World rowing champions Mark O’Donovan and Shane O’Driscoll don't make the cut for podium funding.

Hortazelda Stadium in Madrid was an unlikely microcosm of the camogie world in 2017.

Meet some of the remarkable students who are top of the class when it comes to school attendance — with more than 800 years of unbroken school attendance between them.

Orla Barry’s farming background has found its way into her current exhibition at the Crawford, writes Colette Sheridan

Cathy Walsh is a choreographer and performer from Cork. She is the movement director for the current run of Dancing at Lughnasa at the Everyman in Cork.

The pieces are joined together with overlapping joins. Even though the surface of the pieces is very ornate, the shapes are simple and functional.

It's often said 'not all heroes wear capes' and Orla Barry is certainly testament to that.

Paralympian Orla Barry is already targeting Toyko gold after being honoured in Cork for her silver medal in the F57 discus in Rio.

Orla Barry has won a silver in Rio this afternoon.

Cork teenager Noelle Lenihan produced the display of her life to win a silver medal at the IPC Paralympic Athletics World Championships in Doha.

Words and phrases that feed misunderstanding and fear and devalue and stigmatise mental health must be challenged, writes Orla Barry

There’s a flippin’ tasty stack of events taking place for Pancake Tuesday, with good eggs all over the country using the occasion to whip up some much-needed funds for charity.

Michael McKillop rounded off a successful Paralympic Athletics European Championships for Ireland in Swansea when he added the T38 1500m title to his T38 800m crown.

Ireland’s Jason Smyth completed the sprint double at the Paralympic Athletics European Championships in Swansea yesterday, adding the T12 200m title to 100m crown he claimed earlier in the week.

Orla Barry has won silver in the women's discus final at the IPC Athletics European Championships in Swansea.

Jason Smyth continued his dominance at Paralympic level by powering to victory in the T12 100m in 10.78 seconds at the IPC European Championships in Swansea yesterday.

It was a case of ‘Call the Midwife’, not once but twice.

Radio presenter John Murray’s recent illness highlights a growing problem, says Rachel Borrill.

The case of 25-year-old Samantha Azzopardi demands compassion rather than condemnation, writes Noel Baker

A new pre-Budget campaign has been launched today, urging the Government to spend millions of euro on mental health services.

Double gold medallists Michael McKillop and Jason Smyth have been denied the opportunity to defend their Paralympic titles in Rio.

Orla Barry has secured her best ever result at a major Championship by winning silver in the F57/58 women’s discus at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon.

Paralympians Michael McKillop and Jason Smyth added another two golds to their impressive medal haul on a stunning day of action at the IPC Athletics World Championships at Parilly Stadium, Lyon, yesterday.

Jason Smyth and Michael McKillop completed another superb double for Irish athletics by winning their 200m and 800m finals respectively at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon.

A new report on the mental health of children in state care has criticised the number of placements for young people and has described the system as "traumatised and traumatising".

It was a rollercoaster budget for children, with some highs and many crashing lows, according to the Children’s Rights Alliance.

AGAINST a backdrop of continuing recession, the mental health of the population of Ireland is under severe strain. (Audio at end of this story)

Celebrities are decluttering theirhomes to help Cork’s biggest spring clean fundraiser.

It’s official — even our leaders can only dream of the adulation now being afforded to Ireland’s Paralympic athletes.

Home are the heroes, a bit later than expected.

Meet the next generation of Irish paralympians.

Irish President Michael D Higgins has led tributes to Team Ireland on their outstanding performance at the London Paralympic Games.

It was a toasty 21 degrees when Orla Barry emerged into a rapidly filling Olympic Stadium on Tuesday evening for the T57/58 final. By the time she left, the great stadium was almost empty again and the thermometer had recorded a precipitous fall.

They just keep on comin’.

Cork native Orla Barry took Bronze in tonight’s F57/58 Discus Throw final at the Olympic Stadium.

Wexford's Daragh McDonald is in 50 metres freestyle final this evening having come eighth overall in this morning's heats.

It is another busy day for Team Ireland at the Paralympics today after Michael McKillop's second gold medal in the T37 1,500m race last night.

If there is one thing you come to expect at the Paralympics, it is the unexpected.