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'Flabbergasting' move to cut SNAs in schools 'will set education back 30 years'

Parents and teachers respond to 'mystifying' cutback on special needs assistants following NCSE review

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business

Government expands buy and renew scheme to include building contractors

<p>A crowd of just over 14,000 for the Offaly game in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on March 21 will be enough to see the Cork hurlers break their home attendances record for the second successive year. Pic: ©INPHO/Ben Brady</p>

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Fogarty Forum: It’s official — Cork are the GAA’s cash cows

Everyone has a book in them? Here's the path to getting it published

culture

Everyone has a book in them? Here's the path to getting it published

Jesse Jackson, a fixture in US civil rights movement and Democratic politics, dies aged 84

world

Jesse Jackson, a fixture in US civil rights movement and Democratic politics, dies aged 84

How I went from Cork to playing over 100 shows in just seven months in the US

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How I went from Cork to playing over 100 shows in just seven months in the US

Brian Hurley kicks a penalty 1/6/2024

gaa

Zach Bryan concerts a factor in Cork footballers moving league game to Páirc Uí Rinn

'My baby had his first heart surgery at just three days old'

parenting

'My baby had his first heart surgery at just three days old'

SFergus Finlay: I read a letter from a public servant to a parent. I can't remember the last time I was so shocked

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More wind and rain due as Met Éireann issues fresh weather warnings

More wind and rain due as Met Éireann issues fresh weather warnings

Flooding, poor visibility, and difficult travel conditions are expected

APTOPIX Cuba Power Outage

Irish holidaymakers warned against going to Cuba

SNA cuts: 'Inclusion without adequate staffing is not inclusion — it's abandonment'

SNA cuts: 'Inclusion without adequate staffing is not inclusion — it's abandonment'

Search continues for Jo Jo and Deirdre at this lonely spot. And all their families can do is wait

Search continues for Jo Jo and Deirdre at this lonely spot. And all their families can do is wait

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FC Internazionale Archive

‘They were like bombs’: Helenio Herrera’s little white pills kept Inter’s players buzzing

In an extract from his book, Irish Examiner correspondent Richard Fitzpatrick reveals in the early 1960s the grand Italian club was equipped for doping like ‘a small hospital’

Shane McGrath celebrates a late two point score 14/2/2026

Five football trends in new rules compared 12 months ago

Jamie Osborne in action 14/2/2026

Jamie Osborne helping to hold the backline as Ireland look for rhythm

Brentford v Arsenal - Premier League - Gtech Community Stadium

Brentford boss Keith Andrews visits Macclesfield dressing room after FA Cup win

Insight: Must Reads

'You wouldn’t do to a dog what was done to Marguerita. How could there only be five years given for that?'

'You wouldn’t do to a dog what was done to Marguerita. How could there only be five years given for that?'

Danny O’Donoghue, 43, was coming down off an alcohol and cocaine bender when he rammed into 8ft-high screened gates, that his then 21-year old niece, Marguerita, was standing behind

'I have no desire to go anywhere': Inside the enclosed community of Tyburn nuns in Cork

S 'I have no desire to go anywhere': Inside the enclosed community of Tyburn nuns in Cork

Inside Dublin Zoo: Hippo eye surgery, orangutan birth and elephant herpes battle

Inside Dublin Zoo: Hippo eye surgery, orangutan birth and elephant herpes battle

Ian Watson: Child killer and one of Ireland's longest serving prisoners dies behind bars

Ian Watson: Child killer and one of Ireland's longest serving prisoners dies behind bars

Regular Columnists

S Fergus Finlay: I read a letter from a public servant to a parent. I can't remember the last time I was so shocked

S Terry Prone: We should all use Valentine’s as an opportunity to foster affection

Michael Clifford

Mick Clifford: Seamus Culleton and immigrants in US today could not identify with the Allston Seven

Clodagh Finn: The Irishwoman who married the national hero of the Philippines

Lifestyle

crepe with ingredient

How to make the perfect pancakes and the common mistakes to avoid

Thin, delicious pancakes that can be folded, fanned and doused with lemon and sugar

Filming begins for Channel 4 adaptation of Cork novel The Rachel Incident

Filming begins for Channel 4 adaptation of Cork novel The Rachel Incident

Sally Rooney attends a photocall during the Edinburgh International Book Festival on August, 2017 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Sally Rooney among authors longlisted for €100k Dublin Literary Award

Technology addict.

