GOING into lockdown in Madrid as this Coronavirus crisis accelerated incredibly has been surreal — and the feeling from here is that Ireland will soon follow a similar path.

Anna Collins was introduced to the idea that food can be thy medicine earlier than most.

Cork tech firm Yooni could reduce the student drop-out rate in Irish colleges, writes Trish Dromey.

Everyone has career points, career changes in their lives.

“The modern recruitment process is not a box-ticking exercise”

EU-WIDE specialist recruiter of permanent staff in construction, accountancy and finance, engineering, IT, HR and executive level, Euro Executive is rapidly expanding its business in Cork’s buoyant jobs market.

CJ Stander has already registered one significant achievement this summer after becoming a father for the first time, but he is prepared to sacrifice quality time with his baby daughter in a bid to reach his other main goal: a place in

The president of the High Court has suggested the Medical Council review how it ensures doctors registered here can adequately communicate with patients and colleagues in English.

An “isolated” man who sexually exploited 24 girls through Skype, WhatsApp, and other online communications has been given a six-year sentence, with half of the term suspended.

Such is the bond between the two Ryder Cup veterans, Ian Poulter needed little persuasion from tournament host Paul McGinley to commit to this week’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open.

Matt Bomer was happy to team up with an Irish director for his tale of friendship in Los Angeles, writes Esther McCarthy.

Gavin Bazunu will be back on familiar ground on Friday evening, when Ireland kick off in the U17 European Championship against Greece in Tallaght Stadium.

Audrey's been sorting out Cork people for ages...

EY is creating 520 jobs across its seven Irish offices.

Next weekend she’ll walk the red carpet for the world’s biggest film awards. And last night Cork animator Nora Twomey was in celebratory mode at the Irish premiere of her acclaimed new film.

Matthew Horan coerced girls into sending graphic videos.

Children are posting more and more personal information online, particularly via social networking sites. A court case has highlighted why the ‘tech talk’ is now as important as the ‘sex talk’, writes Catherine Shanahan.

Avid reader and now brand new author Andrea Mara ponders how social media has made modern authors accessible to their fans

Within the last decade alone, tens of thousands of young Irish people have packed their bags for shores unknown.

The first minister to introduce Skype clinics, in a rural coastal constituency, is considering expanding the service. With a demand for constituent clinics quadrupling since Jim Daly became a minister in the Department of Health last June, he began hosting Skype clinics from his Dublin office.

The Irish Penal Reform Trust is recommending that prisoners be allowed to make Skype calls to keep in contact with their children and families.

A paedophile in England who shared images of children as young as eight months old being sexually abused wept as he was jailed for two years today.

Irene O’Brien is one of a growing number of adults living back home with their parents. She describes life as a ‘boomeranger’ – and meets other members of her little ‘club’

A 30-year-old man who posed as a young Justin Bieber lookalike online to lure schoolgirls into sending him indecent webcam images has been jailed for 15 years by a UK court.

Close to 700 delegates from over 95 countries are attending a three-day Learning Cities conference in Cork organised by UNESCO and previously held in Beijing and Mexico city.

Popular video calling and chat service Skype received a new payment feature on Wednesday that allows Skype users to send and receive money in chats using PayPal accounts.

Estonia, the only country in the world where voters elect their leaders through online balloting, is taking steps to fend off potential hacking attacks as cyber-security fears intensify.

Traders who say they are being “driven demented” by noisy buskers will have to wait until next year before busking bylaws come into force in Cork City.

A male nurse who contacted a female patient on Whatsapp and Facebook was today found guilty of professional misconduct.

Emigration is, like rain, a constant of Irish life.

The British Columbian wilderness is a paradise, writes Damien Enright.

You can add Skype to the growing list of services copying features straight from Snapchat.

Adam Mudd was just 16 years old when he created his Titanium Stresser programme.

A man has appeared in court accused of using a fake modelling agency to persuade women to commit sex acts.

A Limerick man involved in running a children's charity in Africa has been jailed for six years for the sexual defilement of a 13-year old girl.

The one thing we can be grateful for is that the advertisers, manipulators, and marketers aren’t the expert traffickers in human emotion they think they are — nobody can predict next week’s viral video, writes Clodagh Finn.