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Trauma Awareness Day falls on June 27, and in Ireland, it couldn’t be more relevant. One in four Irish people will struggle with their mental health...
Writing in 1962, John T Collins was dealing with places and place names not too far from Cork city. “Glanmire - Glean Maghair, and Tubbereenmire -...
Each June, as the gates of the Cork Summer Showgrounds open to thousands of visitors, I am reminded of the unique role this event plays in weaving...
In classrooms across Cork city and county, you will find young people with huge potential, full of ideas, ambition, and talent. But for some, that...
Years ago, I read a novel about a large family in America. Believe me, it was the first of many novels I was to read about families in America, but a...
Excitement is building as a new review shows a rise in the number of potential drugs that could treat or prevent Alzheimer’s disease. Led by an...
What would you do if a stranger turned up in the middle of the day and bulldozed your home? Knocked it, and all your possessions, to the ground....
Eoin English, journalist of some repute with the Irish Examiner, once described his occupation as follows: “There are many words in the English...
Our Little Island-based company recently hosted Motivate. Prepare. Empower in Cork - a leadership event focused on employee wellness and motivation,...
Last weekend, at a family get-together, I learned that the term ‘lads’ holiday’ has an expiry date. I had casually mentioned a forthcoming...
This week’s RTÉ documentary Housewife Of The Year castigated a show hosted each year by Gay Byrne through the 1980s and early 1990s. “A...
It was absolutely bucketing rain in Lourdes last Monday morning. A Bank Holiday at home in Ireland, but in the village of St Bernadette, just another...
The school summer holidays are upon us - most secondary schools closed last week, with the exception of Junior Cert and Leaving Cert students - with...
The mother of adult children was morose. What had happened, she wanted to know, to cause young adults who had doggedly trekked through school, college...
For two years now, I have been saying the GAA’s ‘split season’ is an absolute disaster, and to tell the truth, I’ve often felt like I was...
What is the Housing Assistance Payment? The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a social housing support for people who have a long-term housing need,...
Going on holiday without their parents is a rite of passage for many teenagers - and a week or two of anxiety for many parents. Mums and dads are...
With the recent spell of sunshine and outdoor plans on the calendar, we are encouraging people not to overlook one essential of their summer wardrobe...
“Fantastic people to deal with, always service with a smile, and not forgetting the banter - the community will be lost without ye. Best of luck in...
May is a busy month on the art events calendar, as the annual end-of-year art and design college exhibitions begin to take place. Douglas Street...
I wonder where the two wreaths are now? The sun shone down brilliantly last week when we gathered by the quayside in Cobh. A piper played as the flags...
On May 22, 2015, Ireland made history by becoming the first country in the world to hold a referendum on marriage equality and pass it by the popular...
Cork will be buzzing this week as 1,000 players in Europe’s maritime sector converge on the city for the European Union’s premier blue economy...
D’you know what? A few days ago, I turned on my indicator and prepared to turn right into the driveway of our home. Except I couldn’t. Because I...
People from all over the world who care about the health of their nations are assembled in World Health Organisation (WHO) headquarters in Geneva for...
More than two years have passed since I started learning English at the Migrant Centre at Nano Nagle Place in Cork city. It is an old Catholic...
Employee wellbeing has evolved from a ‘nice to have’ to a strategic necessity. Almost 70% of Irish employees now consider wellness a key priority...
During my time in An Garda Síochána, I came across all representations of humanity. Some good, some bad, and plenty in between. The behaviour of...
1 star: Dud 2 stars: Meh 3 stars: Contender 4 stars: Strong chance 5 stars: Winner 1. NORWAY Kyle Alessandro - Lighter Our...
With more than 24,000 people newly diagnosed with cancer each year in Ireland, Cancer Trials Ireland is dedicated to finding new ways to prevent, find...
My mother was born on this day 100 years ago - May 15, 1925. She was just 71 when she died in 1996 and scarcely a day passes that I don’t think of...
Odd, isn’t it, the way we once took for granted such a number of customs that negatively affected women. Now, many of these traditions, once an...
After years of promises and planning, Ireland’s long-awaited auto-enrolment pension scheme, entitled My Future Fund, has hit another bump in the...
You’ve seen the horrors. Or maybe you looked away, switched the channel. Gaza is being bombed, starved, and dismantled before the world’s eyes,...
I visited the seaside town of Blackrock, Co Louth, for the first time recently. Bathed in sunshine, the bustling seaside village is filled with shops,...
I retired from An Garda Síochána back in May, 2015, after serving for more than 35 years. That’s ten years ago this month. Policing in Ireland has...
During Mental Health Awareness Month, I am encouraging individuals, families, and communities to pause, reflect, and reconnect with the power of...
Here’s a fascinating little debate you can have right now with a friend - sat on your barstool, on your sofa, or in a coffee shop. Name me three...
It’s never been more important for communities across Cork to support Darkness Into Light, as thousands are impacted by suicide in Ireland each...
Research from 2020 shows that 50% of women had experienced some form of digital abuse in Ireland. Moreover, it is estimated that one in 10 women has...
Last Thursday morning, I was up early. It was the first day of the month of May - May Day, a very special day and date in Ireland, especially in...
No sign of a lifebuoy in the water. That’s what stuck in my mind. Among the crowd of bystanders - ordinary passers-by just like you and me, just...
When I was a child in primary school, there were two things that signalled the start of the summer holidays for me. One was totting up the roll book...
We all know them – the people who are ‘always right’. We have got used to hearing President Trump say he is ‘the greatest president of all...
This might sound like a populist and elitist statement to make, but I’m going to say it anyway: When will the rest of the country, and particularly...
I’m proud to say I had a tremendous year as Chair of the Cork Region of Engineers Ireland. My year involved working with an excellent committee,...
Back in 2009, when the GAA was celebrating its 125th anniversary, the then Association president Christy Cooney of Youghal asked me to serve a...
One in five Irish people would not take a traditional vaccine, and one in four said they would not take an mRNA vaccine, a global research project...
Years ago – and to this day the memory makes me wince – I attempted to wave a red flag to some parents about the hazards of giving young children...
Night is a time of transformation. Under cover of darkness, the familiar becomes strange and exotic. This is particularly true of the urban landscape,...