On September 30, Richard Glossip came within hours of death in an Oklahoma prison before being granted a temporary stay of execution. 

Three hours before he was due to die by lethal injection on September 16 Richard Glossip was granted a temporary stay of execution by the Oklahoma Court of Appeals. 

Given the geographic vastness of Cork County and the significance of Cork City both historically and as the second city of this nation it is difficult to see how merging the local governments of the two would be of benefit to either.

Last week I attended a public meeting in the small rural village of Bilboa which is part of my parish.

The courts in Sudan have confirmed the death sentence of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim after she refused to renounce her Christian faith.

IT was heart-rending reading your account of Damian Martin’s struggle with suicidal thoughts (News, September 7).

WHILE at one level I find it understandable that the Vatican should respond formally to a document such as the Cloyne Report, I also find it very sad that this very formality should be the cause of added distress for some.

AS Ivan Yates pointed out (Opinion, Sept 1), when children go back to school it means extra bills for parents.