Organisation: Quercus

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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School Daze with Cork GAA All Star Amy O'Connor: 'Sport helps mental health'

I was always a good child — sports-mad and I loved school. I was good at sport and subjects like Biology, Chemistry and Business but was absolutely dreadful at singing and anything that involved music.

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Crime writer Jo Spain: 'I do talk to a higher power in my head'

news

Restrictions in Cork as Charles and Camilla visit

gaa

Shane O’Donnell's Harvard trip a gut check to Clare's 2019 plans

world

Firefighters continue battling Portugal forest fires which survivors escaped by jumping into water tanks

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Ford Chairman: Car manufacturing on cusp of greatest change

Podcast: James Brown talks about his love letter to five-a-side football

Brown's new book Above Head Height: A five-a-side life has been likened to Fever Pitch. 

Thu, 23 Feb, 2017

Dear Sir... Readers' Views (07/07/16)

Your letters, your views...

Thu, 07 Jul, 2016

This week's must do, see and buy

BUY THIS

Sat, 18 Jun, 2016

The tragic tale of Adrian Doherty - a lost football genius

You may be aware of a new book on the shelves by Oliver Kay about Adrian Doherty, the Northern Ireland youngster who impressed at Manchester United before dying tragically young.

Mon, 23 May, 2016

UCC and Irish Examiner team up to host live Leaving Cert Q&A

University College Cork (UCC) and the Irish Examiner are teaming up to host a live online CAO options clinic on Wednesday 27 January, 3-5pm.

Wed, 27 Jan, 2016

Author of viral 'Love Letter' to speak as UCC honour outstanding students

Sarah Jameel, a Quercus Active Citizenship Scholar, whose emotional plea for peace in the wake of the Paris and Beirut terror attacks, ’A Love Letter to Beirut, Paris and Beyond’ went viral across the globe and was picked up by the Huffington Post in the US, will deliver an address at UCC tomorrow

Wed, 25 Nov, 2015

LIVE: CAO clinic with UCC

Do you need guidance and advice about CAO offers? Well join us here for today’s Q&A from 4pm - 5.30pm.

Thu, 29 Jan, 2015

Books for children: Tin by Chris Judge

Tin by Chris Judge

Sat, 11 Oct, 2014

VIDEO: Joanne O'Riordan secures university place to study criminology

Disability rights champion Joanne O’Riordan has achieved her dream and secured a place with University College Cork to study criminology.

Wed, 13 Aug, 2014

This much I know: Louise O’Neill, Writer

If I could change anything in our society, it would be inequality — in sex, gender, race, age — everything.

Sun, 03 Aug, 2014

UCC’s €10k plan to nurture students

University College Cork doesn’t do classes in cliché but, if it did, it might consider the wonders of watching giant oaks emerging from tiny acorns.

Wed, 04 Dec, 2013

Bright lights in the big cities

Today’s generation of young Irish people are more confident than ever and are making their mark in cities all over the world. We take a look at some of our most talented emigrants ...

Sun, 20 Oct, 2013

The women of RTÉ are brought to book

WHEN, in 2011, the RTÉ journalist Kathleen McMahon accepted a €600,000 advance for her debut novel, there was excitement throughout the organisation.

Mon, 15 Jul, 2013

Sex turns a shade greyer with age

Hilary Boyd has turned pension passion into a literary sensation, says Rachel Borrill.

Sun, 09 Dec, 2012

‘Pension porn’ novel outstrips 50 Shades

Ignored by reviewers when first published last year and given neither promotion nor publicity, an unknown writer has shot to the top of Amazon’s fiction charts with a book which could be described as “pension porn”.

Wed, 14 Nov, 2012

Irish hare may be running out of time

A DELIGHTFUL sight in the Irish countryside, seen rarely enough these days, is that of a hare bounding along ears up at great speed, especially after being surprised by human, or canine, presence.

Mon, 02 Apr, 2012

Bestsellers

MASS MARKETFICTION

Sat, 11 Feb, 2012

National census of otters to cost €125k

THE state is spending over €125,000 on a national census of otters.

Tue, 08 Nov, 2011

Good, but not perfect

The Imperfectionists

Sat, 08 Oct, 2011

Beginner’s pluck: JAMES MYLET

James Mylet began to write when he was 21. Before that he had no interest in reading, or in writing.

Sat, 30 Jul, 2011

Beginner’s Pluck: Anna Smith

The daughter of Irish immigrants, Anna has travelled the world as chief reporter at the Record in Glasgow.

Sat, 18 Jun, 2011

Irish hare an endangered species

A DELIGHTFUL sight in the Irish countryside, seen rarely enough these days, is that of a hare bounding along ears up at great speed, especially after being surprised by human, or canine, presence.

Mon, 02 May, 2011

Looking for lizards in a changing world

ASK people if they have ever seen a lizard close-up in Ireland and chances are many will reply in the negative.

Mon, 06 Sep, 2010

The Armies

Evello Rosero

Sat, 01 May, 2010

A boost for endangered mussels

A SURE sign of a healthy river is the presence of the freshwater mussel which has largely disappeared in Ireland in recent decades.

Mon, 12 Apr, 2010

Hares more plentiful in coursing areas

DESPITE claims to the contrary by anti-field sports organisations, hares are 18 times more plentiful in areas managed by the Irish Coursing Club (ICC) than at similar sites in the wider countryside, a recent study by Queen’s University Belfast has shown.

Mon, 22 Mar, 2010