Summer 2024 — underwhelming as it is so far — cannot be experienced in a large open green space in Cork City

The band's Ashley Keating talks to Michael Moynihan about how Cork's hurling success has given their song a new lease of life 

Remember that person you really didn’t like in primary school? Swallow your vomit and make that call

Greetings from Planet Swift. Yours truly was one of the thousands who packed out the Aviva last weekend in Dublin for the performances of Our Glorious Queen, who reigns supreme. (Can we . . ? - ed. I’m getting to it - me.

Is there a case to be made for shutting down traffic totally in those streets this summer?

When this columnist strolled the length of St Patrick’s Street this Monday there were at least fifteen vacant premises along the street

BusConnects is of little use to those trying to use bus services in Cork which are suffering from declining attractiveness and greater car use generally, as well as specifics such as unreliable services, unappealing locations, and lack of drivers and mechanics, writes Michael Moynihan

Exercising that basic right is a privilege which is not enjoyed in vast swathes of the globe, and should not be taken for granted, writes Michael Moynihan

Plenty of people are keen to point out that Cork already has a robust sense of itself — but this is hard evidence of the city’s deep roots

“The San Francisco of my youth was full of small shops whose friendly eccentricity felt like part of the place. Some of them still exist but they’re rarer now . . .