Two best friends who share a unique connection to two survivors of the Lusitania disaster are set to play a key role in the centenary commemorations.

They were best friends who set sail together from Queenstown, Co Cork, in 1911, hoping to build a new life in America.

Chinese New Year is of particular significance to the thousands of adopted Chinese children living in Ireland and their parents writes 

UP to 50 people gathered last night for the launch of a groundbreaking book on prostitution in Ireland, written by one of the Irish Examiner’s leading journalists.

PRETTY Éabha Ní Bhrádaigh was among those waiting for the Government last night to sanction a gaelscoil in a growing Cork suburb.