Mary Conway has been volunteering for 40 years, and even the outbreak of Covid-19 isn’t stopping the 70-year-old from continuing to help others in need.

An exhausted Limerick grandmother whose home flooded five times in 72 hours, said she was on the verge of a “nervous breakdown” unless something was done to alleviate flooding near her home.

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

Emily and Jack continued to be the most popular names given to babies born last year, while Fiadh and Hannah broke into the top five girl's names for the first time.

“We’ve become very emotionally attached to these five,” hobby sheep farmer, Margaret O’Brien, said.

The family of Kerrie Browne have organised a memorial walk and run to raise money for charities that were close to her heart.

Michael Clifford looks back at the year that was.

David Murphy’s dream of winning four successive European gold road-bowling medals is still alive as he is named on the Irish team to contest next May’s European Championships in Garding, Germany.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

From Eyeries, on West Cork’s Beara Peninsula, the producers of Milleens Dote cheese are thrilled to have won a two-star 2019 Great Taste award, as well as a one-star for their Dunnes Stores Céad cheese.

Cork County Council is being urged to buy a rare artifact which once belonged to General Michael Collins and add it to a collection dedicated to his life which is housed in a museum the council runs.

Born on October 16, 1913, Nancy Stewart (nee Bird) from Clonard is older than the State and still lives mostly independently in her own home with the help of family who stay with her.

The mother of a young woman in died in a fire in a building with major safety defects is calling for a full investigation of the tragedy to determine what exactly occurred.

A young couple died in a fire tragedy in 2002 but it would be fifteen years and another fire later before it was discovered that the building in which they died had serious defects.

A driving force behind addiction treatment, Sr Margaret Kiely is grateful for the many opportunities she’s had to live life to the full, writes Rowena Walsh

The nature of limestone is defined by severe erosion as the carboniferous rock dissolves. This is seen most dramatically in the Burren, where underground rivers, clints, grykes, and erratics lend dramatic consequence to the landscape. Where limestone outcrops occur off the coast the severe erosion is augmented by the power of the sea producing often exotic shapes.

Cobh Flower & Horticulture Club will hold a talk by Jody Smith from Botanic Home and Garden Centre in Cobh Community Centre on Monday, October 7, at 7.30pm.

Your guide to what's going on in the gardening world this week.

Angela’s Ashes: The Musical at Cork Opera House brings some belly-laughs to Frank McCourt's tale, writes Marjorie Brennan.

Your guide to what's on this week.

A farm in the rich and fertile Blackwater Valley, near the village of Knockanore in West Waterford, is currently for sale with Dungarvan-based auctioneers Harty & Co.

Macroom Flower & Garden Club hosts a floral demonstration with Helen Cusack AOIFA entitled ‘Hidden Gems of Autumn including ideas for wedding flowers’ on Thursday, September 12

Margaret O’Neill, 64, has been missing from the Castlepark area of Tallaght since Tuesday, August 20.

Raiders ransacked her home and made away with her pension money.

Michelin star chef, Takashi Miyazaki, is one of many people who responded to a special appeal made by a charity to ensure nobody homeless on the streets of Cork went hungry.

As plans are being finalised to commemorate the 40th anniversary Fastnet Race disaster, one of the competitors in the race has spoken about how he thought he was going to die in the storm, which claimed the life of 19 yachtsmen.

Food and tourism is a combination that works at least as well as any ingredients you might pair on a gourmet plate.

‘Not a day goes by that I don’t think about what happened to Louise and what we could have done to prevent Shane’s death’

Tommy Barker on a superb fermoy period home with zoned land.

A very interesting property has just come on the market with Re/Max’s Waterford City office.

The wife of an Irish mountaineer who tragically died on Europe’s highest mountain has said she has lost her “best friend”.

Charlie Mulqueen Tickets to the Masters tournament at Augusta are as precious as gold dust and usually available only to long-standing patrons and the very privileged.

James Sugrue’s magnificent achievement in winning the 124th British Amateur Championship at Portmarnock has not gone unnoticed by a quartet of famous Irish professionals.

A High Court judge has granted a stay until October on his decision that a fund is entitled to a total €65m judgment against a businessman and his wife after being told discussions are underway between the sides.

At Ireland’s training camp in Portugal, Luca Connell is telling us how his unexpected call-up has disrupted his summer holiday plans. Not that he’s complaining, mind.

Excitement is growing ahead of the Home & Garden Festival, writes Peter Dowdall.

The owner of a 5,200-acre country estate who said he wanted to "downsize" by buying an abandoned manor house with 230 acres and do it up has failed in High Court application to force the completion of a €1.37m purchase deal.

A ‘rampaging ram’ that terrorised sightseers at Downpatrick Head, an iconic Co Mayo beauty spot, has been placed under strict farmyard detention by its owner.

Australia's prime minister has been hit on the head with an egg and a 70-year-old woman was knocked off her feet during a protest ahead of a general election next week.