Never underestimate the power of local knowledge. AsChristopher O’Sullivan moves around Ballydehob, the 37-year-old is propelled around town by others with decades of experience.

The Cork Film Festival is known for championing short films. We chat to six emerging film-makers who are showing their work over the next few days

Fr Harry Bohan is 80 but you wouldn’t know it.

In her new book, Clodagh Finn looks at the history of Ireland through the lives of the women who shaped it from the Stone Age right up to the present day.

Synge’s play was first staged in an Ireland under British rule. Oonagh Murphy’s intriguing new production reminds us of that fact, by moving the action into Ulster.

"I've never seen a lack of respect for a performer like I saw last night"

The family of a Waterford teen who suffered severe burns in an alleged acid attack has said the local community has rallied to support them.

Christy Collard and Robin O’Donovan are parents to six children, but sustainability is still a cornerstone of their busy lives in west Cork.

Singer Christy Dignam has revealed that a cure has been found for the rare cancer he was diagnosed with.

Live at the Marquee is a terrific night out when all the ingredients gel and everything crystallised beautifully for Christy Moore's Saturday night performance under the sloping dome that is by now Cork's favourite summertime venue.

Not content with the success of Planxty, Dónal Lunny set about reimagining what Irish trad music could be. The band he created are still going strong, writes Ed Power.

The vibrant rural area to the south of Mallow benefits from a mixed farming scene and deep, rich soil.

A poll-topping councillor in West Cork has been elected the Mayor of the County of Cork.

Thirty years ago tomorrow, Arsenal headed to Anfield needing to win by two goals to dethrone England’s champions and lift a league title for the first time in 18 years.

In this excerpt from his memoir The Voyage, Johnny Duhan recalls teasing out a song with a fellow folk singer.

So that’s Friday nearly wrapped up. Here are some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Speaking with Ruairí McKiernan on his Love and Courage podcast, Christy says the death of his father had a profound impact on him that he still feels today.

The winter season in Thurles swung into gear yesterday and there was a familiar feel to proceedings.

There were a number of flakes of silver paint on the road, indicating where the car driven by Sean Collins hit cyclist Stefan Cooper from behind.

Kerry 1-15 Tipperary 0-4

The Kerry minor footballers breezed into the semi-finals of the Munster championship with this emphatic victory over Tipperary.

The sister of a young cyclist killed by a driver who was over the legal limit has criticised the leniency of his sentence.

The father of a teenage cyclist who was struck by a drink driver has described having to leave his son’s body at the side of the road to get home to break the news to his daughters before they found out on social media.

The heartbroken family of an 18-year-old cyclist who was fatally injured by the careless driving of a motorist have been left to wonder how any driver could go on the road after drinking.

The man who brought huge international singers like Jon Bon Jovi and Paul Heaton to his tiny pub in Co Meath over the last 10 years will pull his last pint on New Year's Eve.

A seasonal garda operation to target Christmas tree raiders is now “in full swing”, as growers predict a bumper harvest of festive firs.

Christy Moore will be returning to perform at Live at the Marquee in Cork this summer.

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They christened a bridge after Christy and bored a tunnel in the name of Jack, so surely it’s time to re-name the Inniscarra Dam in honour of the local legend, the most decorated player in GAA history?

Viewers and fans praised the star for his bravery, honesty and overall inspiration.

Christy Dignam opens up about his regrets on fatherhood and the ongoing impact of sexual abuse he suffered at six-years-old in a new documentary.

Fiona Kennedy came to prominence in the late 1980s as the winner of ‘Screen Test’, writes Don O’Mahony

Erin O’Connor’s down to earth, Irish roots have served her well. Esther McCarthy meets the unassuming supermodel in Dublin

Anne Rynne knew she’d be referred to as the sister of Barry and Christy Moore, but that didn’t stop her recording her first album at the age of 68, writes Trish Flanagan.

Sam Wylie-Harris looks at a palette of pink accents in furnishings and fabrics for the coming season. Pink is spring’s biggest fashion trend — and where designers lead — interior decorators soon follow.

Mourners attending the funeral of Buncrana woman Danielle McLaughlin have been asked to snub the traditional dark colours and wear vibrant colours instead.

Your stand-out Neil Gallagher memory? His virtuoso performance against Cork in the 2012 All-Ireland semi-final? Lifting the 2007 Division 1 cup as captain with a black eye due to a cut above it that required suturing, but no substitution? Bare-chested in Ballybofey having had his jersey ripped as he was sent off against Tyrone in 2015?

Especially his love for the local's goats.

There is an acute threat of violence hanging over part of Dublin this weekend from the Kinahan-Hutch feud as gardaí prepare a security plan for the first anniversary of the murder of Kinahan ‘lieutenant’ David Byrne.

Gardaí are drafting a policing plan to protect family events marking the anniversary this Sunday of the murder of Kinahan cartel lieutenant David Byrne at the Regency Hotel.

ANY song book that has its introduction written by legendary balladeer Christy Moore is surely indicative of the value of its contents.