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People and organisations across Ireland have been leaving X sporadically since Elon Musk purchased the platform in 2022. What was once a popular place...
Long ago, when we used to go ‘Out on The Wran’ on St Stephen’s Day, we sang this song: “The wran, the wran, the king of all birds, St...
Last week. What a week. Watched anxious Greenlanders tell RTÉ’s Edmund Heaphy tales of broken sleep and nightmares about Trump invading or buying...
An exhibition on sculptor Joseph Higgins has opened in Cork Public Museum, following a symposium in Cork City Library last month. A somewhat obscure...
It is important that shoppers are aware of their consumer rights. What should you do if you’re not satisfied with the quality of a product or...
It’s hard to believe it’s been 21 years since that January evening in the RDS when a young Patrick Collison stepped up to accept the top prize at...
Between 2013 and 2022, 359 people in Cork died from drug poisoning, according to the latest report from the Health Research Board. Of the 343 drug...
Early last year, I booked a flight for my wife and myself from Larnaca in Cyprus to London Gatwick with Wizz Air. We were meant to fly home on...
It’s a big city, Caracas, boasting a population of three million, with another two million in the suburbs. The Venezuelan capital hit the headlines...
Cork city has heard plenty of promises about public transport over the years. Strategies have been launched, routes redesigned, and glossy plans...
2025 was a milestone year for us as we celebrated our 180th birthday. From our modest beginnings with 23 dedicated teaching staff who sought to...
Back in 1965, The Kinks had a huge hit with their song Dedicated Follower Of Fashion, and over the years, any time I ever heard it on the wireless at...
What is auto-enrolment? Auto-enrolment is a new pension savings scheme for certain employees who are not paying into a pension. They will be...
I don’t trust zebra crossings anymore. Because of this. One morning, as I prepared to step onto the familiar white lines, a car approached. The car...
2025 was a busy one as Cork County Council continued to deliver vital services for the people we serve. Our mission is clear: to foster vibrant and...
Happy New Year! The selection boxes have been decimated, the Christmas pudding devoured, and I don’t want to see another Christmas sambo for 12...
This is the time of year when many of you will be thinking about changing the car, and good luck to you if you are. For some, it might be out of...
As we wrapped up 2025, I was proud to reflect on a year defined by collaboration, resilience and real progress for Cork’s business community. While...
There is a scene at the end of the new film Saipan - about the infamous bust-up between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy before the 2002 World Cup - where...
When I recently visited the Cork City Library and viewed the exhibition of Cork Opera House memorabilia currently on display there, my eye was...
It was perhaps a sign of the changes going on in music in the mid-1990s when you consider that Pearl Jam played their first Cork gig, at the Green...
Teetering on the edge of the New Year, a revelation. I generally don’t do self-help books and I certainly try to avoid making them the potential...
Are we in agreement that 2025 has been a horrendous one for the history books? The ongoing genocides and suffering in Gaza and Sudan. Growing...
The Soldiers’ Song was composed by Brendan Behan’s uncle, Peadar Kearney, in 1907, working in collaboration with Patrick Heeney, who was mainly...
For those of you who need reminding, Generation Z, or Zoomers as they’re sometimes described, are the generation born between 1997 and 2012....
Over the Christmas season, one of the great gifts we all receive is the gift of a little extra time. For a few days, many of us are freer from the...
In the lead up to Christmas, you’d scarcely find a more heartwarming, joyful and happy place than Cork Airport. Simply stand in our Arrivals area...
Happy eve of Christmas Eve! With just two sleeps to go, I hope you are truly all set for Christmas. If you’ve made it through December’s office...
Recently, my phone pinged with a message from a friend, the principal of a school in Cork that participates in the Delivering Equality of Opportunity...
A guy walked past me in an airport recently and caught my attention. He was in his late thirties approximately, but he could have been younger or...
If you’re a fan of Mrs Brown’s Boys and Fair City, I have good news: You’ll be able to get your regular festive fix of both this Christmas. If...
“Never has a nation so small inspired so much in another” – President Barrack Obama, Irish America 250 From conception to birth, and from...
Here we are, a week before Christmas, and I’m still asking myself, ‘Where did that year go at all?’ Maybe as one gets older – and not a lot...
The Christmas and New Year period is always a useful moment to pause. In business, we are rarely afforded the luxury of looking back for long; the...
As the news fills with articles about ‘surviving Christmas’. I took a different route this year and spent five days in Glenstal. I moved away from...
If you’re feeling €20 is the new €10, or €10 is the new fiver when it comes to food shopping in this country, read on. Mid to late afternoon,...
Decision-making is an integral part of our lives. At different times, we make important decisions about our finances, property, employment,...
For the past 11 years, I have had the privilege of travelling around our beautiful country meeting some of Ireland’s best and brightest minds while...
A fear of Christmas is something you may not have even imagined, but it’s very real for those living with Christougenniatikophobia - and no less...
There is an association called CERO in France which brings people together who claim to have met aliens. The group facilitates those who believe alien...
There are far too many learner drivers on our roads, we are told. And it’s true: Figures in recent weeks revealed there were 394,128 L-plate...
It’s that time of year again! As Cork city prepares to sparkle for Christmas, one festive landmark stands out - not just for its beauty, but for its...
s the festive season draws near, many people experience a blend of excitement and mounting pressure. Here, I will share some guidance on how to...
On my way to Lourdes last week, I was thinking about the ‘great debate’ at the Council of Trent, 1545-1563 and later the ‘theological...
As we prepare for the festive season, we navigate our to-do list and our diaries with anticipation while bracing ourselves for the extravagance –...
Oh, what would I give? To come home from work to find the house transformed into a childhood Christmas fantasy. To walk in the door and see a tall,...
Q: What supports are available if I am self-employed and become unemployed? If you find yourself unemployed or you are getting less work than before,...
There are just two weeks left to get a last strike at the Coliseum, as the long-running entertainment complex, officially known as Leisureplex, closes...
Q: Who owns the boundary between your property and your neighbour’s? The general rule is that any boundaries between your land and your...
Is Christmas all it’s cracked up to be? I’m not so sure, but it is almost upon us. Not for everyone though is it ‘the season to be jolly, tra la...
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