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Michael Moynihan
SMichael Moynihan: Seeing Cillian Murphy on the 208 bus would surely improve its image
Budget 2026: Childcare cost ‘is basically a second mortgage’
Budget 2026: Childcare cost ‘is basically a second mortgage’
Two mothers trying to balance their household budgets highlight two big challenges — the cost-of-living crisis and eye-watering childcare costs 

Wed, 08 Oct, 2025

Fianna Fail president
Irish Examiner view: Jim Gavin crisis overshadows Budget 2026
Fianna Fáil TDs, including some in Taoiseach Micheál Martin's Cork base, criticise party's presidential election fiasco

Wed, 08 Oct, 2025

'Only for one person I think I’d be in prison': Cork filmmaker shining a light on 'broken' foster care system
'Only for one person I think I’d be in prison': Cork filmmaker shining a light on 'broken' foster care system
Seán Downey, aka Swan, is passionate about creating awareness about Ireland's foster care system and is calling for a 'complete overhaul' of the system and the outdated Childcare Act

Sun, 05 Oct, 2025

Michael Moynihan: Are Cork people the victims of an enormous prank designed to baffle the city?
S Michael Moynihan: Are Cork people the victims of an enormous prank designed to baffle the city?
Talks have been held about boosting visitor numbers to Cork. Just don't expect anything to materialise quickly

Thu, 02 Oct, 2025

Cork fish kill: No culprit for the worst environmental disaster in Ireland this century 
Cork fish kill: No culprit for the worst environmental disaster in Ireland this century 
A multi-agency investigation failed to find the source of, or even identify, the toxins that killed nearly 40,000 fish in the Blackwater River recently

Tue, 30 Sep, 2025

Irish Examiner view: We need monitoring tech in the wake of Blackwater fish kill disaster
Irish Examiner view: We need monitoring tech in the wake of Blackwater fish kill disaster
EPA and Inland Fisheries Ireland should heed Cork County Council's proposal on water quality monitoring

Mon, 29 Sep, 2025

Irish Examiner view: HSE-CHI merger debacle reminds us to watch out for last-minute emails
Irish Examiner view: HSE-CHI merger debacle reminds us to watch out for last-minute emails
Reading the runes in the timing of official statements and the words deployed therein has become a modern art form

Sat, 27 Sep, 2025

Patrick Horgan 7/6/2025
S Michael Moynihan: Patrick Horgan’s pitch presence was a privilege for people of Cork
Patrick Horgan’s retirement closes a glittering chapter in Cork hurling, leaving fans reflecting on brilliance, pride, and unforgettable nights

Thu, 25 Sep, 2025

A Unifil flag fluttering over Southern Lebanon
Irish Examiner view: United Nations a long way from what is required
Today, the UN looks far from the organisation once described by the second secretary general, Norwegian Trygve Lie, as having been created 'not to bring us to heaven, but to save us from hell'

Tue, 23 Sep, 2025

General Election Ireland 2020
Irish Examiner view: Dáil Éireann should not be a forum for autism misinformation
As the 'Irish Examiner' reports the testimony of parents struggling to get an education for their children with special needs, a TD stands up in the Dáil to utter unsubstantiated 'rubbish' about autism

Mon, 22 Sep, 2025

Popcorn with the headphone, a headphone plugged into the popcorn box, concept of entertainment
Letters to the Editor: Cinemas should have audio description for visually-impaired people
A reader says his query about audio description was dismissed by a Cork cinema staff member as 'a very bougie request'

Sat, 20 Sep, 2025

Nursing Home stock
Irish Examiner view: With no plan, catastrophe looms large for elderly
That the ESRI highlighted a potential future calamity in terms of our ability to effectively manage and care for our increasingly ageing population, should set alarm bells ringing

Fri, 19 Sep, 2025

Michael Moynihan: We need to talk about the word 'Norrie'
S Michael Moynihan: We need to talk about the word 'Norrie'
You learn a lot about someone by their use of the word 'Norrie', writes northsider Michael Moynihan

Thu, 18 Sep, 2025

Safe Harbour review: Opening ritual gives a bit of pagan rave and a masked Cillian Murphy 
Safe Harbour review: Opening ritual gives a bit of pagan rave and a masked Cillian Murphy 
Ancient Irish culture met dancefloor fun at the first night of Sounds From A Safe Harbour in Cork 

Fri, 12 Sep, 2025

In pictures: Emotional opening for Safe Harbour festival with tribute to Cork musician Talos
In pictures: Emotional opening for Safe Harbour festival with tribute to Cork musician Talos
The first concert of Sounds From A Safe Harbour in Cork featured friends and family of the late Eoin French (Talos)

Thu, 11 Sep, 2025

Michael Moynihan: Dublin official's comments on English Market were a hostage to fortune
S Michael Moynihan: Dublin official's comments on English Market were a hostage to fortune
The hubris of Dublin City Council's Richard Shakespeare was notable from the start, as plans for that city's Victorian market recede into the distance

