LAST Sunday, in an event that in so many ways transcended sport, Cork camogie captain Ashling Thompson captained her county team to win the All Ireland title decisively. Even though Galway supporters — and even some neutrals — might have preferred a different conclusion anyone who knows the personal journey successfully negotiated by Thompson will recognise that her sport was a just a conduit to redemption.

A woman whose husband killed their two daughters before taking his own life has expressed disappointment that a HSE review of his psychiatric care has failed to take on board her calls for greater family involvement in the care of people with mental illness.

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The mother of a young man who stabbed his twin siblings before taking his own life has described how much it meant to her that an inquest jury recorded an “open” verdict in the killings.

EVEN in the hardest days, there can often be a ray of light, a sliver of hope or warm humanity that, even if it can’t immediately lift the darkest clouds, points to the grace and love that brings out the very best in all of us.

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The mother of a young man who stabbed his twin brothers more than 40 times before taking his own life has made an emotional plea to people experiencing mental health difficulties to seek help.

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The mother who lost three sons in a tragic murder-suicide in Co Cork in September has issued an emotional appeal for help as her family faces a €13,000 funeral bill.

A mother who lost three sons in a murder-suicide in Charleville in North Cork last month has urged young people with mental health problems to seek help.

The mother of the nine-year-old twin boys murdered in north Cork earlier this month has said she forgives their adopted brother who killed them before taking his own life.

The mother of the twins stabbed to death by their brother in north Cork earlier this month has told how she prayed they were ok as she travelled from Waterford to their home.

Not even a year has passed since it first went on the road, but a special transport service for cancer patients in West Cork has already logged 250 round trips with 160 passengers driven by some 120 volunteer drivers.

CORK accountant Finbarr Buckley and former K Club director of golf, Paul Crowe, have been ordered by a judge to pay the Ryder Cup resort almost €18,000 in service charge arrears.