One of the leading republican activists of his generation and often remembered for the circumstances of his death, Terence MacSwiney’s life reveals a complex character, says Robert Hume

After finishing as runner-up on a record seven occasions, persistence paid off for Cork singer Máire Ní Chéileachair as she lifted the Corn Uí Riada, the premier prize of sean-nós singing, at Oireachtas na Samhna in Killarney on Saturday.

What’s the best way for a student nurse to stop a housemate stealing her food from a shared fridge?

When Paul Flynn took a punt on buying a disused tannery people thought he was mad, but the gamble has paid off by becoming a sensational dining experience, writes Vickie Maye.

This Holy Thursday, I’ll climb the hill from the pier and head east across the island of Inishbofin.

As Paul Flynn marks 20 years of the Tannery, he shares his ideal Christmas menu with Vickie Maye

Two days after winning the men’s singing contest at Oireachtas na Samhna in Killarney, Conchubhar Ó Luasa of Cúil Aodha, Co Cork, became the youngest-ever winner of the Irish language festival’s top prize, the Corn Uí Riada.

Máire Falvey has enjoyed playing golf for 48 years but Saturday morning in Malone Golf Club ranks amongst her proudest moments.

A defiant Leo Varadkar and his ministers are standing over the appointment of the former attorney general to a top judicial job despite mounting threats by Fianna Fáil to force a snap general election.

Obituary of Cappamore native Mike Cunningham, mountain runner and endurance athlete.

Greece is seeking to persuade its creditors in Europe that it has done enough to receive another chunk of bailout loans and a commitment on alleviating Athens' hefty debt burden.

Germany and France have pledged to help strengthen the eurozone, with the harmonisation of corporate taxes among the possible measures considered.

After years spent blazing trails with their own projects, the Casey sisters from West Cork finally got around to playing together, writes Marjorie Brennan.

A TV presenter has sparked outrage in France after he kissed a woman's breast on TV when she rebuffed his requests for a kiss.

 

The national ploughing championships were held not too far away in Screggan during the week but around Cloona, Johnstownbridge, Kilglass, Broadford, Carbury and the general west of Kildare, the most important ploughing occasion of the year takes place tomorrow week.

Dan McCarthy speaks to the people taking over at the new An Oige hostel as it moves to Wellington Road.

A Terence MacSwiney play was watched over the weekend by his grandson — almost 80 years after his own mother played a lead role in the last Cork production.

A founder actress  of the Abbey Theatre, Maire Nic Shiubhlaigh spent Easter 1916 in Jacob’s Biscuit Factory with Tom MacDonagh, writes her grandnephew Dave Kenny

A key figure before the Rising, Thomas Hunter is hardly known outside his native north Cork, reports Niall Murray

I love the creative side of cooking. It is what keeps me doing it.

Des O’Sullivan reports on an inscribed silver dish ring by Egan’s of Cork.

A documentary on Máire Mhac an tSaoi gives a rare insight to the poet, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

Doireann O’Sullivan is first through the dressing room door in Mourneabbey, sister Méabh but two paces behind.

A Harvard study shows children reap more benefits if they are read to by their fathers rather than their mothers. Arlene Harris gets chapter and verse from different sides of the debate

Leaving Certificate students completed their Irish exams with well-received second papers in the subject yesterday morning.

There he is in typical pose, tearing out of defence at full stretch, about to hop the leather from his left hand and God help anyone blocking his path.

Joe McNamee talks to the dynamic team behind the West Waterford Festival of Food, which runs from April 9-12 in Dungarvan, and about how it has evolved into one of the country’s finest celebrations of culinary tradition and food heritage.

It became known as the little school in the “next parish to America” and there was outrage when a Fianna Fáil government decided to close it 44 years ago.

Five sets of sisters will be hoping to win the senior All-Ireland club title with Mourneabbey on Sunday.

Sharon Ni Chonchuir has some top tips for parents worried that their children will get dehydrated from playing in the sunshine.

As Father’s Day approaches, Sharon Ní Chonchúir talks to some well-known dads about the role they play in their children’s lives.

The Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation warns that 2014 could be “particularly rough” for homeowners in arrears due to the Central Bank’s failure to put a transparent arrears policy in place.

A new documentary about Páidí Ó Sé as seen through the local people who knew him best reveals the gaping cavity left in his life after football.

Chef/proprietor, The Tannery Restaurant, Dungarvan, TV Chef (Surf and Turf), cookbook author.

A CLOSE friend’s warning to Michael Collins not to go on that ill-fated visit to West Cork, and a lack of bitterness in ex-taoiseach Sean Lemass following the death of his brother in the Civil War — these are just some of the insights provided in a new series of interviews relating to the struggle for independence.

AS the country prepares to go ‘Joyce mad’ on Sunday, Dave Kenny explains why he never shared his father’s love of Bloomsday

Dave Kenny’s family is steeped in Easter Rising history. And, on the anniversary of Eamonn Ceannt’s death, he recalls finding a letter from the executed hero’s son, revealing how he lived his life in his father’s shadow