I know my beat, don’t worry. I tend not to stray from the mean streets.

Many thanks to the reader who got in touch after last week’s column on Cork’s obstacle-strewn streets.

'On my most recent trip through our fair city I found practically every pavement in Cork chaired within an inch of its life'

I've threatened readers in the past with my story about Joyce Kilmer, the man who wrote the poem Trees, and if there’s one thing I know from reading Elmore Leonard it’s that if you issue a threat you have to follow through with it (preferably with ...

Two mothers, whose sons have both died, have CDs with their sons’ voices on them as 11 or 12-year-olds, which is nice but is also very sad

Michael Moynihan explores The Cut’s new etiquette rules

It can be hard to avoid the sense a golden age has slipped away

Ironically, the person for whom the footpath was originally intended is the forgotten element in the equation

Cork City has changed so much over the centuries, which will be reflected in a new historical atlas from the Royal Irish Academy

The number of middle-aged people renting was a cause for concern, and the current system will not ‘shield' people over 65 from homelessness