A chance sample of companies has offered a rare insight into a stream of political donations that toothless reporting laws have let go under the radar.

Up to 1,000 protesters will converge on Cork City next week as part of the bitter public opposition to the Government’s proposals to regulate septic tanks.

TWO little sisters, who grew up together, played together and died together in a family tragedy, were laid to rest together yesterday.

MOLLY Kennedy details her Holy Communion dress with the delight of any eight-year- old looking forward to the occasion but while puffy sleeves, diamonds and flowers may be the order of the day, her illness is not.

IRELAND could meet 20% of its electrical energy needs, launch €4 billion worth of new projects and create thousands of new jobs by developing two areas of green energy.

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Tommy Barker visits the former home of a famous teacher in west Cork.

A CORONER called yesterday for better policing of “off-licence” drugs, often used in chemotherapy treatments, after a cancer patient died after a dosage error.

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WEXFORD-bred horses won the ridden hunter championship and the reserve honours for a Co Down exhibitor at last Sunday’s Cork Summer Show.

A survey released today revealed that the financial position of defined benefit pension schemes in Ireland has improved significantly in the past year.