There are times when it takes one plague to overcome another. That may be overstating matters, in the grander scheme of things, but it holds true, at least, for the formation of a government here

'As Sunday turned into Monday, FF began to lose seats they should have won. And by the end of the day, only a three-party government was possible. And doubts immediately began to creep in.'

The tragic tale of the Cork town’s White Lady is being turned into a musical, writes Marjorie Brennan

Jim Cooney owns and runs Cooney’s Bookshop, at the Mall, South Square, Macroom, Co Cork.

It's different here, I explained. We’ve a thing called Proportional Representation. We get coalitions of very different parties.

If the two main parties acknowledged that there is no policy difference between them, they could form a coalition and agree to rotate the office of the taoiseach, writes Ryle Dwyer

One of the rarest cars in the world has been donated to the National Museum by Ireland’s biggest collector of Rolls Royces.

It was with sorrow that I heard the RIC commemoration planned for January 17 was deferred. Surely we are mature and Christian enough to forgive the past.

Irish actress Saoirse Ronan has revealed how the American accent she adopts in most of her movies is almost second nature to her.

"Call me Leo," the Taoiseach said as he welcomed American vice president Mike Pence to Farmleigh House.

We take a trip down memory lane and check out what happened on this day in years gone by by looking back at some Irish Examiner front pages and highlighting other events which went down in history across the world.

The opening of tech company Spearline’s new headquarters in West Cork shows the potential to attract jobs in a region of high-speed broadband.

West Cork historians hope to launch a tourism trail around the region highlighting areas which hosted key events in the War of Independence and Civil War.

Javier Cercas’s new novel, ‘Lord of All the Dead’, is as preoccupied with the Spanish Civil War, the nature of heroism, and the distortions of history as his most famous, ‘Soldiers of Salamis’, says Alannah Hopkin .

Many articles have been written about teaching our children about the virtues of saving. It is a common belief among five-year olds that money grows on trees.

It's somewhat ironic the Naval Service's commander spends most of his days on Haulbowline Island, just a stone's throw from Spike Island where three of his granduncles were interned in 1921 – and a fact he only found out two years ago.

For the generations born in Ireland since the end of the Second World War it is understandably difficult for some of them to envisage the state of public opinion on the issue of Irish neutrality during WWII.

A family memoir by former UCC lecturer Colbert Kearney has none of the misery of other accounts of working-class life in Ireland after independence, writes Marjorie Brennan.

A new history trail, The Cork Rebel Way, which highlights locations of immense historical significance in West Cork from the 1916 rebellion through to the Civil War has been launched.

British intelligence was very good at identifying Republicans who were interned without trial in Spike Island in 1921.

Politicians understand the power of sport and how its reflected glory — never the alternative — can endear them to fans of one code or another.

In the last few days, more than 60 representatives from various voluntary and civic organisations met at Cork City Hall to discuss how the revolutionary period in Cork city and county might be marked over the coming years.

A meeting will be held in UCC tomorrow to plan for special centenary commemorations of the War of Independence and Civil War.

While the return of Alan Partridge has led to household splits not seen since the Civil War (for the record, we’re former loyalists who’ve gone over to the anti-Coogan side), one show for your diaries next week should be series two of Fleabag (Monday, BBC Two).

It’s not just the political upheaval and economic uncertainty, it’s the lingering fear that we weren’t good enough for the British, says Stephen Lynam.

There is something strange about 2018. I think that Yeats had the solution to its understanding. What

A dig to uncover the remains of a man believed to have been shot during the Civil War in Mid-Kerry has finished without result.