Tributes have been paid following the death of Joe Kavanagh, one of the oldest people in Ireland, aged 105.

The Fianna Fáil leader has accused Fine Gael of “looking down their noses” at social housing projects.

He struggled with reading and writing and recalls how at the age of 12, he had to sit at the back of the classroom because his teacher, with a class of 35 children, just didn’t have the time to give him the extra help he needed.

Talks on who will become the next Lord Mayor of Cork were already underway even as the last two candidates took their seats with just a single vote separating them following a recount.

The expansion of Cork City’s boundary has resulted in a shake-up of electoral wards. In the first of a five-part series,

More bus lanes are needed before a second bus-based park and ride facility can be developed in Cork, officials have insisted.

There have been calls for City Hall to help “mend the hurt” caused by a complex and at times bitter 12-year planning saga over the future of a green in Cork City.

If Cork’s exit from the championship was highly embarrassing, then Ronan McCarthy’s exit interview to the print media was most intriguing.

The All-Ireland-winning Irish Examiner columnists preview Saturday’s Munster Football Final with Tony Leen.

Fine Gael senator Jerry Buttimer has insisted he has no intention of being parachuted into the Cork north central constituency at the request of party headquarters, despite ongoing rumours about the plan.

A ‘funding gap’ still hangs over the stalled Cork event centre project despite assurances two months ago that a deal was imminent.

Former Cork star Joe Kavanagh believes ensuring the county are in contention for the All-Ireland Super Eight series is more important than promotion to Division 1 of the Allianz League.

Kevin McTernan, former St Finbarr’s goalkeeper and club stalwart.

Larry Kavanagh would have bought brother Joe a scoop on Sunday night in appreciation of the latter’s essential contributions to Nemo Rangers’ 16th Munster Club SFC title success.

Provincial championship victories for Cork clubs over Kerry are infrequent enough for yesterday’s Munster Club SFC final to be toasted beyond the confines of Nemo Rangers’ expansive Trabeg base. But giddy suggestions their 0-16 to 0-11 victory over Dr Crokes may be the trigger for a Cork football resurgence might be stretching the point some.

The best ever and the worst ever. So goes Paul Kerrigan’s description of Nemo’s last two Munster finals.

There have been calls for a full review of Cork City’s tree policy after it emerged that Storm Ophelia may have knocked up to 600 trees citywide — with the clean-up expected to cost millions.

Former Cork star Joe Kavanagh believes defeat for the county against Meath in their next Allianz FL Division 2 outing in a fortnight could have a serious knock-on effect.

Irish and Munster rugby legend Ronan O’Gara last night said he was “humbled and honoured” to receive the Freedom of Cork.

City officials have insisted that they are working flat out to reopen a public library which has been forced to close because of a faulty boiler.

He has finally collected his Olympic medal but Rob Heffernan remains as committed to improvement as ever as he vows to ‘go to war’ one last time. He just wishes people wouldn’t take it so personally when he pushes to raise standards for all Irish athletes.

A major fundraiser is being planned to make up a shortfall in money needed to operate a charity-run home in Cork, which currently caters for 128 residents and 100 day care patients.

Cork legend Niall Cahalane believes the county’s Munster SFC semi-final defeat to Tipperary on Sunday had been “coming down the tracks”.

Did you know it's Dog Fouling Awareness Week in Cork?

Trevor Giles feared he would be remembered for all the wrong reasons when missing a penalty in the second-half of the 1999 All-Ireland final.

The 25-year-old son of a woman found dead in the family home in Cork City was being questioned by gardaí last night.

Former Cork star Joe Kavanagh believes that Dublin have established a template for beating the Rebels that other counties could copy.

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I was going to write 1,200 words about Richard Dawkins, a man whose behaviour incensed me beyond words last week. The more I thought about it, the more I thought he wasn’t worth it. Instead, I want to write about Joe Kavanagh.

ABOUT 25 children turned up with their teddy bears in Dublin’s Smock Alley Theatre recently. They wanted to see if their teddy had the X-factor — was he a team player and willing to muck in and tour Ireland with a play supporting Barnardos?

Former Cork midfielder Nicholas Murphy does not feel that too much can be read into the Rebels’ narrow victory over Tipperary on Saturday evening.