Gardaí in Cork are warning people of "bogus callers" after reports of a woman calling to homes pretending to be from the HSE.

The former journalist was stopped at a garda checkpoint in Schull in west Cork where he failed a roadside breathalyser test.

A passenger who was on board a flight which landed in Cork Airport amid a lightning storm said it was "the most traumatic" flight she has ever experienced.

A garda sergeant has issued a warning to the public to be careful when dealing with money online.

Rod Stewart has recorded jingles for a Cork radio station which has been launched in his honour ahead of his Páirc Uí Chaoimh performance on May 25.

Derek Burke is from Lisgoold, near Midleton, Co Cork.

Transport Minister Shane Ross has lashed out at Government and opposition critics of his hard-line drink-driving laws, insisting he will ensure the law is implemented fully despite the “extraordinary opposition in some quarters”.

A Co Cork priest who lost his ticket for the Liam Miller tribute match had his prayer answered as a good Samaritan gave him his spare ticket for this afternoon's match.

A survey on the use of Irish on radio stations has found that it barely reaches the ‘cúpla focal’.

Top breakfast radio show presenter KC has left Cork’s RedFM, with industry speculation that he is set to join rival 96FM.

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A toddler with a catastrophic form of epilepsy has become the first person in Ireland to be legally allowed use marijuana for medicinal purposes.

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp is set to take control of a significant slice of Ireland’s commercial radio market after agreeing a £220.3m (€266m) takeover of Belfast-based Wireless Group.

The new UTV Ireland television station generated a loss of £7.5m (€10.2m) in the first half of this year; representing approximately 65% of the venture’s anticipated losses for the full year.

New music studios named after legendary blues-rock guitarist Rory Gallagher will open in Cork City this weekend as part of the city’s contribution to a series of worldwide events marking the 20th anniversary on Sunday of his death.

Cork’s landmark Shandon bells are set to rock as part of a simultaneous citywide acoustic tribute marking the 20th anniversary of the death of legendary blues-rock guitarist Rory Gallagher.

The showpiece of gardening and all things to do with outside the home in this part of the world is the Mallow Home and Garden Show. 

The newly launched UTV Ireland television station is expected to generate losses of around £6m (€8.3m) this year — roughly double the amount initially anticipated by parent group, UTV Media.

The singing Cork barman, who became an overnight viral sensation, has professionally recorded a song for charity - and it is wonderful.

JOHN CREEDON presents a music show on RTÉ Radio 1 weeknights from the RTÉ Cork studios, and also the Fleadh Cheoil series on RTÉ One television on Fridays at 7.30pm.

Combined revenue from UTV Media’s radio assets in the Republic grew by 6% on a year-on-year basis in the first quarter of this year.

UTV Media has reported a 15% year-on-year increase in third-quarter advertising revenue for its television operations here.

Giants of Cork’s media scene — all legends in their own heads — are togging out for a special celebrity GAA match at Lord Mayor John Buttimer’s local club to help a leading cancer support group.

Shareholders in UTV Media are in line for a 17% increase in their annual dividend, despite the Belfast-based broadcasting group suffering a 10% fall in profits for 2012.

Opportunities to compete to operate a radio station are set to become available across the country next year as a number of the current batch of radio licences expires in 2014.

UTV Media has said that its Irish radio division has “significantly” outperform- ed the market so far this year, despite revenues showing a 6% annualised decline.

UTV has reported a “resilient” first-half performance, with pre-tax profits of £11.2m (€14.1m) and an over-performing Irish radio portfolio — giving it “a strong platform for growth”.

UTV has reported record annual profits of £23.3m (almost €28m), despite taking a significant impairment hit in its Irish division.

HE has been giddy with anticipation all week. Ever since he got the green light from the medical staff in the National Rehabilitation Centre in Dun Laoghaire to go to Croke Park this evening, Dessie Fitzgerald can scarcely think of anything else.

THE organisers of a Cork racing festival have decided to introduce a best dressed man competition after they were criticised — in a tongue and cheek fashion — by a judge for being sexist.

BROADCASTER Neil Prendeville, who performed a lewd act while travelling on an Aer Lingus flight from London to Cork, will remain off air until Garda investigations into the incident are complete, his employers have said.

REVENUES at the Irish radio division of UTV Media – which includes FM104 and Q102 in Dublin and Cork stations 96FM and C103 – fell by 2%, on a year-on-year basis, in the first 10 months of the year and is expected to continue in this vein until the end of the year.

UTV MEDIA has seen a further 7% fall in advertising revenue from its Irish radio operations since the beginning of this year, following a 16% fall for the whole of 2009.

ADVERTISING revenue at UTV’s Irish radio operations fell by 16% last year, but the group’s business here maintained overall annual revenue levels at £24.8 million (€27.5m).

THE Republic-based radio portfolio of UTV Media – the Belfast-based broadcast media group – has continued to be one of the best performing divisions of the group into 2009, just as it was last year.

UTV Media chief executive John McCann yesterday said he was pleased with the Belfast-based broadcasting group’s static performance for last year, given the downturn in the advertising market and wider economy.