St Flannans’ crusade for a first Munster A Colleges title since 2005 stayed firmly on track on Wednesday afternoon as they powered to a ten-point victory in a contest that had hurling pulses racing for three-quarters of an hour.

In testing conditions, they were forced to play three-quarters of this third round a player down after Jarlath Collins received a straight red card for an altercation with an opposing player in the 18th minute.

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169 million children worldwide have missed out on the measles vaccine in the last eight years.

Peter Power looks to examine the human struggle to understand scientific theory, natural phenomena and human behaviour in In Clouds, writes Eoghan O’Sullivan

More than 55,000 people are expected to attend a 10-day festival in Cork which will feature theatre, dance, music and family-friendly events at several venues around the city.

Ireland’s suicide rate has stabilised and has begun to fall since the recession, according to the HSE’s National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP) 2016 report.

Waterford got over Wexford to book their place in Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final against Cork, but their previous outing still resonates with Colin Dunford.

Waterford got over Wexford to book their place in Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final against Cork, but their previous outing still resonates with Colin Dunford.

Lorraine Maye is originally from Galway but has lived in Cork with her Kinsale-born husband for four years. She is the director of Cork Midsummer Festival, which takes place from tomorrow to June 25.

As ProdiJIG returns to the stage, Marjorie Brennan meets the man behind the dance sensation, Alan Kenefick and his stage and real life partner Nawal Elbadri. 

Trust us, this show will make you feel all the feels.

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More than one in four children have been left on or below the poverty line since the economy crashed, according to an international study on the impact of the recession.

Health has topped a list of concerns of Irish young people, in a UNICEF poll measuring their priorities for children across the world.

From a minister who looked in danger of being washed away in a flood of Irish Water controversies to the brink of becoming Europe’s €60bn man, it has been quite a year for Phil Hogan.

Given there is invariably little between the teams at this stage of the various AIG Irish Cups and Shields competitions, it is not surprising the bookmakers have struggled to separate the qualifiers for this weekend’s Munster semi-finals and finals of the Senior and Junior Cups and Barton Shield at Shannon Golf Club.

Muskerry, Limerick and Doneraile are chasing elusive doubles at this weekend’s Munster finals of the AIG Irish Senior and Junior Cups, along with the Barton Shield, at Shannon Golf Club.

Irish people may soon be able to make calls from anywhere in the EU for the same cost as a call in Ireland.

Ireland is being taken to the European Court of Justice for failing to up competitiveness in the electricity market.

In Ireland we are climate hypocrites, you see. How else can you explain the fact that the number of retro-fitting projects aimed at saving energy halved in the last three years? And the fact that Rabbitte has just pushed back new energy efficiency regulations for new buildings until far-off 2020?

Ireland has a flat rate of inflation, the latest European figures show.

A quarter of the world's children under five are undernourished, according to UNICEF.

Ireland is the tenth best country to be a child in a list of 29 industrialised nations.

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Unicef Ireland has reached a settlement with Melanie Verwoerd, the organisation’s former executive director and the partner of the late Gerry Ryan.

Tony Mansfield, whose death took place in Cork on Sunday at the age of 73, was a leading figure in Waterford GAA, a member of the squad which contested the All-Ireland hurling final of 1963 against Kilkenny and going on to manage the 1992 U21 team which won the county’s only national title in the grade.

Dr Harty Cup final

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.

UNICEF Ireland is appealing to Irish people for support in order to continue their emergency work in Syria.

Tramore were disappointed at losing to Lee Valley in the semi-final of the Barton Shield on Saturday but turned on the style yesterday in winning the senior title.

A highlight of Midsummer Festival was a series of plays performed in unlikely locations about Cork city, says arts editor Marc O’Sullivan

Corcadorca present a rehearsed reading of Pat McCabe’s Stars of Bel Air at Triskel at 6pm this evening. Also this evening at 8pm Bowerbird presents folk acts Andy Irvine, Sam Amidon, Adrian Crowley and Serafina Steer at Triskel Christchurch.

Lismore Music invites children behind the scenes at The Barber of Seville, says Nicki ffrench Davis

FORMER Fianna Fáil junior minister, Peter Power, who lost his Dáil seat in the general election, has been named as the new head of Unicef in Ireland to replace Melanie Verwoerd, partner of the late broadcaster Gerry Ryan.

WHY is it that when the Government finds it necessary to reduce the public sector pay bill they manage to exclude the Oireachtas?

Limerick Fianna Fáil candidate Peter Power has conceded defeat in Limerick City.