The new Revenue analysis shows that the top 10 payers accounted for €4.4bn.

Irish swimmer Robbie Powell has been handed a one-year ban for a doping violation after Sport Ireland accepted that the then 19-year-old had applied the wrong cream to a skin condition late last year.

The average daily spend is an increase of 7% compared to the spending in February prior to the Covid-19 restrictions.

Coillte has axed controversial plans to build a forest road in a Cork city woodland but does plan to fell trees from a section of the forest.

Ballaghaderreen stood in silent tribute this afternoon as the remains of the late Garda Colm Horkan were brought through the town on route to Charlestown.

Play packs to encourage children to get off their phones and games consoles and go outside to play are being distributed to families across Cork.

For once, Manchester City’s stadium lived up to the unkind nickname bestowed upon it by their jealous rivals. After a 100 day absence, the Premier League returned last night at the Empti-had Stadium, with Pep Guardiola still dominating Arsenal.

Children are spending less than two hours per day engaging in schoolwork since schools closed in March due to the coronavirus outbreak.

As is usual with farming matters, much of the real political action takes place in Brussels, where EU leaders will hold a video-conference tomorrow to discuss the Covid-19 recovery fund and a new EU long-term budget.

A cut of over 50% to the mileage rate is among the cost-saving proposals that have been made to the GAA.

Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan told the most senior officials of government departments that different approaches to Covid-19 containment on both sides of the border could “pose threats to us all”.

Tide comes up to meet niche Douglas Cork homes setting.

Some nursing home residents will see their family members for the first time since March later this month.

Inter-county managers should not be allowed to interfere in a club championship period, insists CPA chairman.

Property sales are predicted to plummet by up to 50% this year while the number of new homes being built may also be almost halved, further exacerbating the housing crisis.

They ran apart, but together in a special show of global solidarity with asylum seekers and refugees to mark what should have been Cork city marathon day.

On Tuesday, he attempted the character assassination of TV host Joe Scarborough by spreading the false rumour that he had murdered an aide.

It is "bonkers" for parties in government formation talks to say that taxation will not be looked at, says Alan Kelly.

Patricia King, the head of the Irish Congress Trade Unions (ICTU), has warned Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe against cutting the €350 weekly pandemic payment at any time.

Any grammarian worth his or her salt knows that the word virtually is an adverb, as in the petrol tank is almost full or, a little more downbeat, this university course is not quite first-class.

We've increasingly appreciated our public parks and green spaces. But, since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, open and accessible green spaces have been our life and sanity savers.

A national day of creativity gives children the chance to express themselves, says Helen O’Callaghan

Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson say the decision to pull talc-based baby powder from the shelves of supermarkets in the US and Canada will not impact sales in Ireland.

He's on a mission to help those who help him - one brave step at a time.

Q&A with Niamh Rockett, Waterford camogie star.

Pet O’Connell rounds up the online events for fans and musicians of traditional music

Many of Cork's cultural institutions provided footage and images which singer-songwriter John Blek set to music and Ms O'Leary Fitzpatrick video-edited.

Plays and books have been written about Munster rugby's most elevating moments so maybe it shouldn't come as a huge surprise to find that the province now finds itself in the company of organisations as stellar as the Royal Shakespeare Company and NASA.

At the heart of the issue is the question of how to distribute the soaring economic and fiscal costs associated with the crisis. The closest historical analogy is to the 20th century’s interwar period, which offered a crash course in navigating extreme fiscal circumstances.

Kate Durrant has been named as Cork person of the Month for April.

Ireland’s first Horse Trail, the Beara Bridle Way, which winds through some of the country’s most spectacular scenery, has been completed.

Hopes that live horse racing action in this country might return in the coming weeks may not have been entirely dashed by An Taoiseach’s address to the nation on Friday evening last, but those tens of thousands of people whose livelihoods, directly and indirectly, are dependent upon the sport returning were certainly none the wiser nor better off after the speech.

Clarification from the HSE that nurses and midwives will not be discriminated against because they have children to care for has been welcomed by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Association.

Creatives against Covid-19 is a group of artists collaborating to create works they can sell to support women and children living in abusive situations, writes Denise O’Donoghue

The former international, now interim deputy CEO of the FAI, said he hopes that the players will “embrace the style of football Stephen wants to play and the culture and spirit that he wants to bring in”

The Big Rebel Sleep Out to raise money for homeless charity Focus Ireland is to continue amid the Covid 19 outbreak with participants instead going out their back gardens to complete the challenge.

The EU spends about one third of its budget on ensuring an affordable supply of food.

Organisations providing cancer support have joined forces to create a new service aimed at patients trying to navigate life through their illness during the Covid-19 crisis.

Many parents find themselves in the difficult position of having to home school their children while also holding down jobs, writes Helen O’Callaghan

Chartered physiotherapist Conor O’Mullane is now using Zoom from his home near Cork city to keep the classes going with his clients, many of whom are cocooning.

The year 1347 saw the beginning of one of history’s most notorious ‘spillovers’.

Simon Harris says the health service is doing "relatively well" when it comes to getting PPE for healthcare workers.

Artificial intelligence privacy specialist Beacon AI has launched a new service to help protect remote workers against hackers.

Leo Varadkar and Micheál Martin will meet this morning to sign off on the policy document which will form the basis of a coalition government.