A new national touring exhibition called The Trial which examines health care and human rights with the Irish prison system is launching at Spike Island in Cork this Friday.

A Cork woman's spot-on impression of this year's Love Island contestants has gone viral on social media.

A week that could herald the beginning of the demise of Portmarnock Golf Club as the natural home for some of the game’s most prestigious events got under way yesterday with the first of two qualifying rounds for the 124th Amateur Championship.

"If you don’t win, you’re not remembered" — Andrew O’Shaughnessy

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Spike Island is expected to get more than 50,000 visitors this year, up 20% on 2017, and plans are in place to bolster numbers by creating further attractions.

Cork County Council warns it’s “a long way” from breaking even on money it has invested in Spike Island, even though the island has won a number of international tourism awards.

A modern, well-designed, and well-run 240,000-tonne incinerator is compatible with and will “integrate successfully” with the range of existing uses in Cork Harbour, the State’s planning appeals board believes.

Steve Wickham helped the Lost Brothers find their mojo on their best album yet, writes Ed Power

Schools in Cobh are to be asked to allow tourists to use their car parks over the summer months amid fears that the harbourside town will not be able to cater for an expected increase in visitor numbers.

The ‘company’ of Cork is in much better shape that it has been for years, writes Joe Gill.

Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) has given a commitment that students will be able to finish an art degree on a West Cork island despite uncertainty over funding for technical support.

Des O’Driscoll shares his top tips for upcoming events

Fáilte Ireland has been urged to review its decision not to provide funding to Cork County Council for a major upgrade of facilities at Spike Island, which has been voted Europe’s leading tourist attraction.

With 1,300 years of history, Ireland’s ‘Alcatraz’ has been named Europe’s No 1 tourist attraction, writes Sean O’Riordan

Killarney created history last weekend when the club won the ILGU Senior Cup for the first time in the club’s history.

Volunteers who have been at the forefront in promoting a famed harbour fort as a major tourist attraction are seeking to have a say in its future.

Darcus Beese worked his way up at Island Records from teaboy to president. Along the way, he discovered everyone from Amy Winehouse to Hozier. Now he’s coming to Ireland for the inaugural Music Cork record industry seminar, writes Ed Power.

The rude health of Irish music is to be celebrated at a new rock ’n roll festival. But Music Cork promises to be more than merely an excuse to let one’s hair down and rock out, writes Ed Power.

A special commemoration will take place in Cobh tomorrow to mark 105 years to the day since the ill-fated liner Titanic set sail from her last port of call.

ICC president Brian Divilly agrees that coursing is in a good place as we head further into 2017.

Stuart Grehan fired in a flawless three-under-par opening round of 69 in tough conditions to lead the Irish assault on the European Amateur Championship in Estonia.

Ireland bounced back from their European Amateur Team Championship quarter-final defeat to Italy with an impressive 3½-1½ win against Spain over France’s challenging Chantilly course.

Robbie Keane has been included in Ireland’s squad of 23 for the European Championship finals despite a calf injury having ruled him out of the match against Belarus at Turner’s Cross.

A new book on Spike Island reveals, in the Victorian era, it was the biggest prison in the whole of Ireland and the British Isles.

Time Test looked a much improved performer when winning a handicap on his return at Newbury, and can make the successful step up to Group company in this afternoon’s Tercentenary Stakes at Royal Ascot.

A publican yesterday described as “ridiculous” a request from a local authority for him to apply for planning permission to retain a sign outside his premises.

The minister driving the €1bn re-invention of Cork Harbour as a tourism, research, and innovation hub says waste firm Indaver faces a “real challenge” to convince him and the public of the merits of an incinerator in the area.

Danny O’Reilly is reluctantly happy to put up with his sex symbol status once The Coronas continue their upward trajectory writes Ed Power

WHEN interviewing the son or daughter of a famous person, there’s that difficult moment when you ask about their illustrious heritage. Happily, it’s not awkward for Kami Thompson, scion of legendary folkies, Richard and Linda Thompson.

A killer has fled a Donegal island following tensions over his return.

A former Goldman Sachs executive accused of raping an Irish student at his luxury holiday home in Long Island in New York will go on trial in April.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of The Meteor Choice Music Prize, with the winners announced at a live event Thursday, March 5 in Dublin’s Vicar Street.

Wallis Bird has twice graced the cover of Gay Community News and is upfront about her sexual orientation.

Finland’s Mikko Ilonen leads the Irish Open in Fota Island after round one.

Simon Cowell feels "snubbed" by Leona Lewis after she quit his record label.

Channel 4 bosses say they have received almost 40,000 applications in the space of a day from people who want to take part in a second series of its survival show The Island With Bear Grylls.

Singer Leona Lewis has left Simon Cowell’s record company after a seven-year association.

Offaly SFC: Reigning Offaly senior hurling and intermediate football champions Kilcormac-Killoughey caused quite a stir last week when they refused to field a team in their SFC clash with St Rynaghs on Thursday.

Tom Gibney, who won the 2012 Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse with Lion Na Bearnai, was on the mark at Limerick yesterday when the consistent Circe’s Island landed the Follow Us On Twitter Mares’ Maiden Hurdle.

An Bord Pleanála has approved an ambitious €40m remediation plan to transform one of the State’s worst environmental disaster zones into a large public park.

Hotels in East Cork have already taken bookings for this year’s Irish Open after it was confirmed the annual golfing event will be held at Fota Island in June.