An elderly American tourist feels like she is “being held hostage” by the Irish healthcare system after sustaining a serious injury in Cobh more than three weeks ago, writes Kelly O'Brien in Cork's Evening Echo.

A heartbroken mother-of-four has spoken out about her grief after she woke from a coma to find her son and her friend had been killed in the fire that nearly claimed her own life, writes Kelly O'Brien of the Evening Echo.

There has been a significant increase in the number of people taking up cycling over the past decade — and a corresponding rise in the amount of cyclists being injured on Irish roads.

Just because someone is non-religious doesn't mean they don't want a sense of occasion to surround the many milestones of their life. Kelly O'Brien talks to two couples who tied the knot in humanist wedding ceremonies.

Fianna Fáil has criticised the new mortgage lending rules issued by the Central Bank last night, saying they are unfair on families who want to trade up.

It's the social media sensation that presidents, taosigh, astronauts, sportstars and even grannies couldn't resist, says Kelly O'Brien

A pregnant woman who was wrongly told her baby had died has called for a HSE investigation into her case at the Midlands Regional Hospital in Portlaoise.

The newly crowned Rose of Tralee Maria Walsh has revealed she is gay.