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A scam is an illegal or dishonest scheme that aims to steal from or defraud people. They target people of all ages and backgrounds via various...
I’m a little confused, which isn’t all that strange. I don’t have an engineering degree either, which probably accounts for some of it. Maybe...
English people who move to Ireland often arrive with preconceived ideas of what the locals are like. The Irish are quick to try to dispel any such...
Q: Can you tell me if there is an extra payment for people on social welfare payments who are living alone? Yes, there is a payment called the Living...
We were in Lanzarote for a week lately, and it was just mighty. Growing up in the last century, I was endowed with a fine map of foxy curly hair....
We said goodbye to Milo this week. Our half horse/half dog had been with us since my youngest was in first year and the eldest in Leaving Cert. Four...
Last Saturday, my wife Helena and myself set off on a day trip to Mount Melleray Abbey in County Waterford. It was with a heavy heart we made this...
I’d never really given the issue much thought, but suddenly I knew exactly where I stood. You can’t really avoid unisex toilets on airplanes or...
The future Cork city will be a city with a lot of more people. We currently have a population of 225,000 people. We will have passed quarter of a...
Twenty years ago, I hopped on board a boat to film the Arklow Bank Wind Farm 13km off the coast of Wicklow It was a beautiful, sunny, windy day, ideal...
This is a month when the soundbite of ‘New Year, new me’ can often be heard. But if you suffer from mild to severe hearing loss, perhaps it could...
They call Bali the Island of the Gods. There are statues and images of strange-looking creatures everywhere, usually partially covered with black and...
In our obsession to live longer, we’ve forgotten how to live better and the power of connection. An aunt of mine, a sister in a community of nuns,...
“’Tis as bad as the night of the Cardiff Hall.” There may still be a few old salts living along the West Cork coastline who will recall that...
What are employees’ entitlements in relation to Public Holidays? Most employees are entitled to paid leave on public holidays. There is an...
“I left Mount Melleray with feelings of deep regret. You leave men who live in a truer world than ours. You drive through the beautiful avenue and...
If you think the fruit and vegetables are positioned at the front of the supermarket so that you don’t forget to put your five-a-day into the...
“Ah, g’wan outta dat,” they said. “You’re imagining things.” We had a gang in over the Christmas. Sitting around a blazing fire, drinks in...
As I used a lift with a friend recently, he remarked on how low the buttons were positioned. “This design is silly,” he said, assuming it was an...
My first impression of Los Angeles in the summer of 2006 was, “Woah, there are a lot of cars”. Driving from the airport to our three-star hotel in...
Disability services must be at the top of the next government’s agenda. We cannot have another five years of neglect for some of the most vulnerable...
My wife and I travelled to Australia recently to see our daughter, her husband, and our three grandchildren. I wasn’t looking forward to the...
Growing up on a farm near Crookstown, and with a dad who taught woodwork and mechanical drawing, there was always some type of ‘engineering’...
I’ve reached a stage in life where I am prone to loudly and proudly regale young people about stories of the olden days, and how different things...
The BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition is much more than a competition. It is an unforgettable lifetime experience that was one of the...
Well, we had the much sung-about ‘White Christmas’ this year - not, as might be expected, on December 25, but a dozen days later on January 6 -...
When you’re in your twenties or thirties, it’s easy to feel like you have all the time in the world. With careers to build, adventures to plan,...
“I don’t give a sh**e what you say,” the man on the e-scooter told us. He zipped across the road to the opposite pavement, mounted it, and...
With more than €100 billion sitting in deposits across Ireland earning less than 1%, and a wide range of saving and investment options available, it...
“This is ridiculous,” said my friend as we greeted each other at the start of the year. No “Happy New Year” or “How was your Christmas?”...
We are celebrating a significant anniversary in 2025. Last year, we celebrated 175 years since welcoming the first students to our College of...
Anyone who has ever seen the inside of a courtroom knows they can be places where strange things can happen. There are many examples of this, and...
It is clear that our city and county stand at a unique juncture, poised to lead Ireland into a future that balances economic growth,...
Do you know what the word on the street is as regards motor insurance claims? It’s this. If you need repair work to a vehicle that costs €2,000...
Cork’s economy is thriving. We have seen strong growth, particularly in sectors like pharmaceuticals, renewable energy, ICT and professional...
Inhibitions never bother me, and to be honest, what other people think of me doesn’t really bother me one way or another. God knows, if we spent...
At the stroke of midnight tonight, the full stretch of 2025 will be staring us in the face. At this stage of the holidays, the glow of the festive...
Since I arrived back to Cork City Council as Chief Executive, I have been struck by the breadth and depth of the work of our staff, which is often...
A is for Apple Tree Despite not shaking it, the notes came floating down from the money tree for the Government as Apple were told to hand over in...
I was delighted to return to Cork County Council in June of this year, which coincided with the election of a new Council. Remarkable growth and...
We don’t do New Year Honours lists in this egalitarian nation of ours, but I imagine if we did, the President would be presenting a lot of gongs...
Christmas is a time when many of us buy gift vouchers as a present for friends and family. There are many benefits to them, but also some risks;...
I’m all for progress. I like to see my home town of Cobh moving forward, progressing, and changing with the times. Adapting to new opportunities,...
This year at Cork Business Association has been one of change and growth, meaningful collaboration, and unwavering commitment to the vitality of...
ONE of my earliest memories is of being hauled up in front of my entire school infants’ choral class and being ordered to perform a song solo....
Singing is something most of do at some point in our lives – whether as a child at school, on impulse at a party, at important ceremonies, or...
Patrick Kavanagh’s poem A Christmas Childhood is a piece of magic, to my mind. He was a countryman - well, originally before his later sojourn in...
If you ask me, it’s time we all stood up and shouted STOP! It was just one small, relatively inoffensive thing. But it was a flag-bearer, it was...
“Well, it’s not like they’re going to put him back in office. They won’t.” “That’s what we said in 2016.” This type of conversation...
The lucky, organised people who are “all set for Christmas” and will spend the next week wafting from carol service to cocktail party, sipping...