THERE’S a reassuring ‘heft’ to the look of houses in Cork’s suburban Temple Vale — they are as robust and solid inside as they appear from outside, across their square-faced, assymetric front facades.

The mother of one of the students killed in the Berkeley balcony collapse has vowed to keep up the fight to tighten construction regulations in California.

An Irish aid worker who died earlier this year is among those to be recognised by the Presidential Distinguished Service Awards for the Irish Abroad.

The 25 candidates for the party’s presidential nomination have been scoring points off one another, but beating Donald Trump will be a tougher task, says Elizabeth Drew,

Lessons learned following the Grenfell Tower fire in London have not filtered into Ireland according to Professor Orla Hegarty of the school of architecture in University College Dublin.

A mother who lost her daughter and niece when a balcony collapsed in the US paid a touching tribute to them.

University College Cork will tomorrow host an inaugural lecture on the future of computing and technology by a world-leading scientist and West Cork native.

You know, because of course you know, that I now write a regular feature in the paper on Fridays about hurlers’ hands — injuries and idiosyncrasies, skill sets and skinned knuckles.

The very first cyberattack clogged up the nascent internet, halting digital communications. Now much bigger, the internet is still largely open to – and suffering regularly from – similar attacks.

Tommy Barker reports on the house of the week in Berkeley, Beaumont, Cork

Wow, the food is fantastically good in Australia. I’ve just come back from a two-week trip to promote my new book Grow Cook Nourish. A whistle-stop tour where I visited Sydney, Melbourne, Byron Bay and Tasmania.

The family of a young woman who died in the Berkeley balcony collapse in 2015 has vowed to continue to campaign for better building standards in California.

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A settlement has been reached in the lawsuit following the Berkeley balcony collapse.

For so many years it shone like a beacon above its rivals but then, in a flicker, it was gone.

Protesters opposing a right-wing "freedom rally" in liberal San Francisco have claimed victory after the event was cancelled when city chiefs walled off a park.

San Francisco Rose talks about festival’s role in the healing process.

The rain stopped just in time for Tralee’s Rose Parade on Saturday, but last night the focus in The Dome was on fashion, before the spotlight falls firmly back on the first 18 finalists later this evening.

San Francisco Rose Amanda Donohoe tells Catherine Shanahan that being part of the Rose of Tralee festival has a very special meaning for her and her family.

No 1 Berkeley is a suburban showstopper with one-of- a-kind craftsmanship, says Tommy Barker

THE winner of the 2014 European Book Prize, Hannah’s Dress might easily have been titled Pascale’s Address, as French writer and journalist Pascale Hugues observes a century of German history through the prism of the Berlin street where she has lived for 25 years.

Fiann Ó Nualláin suggests following the composting method developed by Robert Raabe, a professor of plant pathology at Berkeley, California which produces temperatures high enough to kill tough weeds. 

You could call it shoe string theory - scientists have finally solved the knotty problem of unravelling laces.

Taosieach Enda Kenny has said he "does not want to commit" to refunding water charges until after a special Oireachtas Committee looks into the issue, writes Elaine Loughlin, Irish Examiner Political Reporter in Palo Alto.

How an area votes in comparison to its neighbours can be influenced by the polarising effects of globalisation and other factors, writes Jean Pisani-Ferry

California senators have passed a new bill in the hopes of preventing a repeat of the Berkeley balcony collapse.

IT is incredible to think that over a year has passed since the tragic deaths of six young students when a balcony collapsed in Berkeley, California, and yet only now are the authorities reluctantly on the brink of changing the building code to ensure rogue contractors never cause such accidents again.

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

Britain may have voted 52% in favour of leaving the EU, but Brexit won’t become a reality unless voted for by members of parliament, according to lawyer Geoffrey Robertson.

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

Thousands of people of all races and creeds gathered for a Muslim funeral service in Muhammad Ali’s hometown in Kentucky to pay their respects to a man who fought in the ring and sought peace outside it.

Last summer 12 Irish students in Berkeley, California were standing on a balcony when it disentegrated beneath their feet. Joe Leogue provides an update on the survivors, their search for justice and hears from students in the area today

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Students working in Berkeley, California on a J1 visa say they have encountered difficulties in securing accommodation because they are Irish.

An American man acted "negligently" before the emergency grounding of a transatlantic flight in a row started over crackers, a prosecutor said.

Companies that worked on construction of the apartment in the US where six students died last year risk losing their licence for failing to follow industry guidelines.