Thu, 11 Sep, 2025

Old woman sitting in chair
Irish Examiner view: Dearth of age-attuned healthcare
There is something particularly concerning about the revelations in the latest Tilda report and what they portend for the future

Wed, 10 Sep, 2025

Shocking indifference to catastrophic Blackwater pollution is a sign of the times
Shocking indifference to catastrophic Blackwater pollution is a sign of the times
The Blackwater fish kill is part ecological disaster, part culture war, part climate change confrontation and, worst of all, a gross denial of responsibility

Fri, 05 Sep, 2025

Michael Moynihan: Dangerous cycle lanes in Cork highlight flawed city planning
S Michael Moynihan: Dangerous cycle lanes in Cork highlight flawed city planning
Poorly designed cycle lanes around Cork City Hall highlight how shoddy planning risks both cyclists and pedestrians while undermining sustainable transport goals

Thu, 04 Sep, 2025

Dursey Island Cable Car West Cork ireland
Letters to the Editor: A delightful day rambling on Dursey
A reader is captivated by the friendliness of people and 'that deep magical and haunting romantic beauty of the island'

Mon, 01 Sep, 2025

Catherine Conlon: At a time of global uncertainty, the Cork-Kinsale Greenway cannot be allowed to fail
Catherine Conlon: At a time of global uncertainty, the Cork-Kinsale Greenway cannot be allowed to fail
The silent majority who spend hours in traffic may well be in favour of this greenway, but they are not as organised as farmers and landowners

Sun, 31 Aug, 2025

Clodagh Finn: Let’s back campaign for public tribute to Mary Jane Irwin
Clodagh Finn: Let’s back campaign for public tribute to Mary Jane Irwin
If a visiting monkey has a place in the streetscape, Mary Jane Irwin, as she was when she lived in Clonakilty, certainly deserves ones too

Sat, 30 Aug, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Generational challenge to put on a happy face
Irish Examiner view: Generational challenge to put on a happy face
What annoys Helen Mirren the most are patronising comments made by younger people when she holds hands with her husband in public. It is, the hardest part of turning 80

Sat, 30 Aug, 2025

What is the Asian hornet and should we be worried after one was found in Cork?
What is the Asian hornet and should we be worried after one was found in Cork?
First Cork sighting of invasive Asian hornet highlights risks to Irish honeybees and the need for public vigilance

Thu, 28 Aug, 2025

Michael Moynihan: Robot trees try to clear the air as they say goodbye in exit interview
S Michael Moynihan: Robot trees try to clear the air as they say goodbye in exit interview
Michael Moynihan sits down with the robot trees for a root and branch review of their time in Cork

Thu, 28 Aug, 2025

The progress in other cities makes Cork look like a backwater
The progress in other cities makes Cork look like a backwater
The uncomfortable truth is the majority of people in this city voted against Cork having more power

Wed, 27 Aug, 2025

Say goodbye to Coke bikes in Cork City as we know them
Say goodbye to Coke bikes in Cork City as we know them
Launched over a decade ago, the scheme was a big hit in Cork with almost 300,000 trips taken on the bikes in 2016. 2024 annual trips are down on 2019 numbers, which themselves are down on 2016. We need a solution, writes Conn Donovan

Tue, 26 Aug, 2025

Michael Moynihan: Remote working is good for some, but not always the customer
S Michael Moynihan: Remote working is good for some, but not always the customer
As remote work blurs office and home, public oversharing in cafes raises fresh questions about privacy and professionalism

Thu, 21 Aug, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Blackwater fish kill is nothing short of an ecological disaster
Irish Examiner view: Blackwater fish kill is nothing short of an ecological disaster
First reported in the 'Irish Examiner' last week, the suspected fungal infection outbreak is a catastrophe that clearly demands urgent action

Wed, 20 Aug, 2025

Beautiful Sunset Reflection Over The Water Lough Erne Enniskillen
Letters to the Editor: We have the competence to resolve housing and environmental issues
The Government cannot do everything but, if our democracy is to remain valid, it must do much better on issues that go to the heart of life in Ireland

Mon, 18 Aug, 2025

Coffee time with best friend
S Michael Moynihan: Forget dog licences — we should need behavioural licences to go out in public
It’s clear that there is a breakdown in social and ethical skills. That is not catastrophising. The evidence is all around you

Thu, 14 Aug, 2025

Irish Examiner view: State overspending smacks of carelessness
Irish Examiner view: State overspending smacks of carelessness
Overpayments by the Department of Social Protection and Revenue suggest their systems are not fit for purpose

Fri, 08 Aug, 2025

Letters to the Editor: We need a passenger cap on Cork Airport
Letters to the Editor: We need a passenger cap on Cork Airport
A reader says the volume of air traffic through Cork Airport disrupts lives in the city, and yet the DAA plans to substantially increase the number of flight slots there

Fri, 08 Aug, 2025

Michael Moynihan: Cork needs more autonomy where driving offences are concerned
Michael Moynihan: Cork needs more autonomy where driving offences are concerned
All around the country - and in Cork - pedestrians have near misses because of people disregarding traffic lights, driving dangerously, or a combination of both. Michael Moynihan believes there is a solution (relatively) close to hand

