A 48-year-old Department of Social Protection official has been found not guilty of coercion at Sligo Circuit Court.

Woman admits lying on lone parent’s allowance form but insists the case is not ‘all about the money’

Communities throughout West Cork will celebrate the region’s first ever ‘Feelgood Festival’, a mix of sports, good food, music and companionship later this week.

A close associate of ex-Rehab chief executive Angela Kerins has quit her post in the charity, just weeks after she was asked to take an 18.5% pay cut on her six-figure salary.

A giant fire-breathing dragon will wake from his year-long slumber tonight to terrify and thrill at a Halloween parade through Cork City.

A fire-breathing Halloween dragon which spent a year in his cave has been reawakened to spook Corkonians.

Former Rehab director Frank Flannery billed the charity for lobbying Government departments as well as business trips, the group has confirmed.

The external group which recommended the salaries top Rehab bosses should be paid has refused to name the 58 “rival” companies it based the packages on.

Frontline staff at a Rehab subsidiary which is paying nine top-level managers a total of €903,000 a year have been told to accept significant pay cuts to make the division more “competitive”.

The Rehab group has published the salaries of its staff which reveal that just 3% earn over €65,000 a year.

Questions are expected to be raised about the role of former Rehab CEO Frank Flannery in signing off on a European award given to a division of the charity.

More students are coming forward for mental health help in college, but men are less likely to do so until things reach crisis stage, analysis of a support service at NUI Maynooth has found.

AFTER he broke his neck falling down the stairs at home 20 years ago, doctors feared Tony Hassett would never walk again. But the 59-year-old Nenagh-based sports coach defied medical opinion and is not only walking but is also a basketball coach.

A glass sculpture of a boat, entitled ‘A Voyage of Stories’, will be unveiled today by Micheal Murphy, the harbour-master for Bantry Port, in Donemark, Bantry. ‘A Voyage of Stories’ is a collaborative artwork, designed by artist Michael Ray and students at the National Learning Network.

In the first of its type in the country, a mobile unit is on the roads of West Cork helping to promote good mental health.

A European prize for excellence awarded to a division of the Rehab Group was signed by the group’s former CEO, who denies any conflict of interest.

The arrival of the first inhabitants of Ireland according to folklore, descendants of Noah, form part of a new art project exploring immigration and emigration in West Cork.

The cheery smiles, the animated conversations and the sheer buzz of being young and brimful of energy said it all about the joys of participating in sport.

A wider information campaign is planned to promote a survey of parents on primary school choices after a mixed response to a trial survey before Christmas.

Parents in 39 towns and city suburbs will be asked their views from next week on a choice of up to five alternative patrons to their local, Catholic-run, primary schools.

Strict rules that include a ban on leaflet drops and budget limits on marketing material have been applied to prospective patrons to ensure a level playing field.

Another area of Dublin has been included in the list of areas where parents will be surveyed on the possibility of replacing a Catholic primary school with a new patron.

Ireland’s crack team of Paralympic athletes have been rightly hailed as our most successful sports team ever.

A protest is being held by SIPTU members in Dublin today over the alleged failure of the Rehab Group to honour two outstanding Labour Court recommendations.

Dublin: The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has launched a partnership with National Learning Network (NLN) to provide work placements for six students at SFPA offices over the next 12 months.

HISTORY was made yesterday when, for the first time, a paraplegic became a member of Cork County Council.

COMPLETING any educational programme is an achievement in itself, but to successfully finish an internationally-recognised computer course with a near-total visual impairment is another story.

TWO longboats built by a special training group were launched on the River Lee yesterday.

TWENTY community suicide prevention projects are to benefit from the allocation of almost €1 million from the Dormant Accounts Fund.

Employees of the National Learning Network have resolved a dispute over pay with the agency's management.