A fund is entitled to judgment for €3.89m against members of a partnership over default on repayment of borrowings to build 16 apartments at Mill Race, Bunclody, Co Wexford.

The cause of a fire which was spotted this morning in the 154-year-old parish church in Kenmare is not known and is being investigated.

Researchers hope to find the lost ship of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton when they set off on a major international scientific expedition next year.

The UCD students’ union president has been impeached, for the first time in the university’s history.

George Patterson fronts The Roaring Forties, a band formed in 2003 for the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival. 

The family of legendary polar explorer Tom Crean have spoken of their pride after seeing his portrait take to the skies on the tailfin of

The ordination of six men as permanent deacons in the parish of Cloyne, in Co Cork, is a great example of the potential for lay people to get involved in ministry.

Redwater, a new spin-off series from EastEnders, is set in Ireland and begins on RTÉ One tomorrow.

The granddaughter of legendary Antarctic explorer Tom Crean believes he would probably wonder what all the fuss is about after Norwegian airlines named him their first Irish ‘tailfin hero’.

The true picture of what happened in Bessborough Mother and Baby Home in Cork may be difficult to hear but it needs to come out, the Bishop of Cloyne, William Crean said yesterday.

A childcare worker, 26, who claimed she suffers back pain since she tripped and fell on a plastic toy in a creche, has settled a €60,000 damages claim in the Circuit Civil Court for an undisclosed sum.

A woman who suffered severe injuries in a road accident in Co Sligo has been awarded some €518,000 damages by the High Court.

A 40-year-old Cork man deliberately stole perfume in the hope of getting a jail sentence in a desperate attempt to get off heroin.

To mark 100 years since Tom Crean embarked on one of the great feats of navigation, his descendants have decided to travel on the same epic journey, they tell Dan MacCarthy

The entire world can now view the birth, marriage and death certificates of Antarctic explorer Tom Crean as his records along with 12.5m others have been made available online for the first time.

The family of an Irish Antarctic hero is marking his bravery by following in his footsteps, 100 years on.

The gallant endeavours of Cork and Kerry explorers enriched our national heritage, writes Brendan Cardiff

A general election candidate, who was told by his parish priest that he could no longer read at Mass due to his stance on abortion, will meet his bishop and parish priest tomorrow.

On its centenary, Ryle Dwyer looks at an extraordinary rescue in the South Atlantic involving two Irishmen 

How Shackleton and his crew of Irish, English, and Scots worked together was a million miles away from the events taking place at the same time in Dublin 1916, writes Patrick G O’Shea of the University of Maryland

A detective garda, who was stabbed under his right eye after having been called to sort out trouble on Halloween night 2010, has been awarded over €35,000 damages in the High Court.

A new book tells the story of the 23-foot open lifeboat that completed the greatest feat of

THE last thing the Catholic diocese of Cloyne in East Cork needs is another scandal.

The first lay person to assume the position of child protection officer in the Catholic diocese of Cloyne has resigned in a dispute over the handling by Bishop William Crean of the case of defrocked priest Dan Duane.

Thanks to Margaret Hickey for her well-argued defence of Bishop William Crean’s actions in respect of a misguided invitation to priest, Tony Flannery, to abandon his silence and promote his Protestant ideas on Catholic premises.

I wish to comment on the articles on the ongoing reaction to Bishop Crean’s decision not to allow Fr Flannery speak at Killeagh.

No-one should be surprised hearing Fr Tony Flannery complain about being censored.

SOME things never change, at least in the institution of the Catholic Church. 

Wanted:Three young volunteers to retrace a path taken by one of our nation’s greatest explorers.

People in the south-west have been urged to give more support to Kerry Airport where passenger numbers dropped last year by 4% to 295,251.

No disrespect to Aidan Dooley, but he did not “single-handedly raise the ghost” of Tom Crean (Artslife, May 18).

John Shorten beat Wayne Callanan by almost a bowl in the Billy Molloy Cup at Whitechurch. 

IT Tralee 4-12 Kerry 0-16: Kerry U21 selector John Shanahan has hinted that senior boss Eamonn Fitzmaurice dictated that the returning Tommy Walsh play no part in yesterday’s McGrath Cup quarter-final.

Shackleton: By Endurance We Conquer

Cavan 1-17 Scotland 0-6

State funding for daily flights between Kerry and Dublin, which had been due to end in November, will continue until February 2015.

An elderly woman had her purse containing €300 snatched by a woman who pretended to be helping her at a hair salon.

Kerry SFC: Milltown/Castlemaine 0-18 West Kerry 2-12

A community is rallying around a family of seven left homeless for Christmas following a devastating fire.

The priest who asked mourners at a funeral in Cork to pray for a man before the courts on sex abuse charges has apologised to the family of the man whose funeral he was speaking at.