Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald says a government of national unity needs to be looked at, to deal with the coronavirus crisis.

“I'm not letting that get anywhere near my nan,” blurts an emotional Dave. We’re discussing coronavirus in class.

Happy Birthday to Green Man Wines in Terenure who had their fifth anniversary recently

There will be two Highfield men in the Munster front row at Thomond Park this evening when James Cronin and Kevin O’Byrne pack down against the Scarlets.

Paul O’Connell’s presence in Ireland camp got both of Ireland’s contenders for the starting hooker’s role thinking this week.

THE RDS promises to deliver more than the usual fare tomorrow for a Six Nations down-week.

Philip McLaughlin is the co-owner of Grey Heron

Voxpro founders Dan and Linda Kiely have come on board as significant investors in Cork’s Republic of Work innovation and coworking campus.

Andy Farrell insisted continuity in Ireland team selection would not come at the expense of creativity as he kept changes to a minimum for Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations second-round visit of Wales to Dublin’s Aviva Stadium.

Don’t mention the war? It would be nice not to have to but Ireland’s Six Nations opener takes place in the engorging shadow of last autumn’s ill-starred Asian campaign. Yes, we won’t be forgetting the debacle in Vietnam – sorry, I mean Japan – any time soon. The horror, the horror remains fresh in the memory.

Tom Ahern is making the leaps and bounds you might expect from a long-striding 6ft 9ins lock but the Munster second row’s progress through Ireland’s age-grade ranks is just as impressive as his performance levels.

Hannah Humphreys will play her first-ever competitive indoor hockey match this morning at the EuroHockey Championships III in Bratislava.

Andy Farrell's first squad was not one named for shock value, though the omissions are as notable as the new additions.

May I be the amongst the first to prematurely wish you a happy New Year? All the happier for United’s win at Burnley on Saturday night, of course, which left us occupying the dizzying heights of fifth place.

The four Irish provinces have named their teams for this weekend's Champions Cup clashes.

There are three changes to the team that defeated Ospreys.

RTÉ Radio One stands as Ireland’s most listened to station with a weekly reach of over one million people.

Belinda Carlisle may have cancelled her Cork show on Wednesday due to a throat infection, but there are plenty more opportunities on the way for fans of 20th-century popular music.

Sarah Corbett Lynch, 13, now hopes “The Boogawooga Series” will be picked up by a professional publisher.

Rowena Walsh talks to Tipperary fire officer Dave Carroll who discovered he had a serious heart condition following two strokes

Traders affected by the Douglas carpark inferno in Cork have called for leadership, action and support in the weeks ahead.

"Now, would station anyone have an ol’ spare seat?"

Dave Robinson reluctantly had to shut the gates on Rathbeggan Lakes Family Adventure Park, near Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath last Sunday

The song lyrics famously remind us that Spurs always win when the year ends in one but, as Mauricio Pochettino’s side face their north London derby rivals at the Emirates this weekend, Arsenal’s lucky nine could carry just as much weight.

Katie McCabe has said she has no issue with whether the FAI make an internal or external appointment as manager of the Irish women’s team.

Valentia Island is the spectacular setting for a festival of chamber music this weekend that brings musicians from far flung destinations.

Ireland's beef farmers are not having the best time of it at the moment.

The latest radio listenership figures made good reading for RTÉ stalwart Marian Finucane, who is among those celebrating an increase in listeners in the latest JNLR results.

Three buildings at risk of collapse in a historic part of Cork city could be saved from demolition works.

For years, my friends and I have line-fished on Beara Peninsula, practising ‘catch and release’, but stocks are being ruinously depleted by gillnetting from boats, says Ashley Hayden.

There is outrage over plans to demolish three buildings in the medieval heart of Cork city, with the building owners facing possible legal action.

The owner of a barbershop in one of three buildings facing demolition in Cork’s medieval centre says he believes the structure above his shop can be saved from the wrecking ball.

One of the owners of buildings facing demolition on Cork’s historic spine has blamed the economic crash for the structures falling into dereliction.

Who's left?

Marian Finucane was the big winner in the latest radio listenership figures with her total audience for the weekend rising by 75,000.