Jack Downey began to feel unwell at the festival on August 2 at around 4.30pm.

A man whose death at home sparked rumours in the community died from a large internal bleed caused by a severe fall, an inquest has confirmed.

More must be done to flag urban isolation after a third inquest in a week heard how an elderly person lay dead in their home for months before their body was discovered.

It is the third such case in an Irish coroner's court in seven days.

Over the last months, there has been a spike in interest in all things Japanese and one of the phenomena revealed is the scale of “lonely deaths”: People dead in their homes for long periods before being discovered.

Mikolaj Wilk (35) was murdered at his home in Maglin Bridge, Ballincollig, Co Cork on June 10, 2018.

A motorist is facing prosecution following the death of a teenager after she was knocked down in Cork on New Year's Eve, it has emerged.

A person has sought medical help for health problems caused by serious steroid abuse once every nine days so far this year amid fears of a hidden crisis among young men.

A verdict of accidental death was recorded after a 51-year-old fisherman on board a vessel in West Cork lost his life following an accident involving a trawler door.

The family of a 92-year-old church sacristan who died after an accident on a pedestrian crossing say they hope he can rest in peace after a raft of safety recommendations were made at an inquest yesterday.

The Irish Prison Service has been urged to keep its nursing committal forms under constant review after an inquest returned a verdict of suicide in the case of a man who took his own life less than four hours after being committed to Cork Prison.

Prison staff have been disciplined after CCTV disproved records that an inmate in Cork Prison was checked every 15 minutes in the hours before he was found dead in his cell.

The garda investigation into the brutal machete murder of a Polish father in Cork last summer is “live, ongoing and active”, the city’s coroner has been told.

A coroner has issued a fresh warning about the dangers of window blind cords after hearing harrowing details about the death of a toddler in a freak accident.

Cork Coroner's Court heard that Damien O’Brien (28) from Kilmacow, Co Kilkenny incurred serious head injuries after he was assaulted in Waterford.

Patricia Kelly's family said they hope that lessons will be learned after an inquest into her death returned an open verdict today.

Two street lights on one of Cork's busiest roundabouts were out of order on the night Sunita Chacko was knocked down while crossing the road beneath a dark flyover.

A scholarship-winning UCC student from Waterford, who was struggling while studying away from home, was found dead in his bedroom after taking a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs mixed with heroin.

A coroner has issued a stark warning about the dangers of anabolic steroids after hearing details of the tragic death of a fit and healthy sports-mad teenager.

One of Cork’s best-known jewellers, who was found critically injured on a street after a Christmas party, died from head injuries consistent with a fall, an inquest has established.

A fit, sports-mad teenager died from severe brain-swelling triggered by the muscle-building steroid, Stenozolol, an inquest has found.

Access to a cath lab would not have saved a farmer whose death during a hospital transfer following a complication of a “silent heart attack” sparked outrage over cardiac services in the South-East, it has emerged.

The sister of a teenage boy who died after taking the synthetic "N-Bomb" drug is so frustrated at the lack of awareness programmes in schools that she is voluntarily setting up her own intensive drugs education cycles at post-primary level.

Cork’s city coroner has paid tribute to a garda who, over the last 14 years, has helped thousands of grieving families through the often difficult coronial process.

The distraught parents of a healthy 20-year-old student who died suddenly in a hospital emergency department (ED) still do not know why their daughter died following an inquest.

A young woman with mental health and addiction issues, evicted from a flat after losing her rent allowance, was found dead in a tent in Cork City after taking a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs.

The parents of a little boy who was killed in a hit-and-run accident have called for tighter driving licence controls after it emerged the motorist’s licence was renewed after he had suffered two significant brain injuries which left him with the mentality of a child.

The parents of a little boy killed in a hit-and-run accident have called for tighter driving licence controls after it emerged a brain-damaged motorist had his licence renewed without having to resit a driving test.

A young mother who was found dead in a vacant building in Cork City had been beaten about the head and strangled.

A mother-of-three whose body was found in a flat on the northside of Cork City earlier this year died from brain injuries, due to blunt force trauma to the head.

A young mother who was found dead in a vacant building in Cork City had been beaten about the head and strangled.

More than €32,000 has been raised online for the family of a self-employed golf pro who passed away suddenly at the age of 37, leaving behind his wife and their two young children.

The widow of a man who had been a healthy, active 37-year-old golf professional said she is still trying to understand how her husband died.

The asbestos-related cancer death of a former oil rig worker should be highlighted in the hope those who did similar work are identified and screened.