It may be home to one of Ireland’s most visited attractions, but the tourist office in a popular Cork village has closed — more than six years after its demise was actually announced.

People are “falling over” themselves to help St Vincent de Paul which is set to feed 2,500 families in Cork this Christmas.

A charity is poised to distribute Christmas food hampers to some 2,500 needy families across Cork city and county this festive season.

A man who survived a massive heart attack thanks to a publicly available defibrillator has condemned vandalism to Cork City’s first 24/7 life-saving device.

A drowning in the river Lee has inspired a renewed drive to establish a volunteer emergency-response service in a Cork town.