Colman Noctor: Growing up in a flatscreen world can flatline social skills

Viewpoints

Unequal access to remote work is a policy failure

Unequal access to remote work is a policy failure

New figures suggest the push-back to the office could collapse one of the most significant innovations in modern working life, and also risks hardening inequality within the workforce if remote work becomes an exclusive perk for higher-paid staff

Man in suit confronted by media

Garda Powers Bill has puzzling treatment of journalistic privilege

Giant waves and violent storm jumping over the pier in the seaside town of Tramore, Waterford, Ireland. horizontal format

Rolling back environmental regulation is the ultimate act of self-harm

Change in disability care is possible — it just requires planning

Change in disability care is possible — it just requires planning

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Jordan Morris with Ian Maguire 24/5/2025

S Kieran Shannon: Forget Dublin v Kerry, Cork v Meath is the standout blue blood game next weekend

Sunday’s game against Meath is so big for Cork. Even bigger than when the sides met in the championship last May in Navan.

The Gaelic Football Show: how the game has evolved, with Kerry legend Paul Galvin

S The Gaelic Football Show: how the game has evolved, with Kerry legend Paul Galvin

Ronan Kelleher, Edwin Edogbo and Tadhg Beirne during the national anthems 14/2/2026

S Comment: In a land of many one-eyed men, it falls on us not to be wilfully blind to racism and xenophobia

Kerry v Galway - Allianz Football League Division 1

S Christy O'Connor Talking Points: The GAA's rarest rivalry — one parish, two No 1s

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Mick Clifford: Alan Kearney case has all the hallmarks of a miscarriage of justice

Mick Clifford: Alan Kearney case has all the hallmarks of a miscarriage of justice

The case of Alan Kearney highlights a dearth of accountability for the Defence Forces

Six Nations Podcast: what we learned from Ireland's win over Italy

Six Nations Podcast: what we learned from Ireland's win over Italy

The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast: Who benefits from Cork’s new drone restrictions?

The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast: Who benefits from Cork’s new drone restrictions?

The Mick Clifford Podcast: How Iveragh is fighting back against rural depopulation

The Mick Clifford Podcast: How Iveragh is fighting back against rural depopulation

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Watch: Savannah Guthrie appeals for help from the public in new video

Watch: Savannah Guthrie appeals for help from the public in new video

U.S. television news host Savannah Guthrie appealed for help from members of the public on Monday (February 9), nine days after her mother Nancy’s presumed abduction in Arizona.

Seattle Seahawks v New England Patriots - Super Bowl LX - Levi's Stadium

Watch: Bad Bunny joined by Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin in vibrant Super Bowl halftime show

Watch: Rough seas cause unusually high waves to hit the coast of Ireland

Watch: Rough seas cause unusually high waves to hit the coast of Ireland

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Signpost: From leased out land to a family farm — Denis's journey into dairy-beef

Signpost: From leased out land to a family farm — Denis's journey into dairy-beef

After leasing his farm out for over 30 years, Denis decided to use it himself to farm. A short period of contract rearing was followed by a year on the DairyBeef500 programme to help him on his venture as a beef farmer

Rotational heather burn

Senators call on ministers to unblock burn permits to farmers

Bord Bia

Paula Hynes: There's no point in discrediting our national storyteller

Precision gluten-free oat production secures Grain Grower of the Year title

Precision gluten-free oat production secures Grain Grower of the Year title

Property

Overgrown grass in a garden

Garden Q&A: How should I deal with rushes growing in my lawn?

Whether you're a gardening beginner or expert, Irish Examiner columnist Peter Dowdall has the answer to your questions

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S Tommy Barker: Online bidding for a home in Ireland now feels like a gamble

Professional staging: Meet the Irish woman helping properties sell faster for more

Professional staging: Meet the Irish woman helping properties sell faster for more

Pruned rose bushes in a country rose garden after winter. Leafless rose stems await summer. Soil insulation with sawdust

Garden Q&A: My rose bush is still bare in February. Is it alive?

World

Mobile phone use for children and teenagers

Adverts urge boys to avoid sexist content, warning it is ‘never harmless’

One of the short video clips shows a boy sitting on a couch, watching a video on his phone of a character speaking into a podcaster-style microphone

China Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year prayers, robots and festivities usher in the Year of the Horse

Trump

US and Iran set for high-stakes nuclear talks in Geneva as threat of war looms

Austria Taylor Swift Plot

Terror charges for suspect in alleged plot to attack Taylor Swift show in Vienna

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Trust, data, governance: How life sciences can balance the opportunities and risks of AI – responsibly

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