A publican lobby group has warned of "rapidly changing" consumer drinking habits to which the industry must adapt.

Gardaí in east Cork are continuing investigations into a fire that gutted a large section of a derelict hotel.

We are entering a critical phase in the Brexit process. At this juncture, it is essential that the Government stands steadfast in its commitment to the protection of human rights across the whole island.

Pre-tax profits at the Irish arm of international distribution giant DHL have increased 53% to €2.47m, driven by its main international air freight business.

RTÉ is standing over an investigation on spending and governance at third-level colleges as it prepares responses to complaints from two universities.

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Former press baron Tony O’Reilly is understood to have sold some of his art collection, with a number of works having gone under the hammer at auction last week.

What might amount to a resurgence of the Irish art market could emerge next week. Advance interest in Morgan O’Driscoll’s Irish and International art auction at the RDS next Monday at 6 pm is heavy. 

Growing up, I wanted to be an artist alright. A rock and roll artist.

It’s a photograph that may have been seen by millions over the last 100 years – but how many people other than Pádraig Pearse did they all recognise?

In publican speak, they’re the ‘lost generation’ — younger people who have forsaken the traditional pub for the nightclub or home-drinking, as well as the tens of thousands that have emigrated.

A State witness yesterday denied a suggestion he was so convinced Ian Bailey had murdered Sophie Toscan du Plantier he was “scratching around” for any evidence against him, when gardaí had “none”.

A transgender woman who fought a 21-year battle to have her identity formally recognised has ended her landmark legal case after a commitment from the Government to change the law.

It’s a sign of the times — the only bookshop serving one of the country’s largest universities is to close as students’ study habits go digital.

Information provided by a man who survived a boating accident on Lough Ree is being used in the search for an angler missing and feared drowned.

Artist Michael Farrell died in self-imposed exile in France, appalled by the Troubles. A retrospective here reaffirms his status in the Irish pantheon, says Tina Darb O’Sullivan

It can’t be sunny all the time, but two busy tourist towns are getting ready to protect folk from the worst of the weather — with giant umbrellas.

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SEVEN decades are celebrated in Robert Ballagh’s exhibition ‘Seven’, which opens next weekend at the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork. UCD recently presented Ballagh with an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Literature to celebrate his lifetime’s achievements in the arts, and the exhibition of 14 portraits coincides with his 70th birthday later this month.

President Michael D Higgins has until Wednesday to decide if new abortion legislation should be tested in the Supreme Court.

Longford qualified for the Lory Meagher Cup final against Warwickshire on June 8th, following a 6-13 to 1-10 win over Fermanagh at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park.

A transgender dentist is to launch a fresh legal challenge for a new birth certificate recognising her as female.

A transgender dentist is to launch a fresh legal challenge for a new birth certificate recognising her female gender.

The Deputy State Pathologist has told a Dublin murder trial that the alleged victim had significant bleeding to his brain when he conducted an autopsy on him.

Condensed essays on individual novels are too short for academics and too analytical for the public, but will appeal to students, says Val Nolan

A judge has told the jury in the trial of a man accused of killing his ex-fiancée’s baby seven years ago, to approach the case "without hostility or prejudice".

The trial of a man accused of murdering his ex-fiancée’s baby has heard that the pattern of haemorrhages in the child’s eyes in conjunction with brain trauma was “consistent with non-accidental injury.”

A paediatrician has told the trial of a man accused of murdering his ex-fiancée’s baby, that injuries on the child were consistent with abusive head trauma.

A 52-year-old woman would not have died at Roscommon County Hospital in February if she had not fallen down a flight of stairs in a wheelchair at the hospital six days earlier, an inquest heard yesterday.

A 19-year-old has today avoided jail for hijacking a car so he could get to his court hearing less than a mile away.

A BRITISH councillor is among seven people nominated to the Council of State by President Michael D Higgins.

An London based politician and a former Supreme Court Judge are among the seven people appointed to the Council of State by the President Michael D Higgins.

BUSINESS and tourism interests have warned of a “negative impact” for an east Cork town where planning was granted for a sludge treatment plant.

A major report to be published later this week by the Council of Europe is expected to criticise Ireland for failing to recognise transgender people.

THERE is a “significant heroin problem” outside Dublin and substitution treatment is now an “urgent priority”, according to a HSE report.

Methadone programmes have to expand to meet the needs of recovering heroin addicts in rural Ireland, a report has said.

The people of Youghal in East Cork, who have suffered from the vagaries of relying on multinational firms, are using their local talent and ability to try to beat the recession, writes Claire O’Sullivan