Bergamo in Italy, known for its cobblestone streets, its Venetian walls, and it’s stylish city Milan, is in mourning.

Sadiq Khan said: “Like so many Londoners, I am heartbroken that we are no longer a member of the European Union, but that doesn’t mean our country’s future can’t be closely linked with the rest of Europe.

All four local authorities in the county are joining the 'Breathe Life' campaign.

"My door is open. We will have to look at the issues that affect Cork South West."

Developed by global creative agency M&C Saatchi, the new branding aims to internationalise Limerick.

The run-only event will feature short race distances with the emphasis on fun and participation, all designed to encourage children towards a healthy and active lifestyle.

The departure of Michael Harty, who was elected an Independent TD in 2016 after running a successful ‘No Doctor, No Village’ campaign, now makes Clare an interesting one to watch.

A permanent home for the 60 year-old Rose of Tralee International Festival has moved a step closer.

Kerry and Cork county councillors are demanding the HSE and Health Minister Simon Harris bail out the Irish Community Rapid Response air ambulance.

Cork County Council hopes to save €18 million over the next 20 years by replacing all existing street lighting with energy-efficient bulbs.

Electric cars are too small and lack the range required for the Lord Mayor’s needs, according to Cork City Council.

The decision was made following a meeting of the Party's National Constituencies Committee, the party said on Thursday.

It was obvious in Wexford last week, when Fine Gael displayed Clinton-grade hubris.

The hospital is consistently the most overcrowded in the country, however management say they do not have enough bed capacity to deal with their catchment of around 400,000.

Ireland’s Association for Adventure Tourism (IAAT) is hosting its 2019 conference in Charleville, Co Cork, on Wednesday and Thursday, November 20 and 21.

The discovery of 39 bodies in a refrigerated lorry trailer in Grays has been described as a “very dark” day for the town.

Berlin’s governing parties struck a deal to freeze rents for five years, marking one of the most radical plans to tackle spiraling housing costs in a major city and hitting the shares of major apartment owners.

The mayor of Kerry has condemned a number of racist stickers that appear to be aimed at the Killarney convention centre where thousands of new Irish are conferred with citizenship each year.

Hideyuki Harada has been mayor of Fukuroi for 19 years. Six times he has been elected to his post. This is a man who knows a thing or two about how to handle people and he is charm personified as a dozen or so Irish journalists join him at city hall the day before Japan and Ireland meet in their World Cup Pool A encounter ten minutes down the road.

Wooden sculptures in Killarney National Park that were hacked at by vandals at the weekend have been restored almost to their former glory, but questions have been raised about the mindset of anyone would could target the pieces.

Locals of Tenneville, about 150kms south of Brussels joined with a small invited delegation from Meath to unveil the restored memorial which now has most of the Latin inscription translated in both English and Irish.

The mayors of Dublin and Kerry have been trading playful taunts ahead of the All-Ireland Football Final.

Gardaí in Cork are investigating separate acts of random vandalism - one in which all 88 greenway spotlights were ‘irreparably’ damaged in a drill attack and the other which caused some €2,000 damage to dugouts at a soccer club which has produced a Champions League-winning goalkeeper.

The lord mayor of Cork has called for firefighters tackling blazes near a Cork halting site to be supported by garda personnel in the wake of multiple assaults over the last two years.

A teenager who died after consuming drugs at a festival has been described as a “young boy who had a future ahead of him”.

A young man who was taken to Cork University Hospital after consuming a substance at the Indiependence Music Festival has died.

A gunman in body armour who opened fire in a popular entertainment district in Dayton, Ohio, killed nine people including his sister, officials have said.

One man was killed and 11 people were injured in a shooting at an outdoor event in Brooklyn, New York, police have said.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is set for showdown talks with Boris Johnson late next week after the incoming British prime minister won the Conservative Party leadership race by a two-to-one majority.

The ferry, named after the island, can accommodate 126 passengers and will be operated by Doyle Shipping.

Donald Trump has called Sadiq Khan "a disaster" in response to violence in London, where three men were killed in separate attacks in less than 24 hours.

A poll-topping councillor in West Cork has been elected the Mayor of the County of Cork.

The election results are almost all in and political anoraks have been digesting the information gleaned from the ballot boxes like famished goats.

The father of Limerick hurling star Cian Lynch has launched an astonishing attack on his home parish, the GAA and Fianna Fáil.

After seeing housing costs jump by more than 50% in the past five years, officials in Barcelona are moving to introduce Spain’s most aggressive rent controls.