It was an extra special back-to-school day for 11-year-old Saoirse Hayes from Kinsale, Co Cork, as the sensory room she designed for her school opened for use for the first time.

A plan to create a digitised record of burial plots in Cork county has been put on ice.

A decision made in the late 1960s to allow farmers purchase a former railway line which ran through North Cork could hold up plans to turn it into a greenway walking and cycling route.

Mizen Rovers GAA Club have been named as FBD’s Community Champions for Change.

The tribunal into the mysterious deaths of two Kerry babies in the 1980s resolved little and pleased nobody, writes Ryle Dwyer

Five years ago, business in Newcastle West was challenging. Claire O’Sullivan returns to see what changes have occurred and how owners have coped

Food festivals on the double

A GREAT game to win, but a terrible way to lose. The sense of euphoria shared by holders Carnacon with their supporters on the field at the finish contrasted sharply with the heartbreak experienced by Inch Rovers in yesterday’s VHI Healthcare All-Ireland Ladies club SFC final in Tullamore.

WALKING around the west Limerick town of Newcastle West, there are two things that strike you— firstly, what a beautifully designed old fortress town it is and, secondly, just how can such a small population sustain an elite interiors shop like Objekt Design Space?

Richard Guest is unlikely to have his trainer’s license withdrawn despite admitting animal cruelty following the death of a racehorse that was incorrectly treated.

Trainer Richard Guest admitted animal cruelty today following the death of a horse.

KEEN competition among cattle and horse exhibitors from West Cork was a feature of the Ballyvourney-Coolea show last weekend.

THOSE who thought Newmill's powerful display when landing the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham was something of a fluke had their answer at the opening stage of the Punchestown Festival yesterday.

THERE was unbridled joy in a Cork stable yesterday as a Cheltenham champion was welcomed home.

A PUBLICAN who introduced the smoking ban eight months ahead of schedule says business is booming.

A LOT of the money being channelled into education is wasted on unnecessary administration.