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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...
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....
Penalty points help to enforce road rules and improve road safety. If you commit a motoring offence and the penalty includes penalty points, your...
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...
My 11-year-old twin sons, Tommy and Tony, were diagnosed with DLD in 2022. It is a common neurodevelopmental condition that causes lifelong...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
People in Cork have been urged to take small steps to reduce their risk of heart disease and stroke. Around 16 people have a heart attack in Ireland...
Dogs are increasingly seen as part of the family in Ireland, and that has shaped the way we think about responsible dog ownership. Bringing a dog home...
When U.S President Donald Trump sets foot in Ireland on Saturday for a two-day visit, a few million people would love to send him packing with a flea...
I never planned to talk publicly about my epilepsy. Now I know why I should. For most of my life, I was never sick. I genuinely don’t think I missed...
Cork County Council will present more than 150 free events across towns, villages and islands throughout the county as part of Culture Night 2026....
As Ireland marks World Physiotherapy Day on Tuesday, a growing body of Irish research into stroke recovery shows why physiotherapy must be recognised...
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...
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