While Ireland was officially neutral in the Second World War, thousands of Irishmen fought against fascism by serving in the British, American, and Canadian armies, including on Normandy’s beaches, says Sean O’Riordan

Sinn Féin’s Liadh Ní Riada has conceded in the Ireland South constituency in the European Elections.

Teams of experienced counters from Cork's City and County Halls have been drafted in to speed up the recount in Ireland South.

A full recount of European Election ballot papers in the Ireland South constituency is to get underway this morning.

Additional staff from outside Cork are set to be drafted in to ensure as speedy a conclusion to the full recount in Ireland South which begins tomorrow.

Ireland South will be without any representation in Europe for almost two months as a marathon €1m recount gets under way.

Sinn Féin has defended the decision to call a recount in the Ireland South European elections - claiming a price cannot be put on democracy.

More than 25,000 of the spoiled votes in the Ireland South ballot were left entirely blank.

A first round result in the Ireland South elections is not expected until at least midnight with the lengthy ballot papers causing significant delays.

The Government has been accused of running down the Defence Forces to such an extent that if there was a major security crisis, the country has been left “woefully unprepared, dramatically undefended, and shamefully exposed.”

Retired Lieut Col Dan Harvey said the Defence Forces is "broken" and "in crisis" with "morale at an all-time low," because they are "overlooked and undervalued, overworked, underpaid, over-stretched and undermanned."

Harvey Norman’s staff and customers worked together and have raised funds to kit out 20 new homes for those experiencing homelessness.

Conall Harvey may be the most inspiring eight-year-old you ever meet with a football.

Shares in recruitment group CPL Resources jumped by over 4% as it hinted at full-year profit growth of around 15%.

The Kerry-born cop who solved a notorious murder spree in New York is remembered in a TV documentary to be aired this week.

In just one week in February 1847, 49 residents of Cork Workhouse died of hunger and dysentery. Visitors to the city recorded their shock at the sight of the dead and dying in doorways and ‘ragged spectres’ of people begging in the streets.

Norwegian must bring down costs if it is to make its business model successful, according to Davy — as the airline announced it was scaling back a number of transatlantic services to the US East Coast, including from Cork.

Cork Airport is to lose its first and only service to the US for the winter.

The 20-dog unit has been involved in seizures totalling €79m over three years

In sports, as in politics, we seem to have reached a tipping point. Now we are righteously angry, writes Eimear Ryan

New Tyrone chairman Michael Kerr has called for unity following his election to the top post in a dramatic election at Garvaghey.

Ask Audrey has been sorting out the people of Cork for years.

The First Lady of Song played two memorable concerts at the jazz festival in 1980, writes Des O’Driscoll

Cash, unstamped cigarettes, and a car were seized earlier today following a number of searches at premises on the north side of Cork city.

Today let us look at the recent statement from a squillionaire Hollywood mogul exposed as a long-term sexual predator.

And so the wait goes on until at least Monday, when Cork City will have the chance to reprise their last title success, in 2005, by beating Derry City - or, this time, even just drawing with them - at Turner’s Cross.

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Liz Hurley says that Hollywood isn't the only industry where things like this happen.

US stocks edged higher today as technology companies and banks rose with the Standard & Poor's 500 index closing above 2,500 for the first time as stocks had one of their best weeks this year.

Gardaí have prevented a violent escalation of a Traveller feud after seizing guns and ammunition during a raid on the northside of Cork City.

US President Donald Trump has arrived in Houston on his second trip to storm-ravaged Texas in the past week.

Thick black smoke and towering orange flames shot up once again from a flooded Houston-area chemical plant where highly unstable compounds blew up after losing refrigeration.

HURRICANE Harvey was a sobering experience for some Americans but they can take some comfort in the fact that they are not as vulnerable to weather chaos as citizens of far poorer countries.

Latest: Fires and two explosions have rocked a flooded chemical plant in Texas, sending up a plume that federal authorities described as "incredibly dangerous" and adding a potential new hazard to the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

A curfew has been imposed in Houston where more than 13,000 people have been rescued after a catastrophic storm that is now the heaviest tropical downpour in US history.

PRESIDENT Donald Trump should have felt he was among friends when he visited Texas to see the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey floods.

Here's your lunchtime news bulletin.

Latest: President Donald Trump has offered reassurances to Texans who felt the wrath of Storm Harvey, promising residents during a visit to the state: "We are going to get you back and operating immediately."

Close to $1.20, the euro climbed to a two-and-a-half-year high against the dollar in thin trade yesterday, extending gains made at the end of last week, writes Sam Forgione

Sam Speights takes medication for extreme anxiety and panic attacks, but there is no pill for a hurricane - especially when you venture into it at the height of its fury.

One-fearsome hurricane Harvey has spun deeper into Texas, unloading extraordinary amounts of rain after crashing into vulnerable homes and businesses along the coastline in a blow that killed at least two people and injured up to 14.

The family of the late Taoiseach Jack Lynch has urged the State to ensure his lasting legacy of leadership contributes to a better Ireland.

Wales suffered a second Women's Rugby World Cup defeat as Canada won a bruising contest 15-0 at Billings Park in Dublin.

From deployment in The Congo in the 1960s to present day operations in the Golan Heights Irish soldiers have found themselves in combat situations. Ryle Dwyer reads Dan Harvey’s book on our Blue Berets.