A Limerick Councillor whose home was attacked by masked men has said he will “not be intimidated”.

Sorting out Cork people for ages...

A mother who lost three sons to heroin in three years has pleaded for more treatment places and for needle- exchange programmes to be scrapped.

Nathalie O’Brien is praying her name will not be called out. Sat beside her dad, Fergus, and mam, Michelle, in the RTÉ studios in Donnybrook, Nathalie is agonising at the thought of being declared the winner.

Got an issue? Ask Audrey.

Selling Christy Ryan the idea of being interviewed is as entertaining as the official chat itself.

On the evening of the Clare-Wexford game two weeks ago, I left Cork and headed straight to Whitegate, the last outpost in east Clare, right on the Galway border.

The owner of an Irish pub in Poland has been hailed a hero by two young inter-railers who were left penniless and stranded when their bank cards were skimmed in Krakow.

A postman helped a man deliver a shark to safety while on his rounds in Cork Harbour yesterday.

“I’m heartbroken,” Carmel Kidney said, standing outside Bandon courthouse, not far from where her son, Alan, was found dead after a drugs overdose. “As a mother, I am devastated. I have three funerals to pay for.”

My London sister has just moved into a new apartment with her girlfriend of two years. My mother is thrilled that my sister “is now finally settled with a partner who is not only nice and wholesome but also understands about things like expensive storage solutions, cleaning services and Pledge”.

There are things that a book can do for you that defy adequate explanation. It is a something deeply personal, a connection made with the words that lingers long after the book is closed and laid down. 

David Clifford’s meeting with Éamonn Fitzmaurice does not mean the teenage prodigy will bypass the U20 grade and line out for the Kerry seniors in 2018, board chairman Tim Murphy has insisted.

Aonghus McAnally is about to go on a nationwide tour in memory of Christy Hennessy, the man and his music, writes Irene Feighan.

The homeless and housing crisis is likely to dominate a meeting of Fine Gael ministers today.

Courtown RNLI in County Wexford have released footage of their rescue of a teenage girl with suspected spinal injuries whom they had to keep afloat in the sea for 40 minutes.

Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for ages 

Gardaí are left traumatised from attending fatal traffic accidents, stabbings and shootings and should be required to attend counselling, mid-ranking gardaí have recommended to Garda HQ.

A large quantity of beef was contaminated with faeces and other dirt in a Kerry abattoir before it was shipped out to a customer, a judge ruled yesterday.

It’s the ultimate spoiler. Director Neil Jordan has revealed his shock at discovering his film The Crying Game was renamed at Asian cinemas with its twist literally laid bare.

Rory’s parents made sure that he became a reader.

Following his first start at the RDS in over a year against Connacht last Saturday evening, Jack Conan admits he is in a hurry to re-establish himself as a major contender for a starting place in Leinster.

The Menu enjoyed a splendid repast, cooked by some of Ireland’s finest chefs, including Eurotoque Ireland General Commissioner, Graham Neville, of Dublin’s Restaurant 41, at Ballymaloe House this week. 

I was hopeful that, in this of all years, the forelock tuggers would maintain a silence during the 1916 anniversary celebrations. Not so it seems.

The only combination that has nowhere near a majority is the outgoing Government, writes Fergus Finlay

A ceremony filled with music and warm words provided a moving send-off for an international singer known as ‘Black’ in his adopted home of Schull in West Cork.

As we move toward the centenary celebrations of 1916 it is important to remember the contribution made by artists and writers who, as part of the Cultural Revival, contributed to the construction of the Irish nation, writes Martin McConigley    

It was with interest I read Fergus Finlay column (Irish Examiner, January 19) taking a genteel swipe at Micháel Martin’s Fianna Fáil and also Fine Gael policy.

Leinster backs coach Girvan Dempsey confirmed yesterday that the province wouldn’t be losing any players to international duty for this Friday’s Guinness Pro12 encounter against the Ospreys in the Liberty Stadium.

THE Marble Collector opens with a memory. Sabrina Bloggs, aged three, watches as her mother launches the teapot at the ceiling.