fairness to us three wise...
I was recently selected to participate in the European Student Assembly 2026 on behalf of University College Cork and UNIC, an alliance of ten...
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