McGuigan is best known for her starring role in RTÉ series, Can't Cope, Won't Cope.

The Cope Foundation has unveiled an ambitious plan to help more than 60 young people in Cork move towards full employment.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar received a slap down from Leas-Cheann Comhairle Pat the Cope Gallagher after trying to advise him in the Dáil.

After the tragedy of losing her husband, Cope helped mum Susan, she tells Health Correspondent Catherine Shanahan

The Cope Foundation has urged volunteers to open their homes to help expand a new model of respite care.

Miss Ireland tells Marjorie Brennan that she experienced more bitchiness online than at Miss World

The Cork-based foundation that operates a residential centre that was recently heavily criticised by an independent health watchdog last year recorded losses of over €1.36m.

The father of a 14-year-old boy who it was claimed received alleged substandard care while in a respite home over 20 years ago has settled his High Court action.

The father of a then 14-year-old boy who it is claimed received alleged sub-standard care while in a respite home over 20 years ago has brought a High Court action for damages.

ONLY after reading this collection of memoirs, reviews and prose by the poet Wendy Cope (b. 1945), did I realise that she has become a ‘national treasure’ in the UK.

Meet Ireland’s newest champion advocates who are setting out to change the world for the better.

Munster hooker Damien Varley has backed an innovative app which uses music and signs to help children with an intellectual disability find their own voice.

A jealous and paranoid ex-boyfriend has been jailed for life for the “remorseless” murder of a mother-of-two.

Luxury chocolate maker, Lir Chocolates is on course to record a 47% jump in profits to €420,000 in its current financial year.

A wanted man in the UK who handed himself in after nearly a month on the run has been charged with the murder of his ex-girlfriend.

A wanted man suspected of murdering his ex-girlfriend in the UK has handed himself in to armed officers after nearly a month on the run.

Lionel Messi’s father has reaffirmed that he and his son have done nothing wrong following their court summons as part of an inquiry into alleged tax fraud.

A Cork charity with a €59m spend in the city and county said it is continuing to help over 2,000 people “live life to the full”.

There was a dramatic finish to the Quality Hotels West Cork Rally in Clonakilty, with Carrigaline’s Brian O’Mahony and Mayo co-driver John Higgins (Subaru WRC) coming through to take the honours.

Jimmy Savile thought he was “untouchable” and would regularly walk in on vulnerable Broadmoor patients while they were in the bath, it has been claimed.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s conservative party was in disarray today after a vote for its next leader produced a razor-thin result – and both candidates claimed victory.

Jimmy Savile’s former personal assistant has said the disgraced TV star “thought he was untouchable”.

A Cork-based charity which provides a range of services to 2,000 clients with intellectual disabilities went almost €730,000 into the red last year.

Almost 100 teenagers with severe autism in Munster have been refused school places due to cutbacks in funding, cutting off their access to crucial educational and psychiatric support.

ON THE afternoon of June 27, 1922, when Winston Churchill gave vent to his frustration at the failure to act against the IRA in the Four Courts, British intelligence was already aware that the provisional government in Dublin was deeply implicated in the offensive waged by the IRA in Northern Ireland over the previous two months.

One of Europe’s largest travelling fun fairs threw open its doors for free yesterday and gave exclusive access to more than 1,000 very special people.

FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy’s party has rejected as “grotesque” suggestions that Dominique Strauss-Kahn was the victim of a plot to ruin his presidential ambitions.

WHEN Jim Hyland learned that money owed to his 37-year-old autistic son by the state was being held in a central HSE fund, he asked for it to be transferred to his son’s own bank account.

Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has admitted the Catalan club are unwilling to pay Arsenal’s €39.5m valuation of their captain Cesc Fabregas, but says the midfielder is doing “all he can” to join Pep Guardiola’s side.

Judd Trump marched towards a quarter-final place at the Betfred.com World Championship as he sped into an 11-5 lead against Martin Gould.

JOHN HIGGINS finished off Stephen Lee last night to pass his first test at the Betfred.com World Championship.

Neil Robertson was facing a battle to stay in the Betfred.com World Championship after Judd Trump made life difficult for last year’s winner in their first-round clash.

KARIMAN has a plan.

Ronnie O'Sullivan's miserable run continued today as he was eliminated from the Bank of Beijing China Open at the first-round stage.

China's Ding Junhui and Marco Fu of Hong Kong made history at Wembley today as they set up the first all-Asian final in the history of snooker's marquee tournaments.

World number four Ali Carter came from 4-1 down to beat Matthew Stevens in a thrilling Shanghai Masters quarter-final today.

A LATE push is being made to encourage more Irish submissions to the European Commission debate on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy.

A woman driving while wearing an Islamic veil has been fined by French police for not having a clear field of vision.

Ronnie O’Sullivan will need to be on his best behaviour when he returns for the conclusion of his opening match this afternoon at the Betfred.com World Championship.

Ronnie O’Sullivan was told to cut out the nonsense after he made a rude gesture during his opening match at the Betfred.com World Championship at the Crucible.

Defending Grand Prix champion John Higgins held his nerve to see off world number one Ronnie O’Sullivan 5-4 during a classic encounter in front of his home crowd.