It's one of the great movements of nature. The arrival in Ireland of hundreds of thousands of birds from colder northern climes for the winter.

Thousands of young people will gather in Dublin this weekend to exhibit a range of projects aimed at improving their local communities.

Arlene Harris talks to mums about the challenges and joys of rearing a large family

The fixture was halted after only three races due to horses losing their footing.

Best of the breeds after gap of more than quarter of a century in Carbery’s Cork Beef Bull Championship

UCC Demons 77 Templeogue 98: They hadn’t even started sweeping the floor at the Mardyke Arena on Saturday night when the barbs kicked off.

A “once in a lifetime” season, a “once in a lifetime” opportunity at the end of it.

An Irish mother whose sons have been affected by exposure to an epilepsy drug has told European medical experts they must ensure that all women taking the drug are aware of the risks.

Kerry minor manager Peter Keane doesn’t believe his team will encounter a northern wall on Sunday.

Pádraig Hoare speaks to Thea Murphy, managing director of Silver Pail Dairy in Cork, the biggest independent ice-cream maker in Ireland, and which has entered the lucrative liqueur market

Gardaí suspect he had been in a row with the gunman in the days before the shooting.

Cork face Dublin this evening in the second round of games in Division 1A, and the Rebels will be hoping for a repeat of last weekend’s workrate and effort, says forward Seamus Harnedy.

A 16-year-old boy has been sent to Oberstown Detention Centre to begin a four-and-a-half year sentence for killing a man in Dublin.

A 16-year-old boy will be sentenced next week in connection with the death of a young man at a Halloween bonfire in Dublin in 2015.

A 10-year-old boy with severe disabilities was left without education provision for almost a year while a child protection investigation was ongoing in relation to alleged abuse in his school was carried out, according to a new report

The agony of the Berkeley tragedy lives on for survivors and victims’ families, says Dan Buckley

Pressure is increasing for the full publication of the O’Higgins report following the broadcast of elements of the report on RTÉ yesterday.

The Oscar-nominated ‘Brooklyn’ helped drive profits at the family-controlled Dublin Cinema Group last year.

Margaret Jennings says Instagram sites on trendy clothes aren’t just for the young and beautiful hipsters, there’s also room for the original style of Ireland’s glam grannies.

The Garda chief leading the investigation into the murder on Halloween of 21-year-old Lorcan O’Reilly has said there are people who “know what happened” and he urged them to come forward.

One of the Irish students injured in the Berkeley balcony collapse yesterday marked three months since the tragedy by remembering her friends who died in the incident.

“We all grieve together. We all grieve in our own way, at our own speed. We all have our good days and our bad days, but we have them together.”

The Sunday’s Well Rebels, Ireland’s only Mixed Ability Rugby team, travel to England next week to compete in the first Mixed Ability Rugby World Tournament (MARWT).

Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years...

After a quarter of a century in the one of the hottest of racing’s hot seats, John Moloney, manager of the annual Galway extravaganza will oversee his last festival this week before folding his tent (no, not that tent!) and returning to normal life on his farm in Limerick.

Cork can’t simply expect that the system used against Clare a fortnight ago will guarantee victory against Galway in Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC quarter-final, according to selector Johnny Crowley.

Cork 2-22 Wexford 0-20

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Cork hurling selector Johnny Crowley is expecting a “huge backlash” from Wexford in their first round qualifier meeting on July 4.

Leo Moran of the Saw Doctors posted the following tribute on his Facebook page to the six students killed in California

Students are the beating heart of a university, mourners who gathered at University College Dublin to remember the victims of the Berkeley tragedy heard.

A balcony that collapsed, killing six students, was only added to the side of an apartment block to make the building look nicer, it emerged in documents released by the city of Berkeley.

Friends and loved ones of those who died in the US balcony collapse have begun paying emotional tributes.

The Cork hurling management will decide tomorrow night if Seamus Harnedy will play any part in Sunday’s Munster championship semi-final against Waterford.

Cork half-back Lorcán McLoughlin may miss the rest of the season following an injury sustained in a club game on Sunday night.

Anthony Nash will always be remembered for the role he played in revolutionising penalties in hurling, but the Cork goalkeeper has gone on record to say that he couldn’t care if he never took one again.

Kevin Babington rounded off a brilliant weekend for Irish show jumping when second in the $150,000 Ocala Grand Prix in Florida, last night.

Ireland has just half the number of speech and language therapists it needs, with 3,000 children waiting more than a year for therapy and another 2,000 children waiting the same period of time for an assessment.

MARIE Heffernan’s twins were born 14 weeks early. They had been due on September 9.

Cork Premier IHC: Kanturk 0-21 Kilworth 1-16

Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy has expressed concern at his team’s failure to rediscover the spark which brought the Rebels within 10 seconds of All-Ireland glory last September.

Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh has announced that his son Lorcán has been found safe and well.