The Irish Examiner Cork City Marathon was launched today as both pro and budding runners and walkers were encouraged to sign up and register for the event taking place on June 2.

Retired RTÉ commentator Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh has praised volunteers in organisations across the emergency and voluntary spectrum for their tireless work and commitment throughout the years.

Technology played a leading part in the management of this year’s Cork City Marathon, writes Eoin English of the Irish Examiner.

Four powerful cardinals have already gone public with their doubts about the current pope, while some have virtually accused him of heresy, writes TP O’Mahony

Ahead of Father’s Day on June 19, Vicki Notaro catches up with fathers, and the sons who have taken the same career path.

Niamh Delaney, who is visually impaired, found herself among the elite runners at the end of the women’s mini-marathon in Dublin yesterday.

Searches are continuing today for a fisherman missing off the coast of Co Mayo.

The daughter of the tragic Athlone couple shot dead in Tunisia spent her birthday yesterday saying a tearful goodbye to her beloved parents.

The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland has said the Church felt a sense of “bereavement” at the result of last month’s marriage equality referendum.

Tackle the world and do so with joy, President Michael D Higgins told 33 young people who received a Gaisce gold medal yesterday.

Danny Mullins’ 14-day ban for driving a racecourse ambulance at Bellewstown on July 5 has been reduced on appeal to 10 days – with the remaining four days suspended for one year.

Danny Mullins has lodged an appeal against the 14-day suspension he was given for driving an ambulance back to the weighing room at Bellewstown on Friday evening.

Danny Mullins has lodged an appeal against the 14-day suspension he was given for driving an ambulance back to the weighing room at Bellewstown on Friday evening.

Jockey Danny Mullins picked up a 14-day suspension at Bellewstown on Friday evening in unusual circumstances.

GAA president Liam O’Neill moved to bring clarity last night to the festering controversy over sideline access for team selectors and medics.

It’s the message in a bottle that could save lives.

Cork’s voluntary and statutory emergency services are planning a massive recruitment exhibition in the city.

RIVERS had been hushed and the countryside burnt brown by the three-week heatwave that showed no sign of easing its fiery grip.

STUDENTS at the University of Limerick were yesterday honoured for their community spirit when 82 received presentations at the inaugural President’s Volunteer Award ceremony.

DANIELLE BOYLE, one of 70 young people presented with a Gaisce Gold medal award yesterday, believes it has been the making of her.

Commuters grappled with treacherous conditions today after fresh overnight snowfalls as the big freeze showed no sign of a let-up.

HORSE RACING Ireland chief executive Brian Kavanagh last night announced draconian cuts for the sport and warned that the national equine industry’s future may be ‘unravelling.’

HAVING an ambulance trail you in the course of an ordinary day’s work would, it’s fair to say, be something of a distraction to most of us.

Fears were mounting tonight for the safety of a Co Kildare teenager missing for four days.

AFTER 23 years out in Sandymount Green, the Wren Boys festival in the capital shows no sign of weakening.

The Catholic Primate and Archbishop of Armagh Dr Sean Brady is tonight preparing to be made a Cardinal in the Vatican.

IRELAND’S number one commuter town is about to call a halt to rampant development until proper facilities are put in place.

THEY come from far and near to honour the wren in Dublin 4, the quintessential city suburb that goes rural every St Stephen’s Day.

OPPOSITES attract at the Ryder Cup: on one side of the security ropes are those who stay in luxury and play for millions; on the other side are those who toil for free shirts and €8 food vouchers.

ENERGETIC fundraisers are being invited to dance until they drop as part of a major drive in aid of two separate charities.

OFFICIALLY they queued from eight in the morning but for some, the journey to bid farewell to Charlie began a day before.

IT marked the coming of age yesterday for Dublin 4’s most rural event: the Wren Boys Festival celebrated 21 years in the capital.

SISTERS Mary and Róisín were babysitting their 12-week-old nephew when they noticed he’d stopped breathing.

Two teenage girls who saved the life of their baby nephew were honoured today in a ceremony to mark the launch of the Order of Malta’s new fundraising campaign.

Hundreds of young people set off from Dublin this morning, to join an estimated one million worshippers for a special Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict in Germany.

The Order of Malta has appealed for public support for its programme of specialist first aid and for the extensive refurbishment of its community care centres.

The Sligo Weekender newspaper has been honoured with a top world newspaper award in the US.

A YOUNG boy who beat cancer yesterday achieved his dream of playing against his beloved Galway football team in his own back garden.

WARM tributes were paid to the late co-founder of the Central Remedial Clinic, Lady Valerie Goulding, at her funeral Mass in Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, yesterday.