Thu, 07 Aug, 2025

Gena Heraty kidnapping
Irish Examiner view: Hope for Irish charity worker
It is good that the full weight of Ireland’s State apparatus is being brought to bear on this case, with Tánaiste Simon Harris dealing directly with his counterpart in Haiti to resolve the matter

Wed, 06 Aug, 2025

Cork crime: Persistent and sometimes violent crime now routine for city pharmacists
Cork crime: Persistent and sometimes violent crime now routine for city pharmacists
Pat Dalton says in the last year alone, his pharmacy in Cork City has experienced 'several incidents of theft and of verbal abuse' 

Tue, 05 Aug, 2025

Fergus Finlay: Ireland may have its challenges but it is still a wonderful country
S Fergus Finlay: Ireland may have its challenges but it is still a wonderful country
The older I get the more I believe that if there is a people who know how to close the gap between what ought to be and what is, it is the Irish people

Tue, 05 Aug, 2025

Relationship between the Israel and the Palestine
Irish Examiner view: Two-state option is the viable solution for Israel and Palestine
Palestine and Israel living alongside each other offers the only genuine hope to ending the seemingly endless bloodshed in the region

Tue, 05 Aug, 2025

Cork Crime: Beat on the street is still a key to crime prevention
Cork Crime: Beat on the street is still a key to crime prevention
Trevor Laffan says many policing challenges now are just the same as in the 1980s when he was a garda — and he fillets recent legislation to suggest it is of little help in curbing crime

Mon, 04 Aug, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Cork Crime series prompts us to seek out the roots of criminality
Irish Examiner view: Cork Crime series prompts us to seek out the roots of criminality
Special report highlights how Cork is witnessing a surge in crime, led by theft and public order offences

Mon, 04 Aug, 2025

Gareth O'Callaghan: The romance of rail travel dies somewhere between Limerick Junction and Platform 8
Gareth O'Callaghan: The romance of rail travel dies somewhere between Limerick Junction and Platform 8
Gareth O'Callaghan’s account of a chaotic Cork–Dublin train journey paints a damning picture of Irish Rail’s reliability and standards

Sat, 02 Aug, 2025

Letters to the Editor: Join Mammies for Trans Rights at the Cork Pride parade
Letters to the Editor: Join Mammies for Trans Rights at the Cork Pride parade
One of the groups participating in this weekend's Cork Pride Parade invites others to join them at the festival which continues until Sunday 

Sat, 02 Aug, 2025

YouTube on TV. Man with a mug and watching a smart television with a You Tube Logo on the screen. ROSARIO, ARGENTINA - MARCH 23,
Irish Examiner view: YouTube ban a challenge to platforms
From the scraping of personal data to exposing the vulnerable to bullying on a scale never seen before, these platforms have inflicted havoc on young people and children for years

Thu, 31 Jul, 2025

Michael Moynihan: All-Ireland dreams are for someone else now — the Cork camogie players
S Michael Moynihan: All-Ireland dreams are for someone else now — the Cork camogie players
As we traverse Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s famous stages of dealing with grief, let's remember there's another prize to be won

Thu, 31 Jul, 2025

Bank holiday getaway
Letters to the Editor: Utter chaos at Dublin Airport arrivals
A passenger laments the scarcity of buses, and lack of information about them, for people landing at Dublin Airport 

Mon, 28 Jul, 2025

Michael McIntyre review: Cork welcomes 'Macnificent' comedian to the Marquee 
S Michael McIntyre review: Cork welcomes 'Macnificent' comedian to the Marquee 
Roaring cheers greet old friend of Leeside

Fri, 25 Jul, 2025

Jennifer Horgan: I may as well be an alien when it comes to sport, but the emotions fascinate me
S Jennifer Horgan: I may as well be an alien when it comes to sport, but the emotions fascinate me
The anger and vitriol levelled against the Cork hurling team after last Sunday's All-Ireland final speaks to a deeper kind of social discontent. Namely — if something goes wrong in sport, or in life — somebody must be blamed

Fri, 25 Jul, 2025

Michael Moynihan: How mapping memory reveals the real story of Cork’s streets and spaces
S Michael Moynihan: How mapping memory reveals the real story of Cork’s streets and spaces
Michael Moynihan maps Cork not by streets or stations but by life’s moments — joyful, painful, absurd — that shape a city into a story

Thu, 24 Jul, 2025

Cian Ducrot review: Homecoming to remember with two sold-out nights at the Marquee
S Cian Ducrot review: Homecoming to remember with two sold-out nights at the Marquee
Cork singer-songwriter Cian Ducrot celebrated a homecoming to remember at the first of two sold-out gigs at Live at the Marquee on Saturday night.

Sun, 20 Jul, 2025

RICHARD HARRIS, THE FIELD, 1990
Denis Lehane: Glenroe and The Field taught me more about farming than any classroom
Richard Harris as The Bull McCabe taught me more about farming passion than any advice from a whiteboard ever did

Sat, 19 Jul, 2025

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