THE medal awarded to Cork-born Private Michael Minihan — one of the defenders of Rorke’s Drift mission station during the Zulu War in 1879 — comes up at auction in London on December 8.

John Minihan tells Ellie O’Byrne about his famous photograph of Samuel Beckett

For the past five years, she has wowed audiences in community halls and theatres all over Co Cork — now a middle-aged, control-freak housewife from West Cork is the star of a new film.

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Music shop Pro-Musica has been trading on Oliver Plunkett St for 30 years — but Tuesday night was the worst flooding they had seen in some time.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has condemned protesters who forced the Tánaiste and the children’s minister to abandon a children’s event in Dublin yesterday.

John Minihan marks Culture Night and Cork International Short Story festival with illuminating photos, Tina O’Sullivan reports

A RETROSPECTIVE exhibition is often an admission the game is up, we may as well look back because there won’t be much point expecting anything new in the future.

THE mid-west’s largest hospital is €15.2 million over budget so far this year.

DIRECTOR of operations at the Health Service Executive (HSE) west area has warned of a proposed streamlining of facilities in the region.

JUNIOR doctors at the country’s largest hospital are the latest casualties of frenetic efforts by the HSE to generate €300 million in savings at a time when health chiefs have warned they could run out of cash.

THE Health Service Executive’s assistant national director for finance, Liam Minihan, has stated that there is no more money available for the reconfiguration of health services in the mid-west.

A DUBLIN city councillor showed no remorse yesterday when she was found guilty of assaulting former health minister Mary Harney who was splattered with red paint at a hospital last November.

A Dublin city councillor showed no remorse today when she was found guilty of assaulting former Health Minister Mary Harney who was splattered with red paint at a hospital last November.

IRELAND’S broadcasting watchdog has upheld a complaint about the use of the term “OMFG” by the presenter of TV3’s celebrity gossip programme Xposé.

A councillor has pleaded not guilty at Dublin District Court to assaulting Health Minister Mary Harney who was splattered with red paint at a hospital last November.

A councillor has appeared in court charged with assaulting Health Minister Mary Harney who was splattered with paint at a hospital in west Dublin last month.

GARDAÍ were last night continuing to investigate an attack on the constituency office of Minister Noel Dempsey in which the building was daubed with a misspelling of word “traitors”.

A Dublin City Councillor will appear in court in December charged with assaulting Health Minister Mary Harney in West Dublin earlier this month.

THE rain fell and the tears flowed as the week started in tragedy.

A REPUBLICAN councillor faces public order charges, but may escape assault charges, after she threw paint at Health Minister Mary Harney.

Health Minister Mary Harney tonight branded a protest unlawful after red paint was poured over her by an angry councillor.

Health Minister Mary Harney was pelted with red paint today as work began on a new mental health unit.

IF a picture tells a thousand words, then one of John Minihan’s photos of his west Cork home would do instead of a sales brochure, or editorial write up.

A third Sinn Féin councillor has defected from the party in Dublin.

THE growing internal crisis within Sinn Féin resurfaced at the weekend with the resignation of another Dublin city councillor.

A GOVERNMENT Senator launched a scathing attack on the Government yesterday over the controversial Cork Airport debt issue.

AN 80-acre site at Lynch Camp in Kilworth, Co Cork, is the preferred site for a super-prison, Justice Minister Michael McDowell said yesterday.

A painting from a highly-acclaimed portrait series by Louis le Brocquy is expected to fetch the highest price at a major sale of post-war Irish art which goes on display today.

THE IRA robbery in Adare which led to the brutal killing of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe was carried out to finance an extensive bungalow for the gang leader, the Irish Examiner has learned.

COUPLES with joint incomes of €100,000 or less will pay tax at the standard rate of 20% under tax-cutting proposals unveiled by the Progressive Democrats yesterday.

The Progressive Democrats today pledged to slash the tax burden on low and middle income earners if the party gets into government after the next General Election.

CORK Airport Authority could be landed with debts of €80 million as the Government prepares to row back on a commitment to leave the new authority debt-free.

THE Progressive Democrats selected Senator John Minihan last night to fight the next general election in one of Cork’s toughest constituencies.

COURAGEOUS Anna Nolan was smiling through her pain yesterday.

CHILDMINDERS should be allowed care for up to five children in their own homes and be guaranteed €8,000 a year in tax relief, the Progressive Democrats said yesterday.

PARENTS of schoolgoing children could save almost €3,000 a year under childcare proposals by the Progressive Democrats.

THE Progressive Democrats yesterday issued a withering response to calls by a Fianna Fáil TD that they should actively consider going into coalition with Sinn Féin.