A religious order which sanctioned the near total demolition of an historic structure in Cork has agreed to reinstate it in full within four months of the rebuilding work starting.

Schools are effectively teaching children that “it's OK to disrespect and discriminate” by continuing to unfairly treat its non-teaching staff, according to one of those workers' unions, Fórsa.

A voluntary national training programme for special needs assistants is to be introduced, trade union Fórsa has confirmed.

School secretaries, represented by Fórsa trade union, have outlined their experience of poor pay and uncertain short-term contracts to a hearing of the Oireachtas Education Committee.

The religious order under fire after the near total demolition of an historic folly in Cork says it intends to “meet the deadlines” set by the planning authority which has ordered the full reinstatement of the structure.

A religious Order has been told to prepare plans for the full reinstatement of an historic folly on the grounds of the former Bessborough Mother and Baby Home in Cork following its near-total demolition earlier this month.

Actress Rosamund Pike was determined to embody fearless correspondent Marie Colvin on screen and to show ‘a woman in all her complexities,’ writes Georgia Humphreys

With property in Ballsbridge scarce and expensive, apartments have come on the market with prices to match, reports Diamaid Condon

A new musical tells the true story of the infamous kidnapper Sir Henry, writes Colette Sheridan.

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Not so long ago, people regularly advised one to “wake up and smell the coffee”.

Bob Bradley promised to fight on after another defeat that leaves his Swansea side deep in relegation trouble.

A Dunkathel area home within reach of Cork city comes with optional multiple acres, says Tommy Barker.

The moment that 11 Pike Rovers players emerge onto the Aviva Stadium turf this afternoon will mark a first in the careers of each and every one of them.

Saturday, 9^th April, 7.30pm – Leah Victoria Park, Tullamore

The death of a young mother in a road traffic accident in West Cork yesterday has brought the death toll on Irish roads to 12 so far this year.

Eoin Edwards talks to Cork fiddler Matt Cranitch about his latest collaboration with Jackie Daly

The lack of a signed written contract for a management consultant who was paid €700 a day including expenses for almost two years for work at the University of Limerick Hospitals’ Group (ULG) has been described as “mind boggling”.

Her performance in new film Gone Girl is expected to land her an Oscar nomination, but Rosamund Pike’s latest role will be on a much smaller scale - reading a CBeebies Bedtime Story.

Rosamund Pike has spoken about the urge she had to “bring something positive into the world” when she finished work on the highly-anticipated film Gone Girl.

I went fishing the other day. The plan was to catch pike by spinning for them from my canoe. I knew there were a lot of smallish pike in the bit of river I was fishing so I used small lures. The result was quite predictable - I caught no pike but quite a few nice perch.

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A husband is suspected of foul play after his wife disappears in Gone Girl; Harry Connick Jr and Morgan Freeman star in the family-friendly sequel Dolphin Tale 2; a legendary vampire rises from the grave in the blood-sucking fantasy Dracula Untold, and Kevin Costner stars in American football yarn Draft Day.

Up to 500 staff at five hospitals in the University of Limerick Hospital Group have begun industrial action over the continued employment of the group’s chief operations manager on €250,000 per year — more than twice the €116,000 that would be paid to a public servant.

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The apocalypse is nigh in The World’s End, the concluding chapter of director Edgar Wright and actor Simon Pegg’s so-called 'Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy', which began with the hilarious ‘Shaun Of The Dead’ then stuttered with ‘Hot Fuzz’.

Five firms providing agency workers to the HSE were paid €123m last year — with two sharing an almost €87m payout.

The cash-strapped Department of Health has come under fire for spending €110,000 sending officials to an exclusive training course on negotiation at one of the world’s most prestigious universities.

The US premiere of ‘Jack Reacher’, an explosive action thriller based on the book ‘One Shot’ by Lee Child, was postponed in the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The decision was understandable.

Female hospital staff have been warned by the HSE they face disciplinary action or even the sack if they dress provocatively or reveal too much flesh.

Rosamund Pike has given birth.

Three young guys go on a massive spending spree, fuelled by drink, fraudulent credit card numbers and an insatiable thirst for living it up.

THE Brothers of Charity in Limerick could be facing a bill of over €2 million to fund back-pay and increments owed to 150 staff.

ST JOHN’S HOSPITAL in Limerick has the worst absenteeism rate in the country at between 7% and 8%, and over 10% of nurses are calling in sick when rostered.

NEWLY published emails show that News International boss James Murdoch was sent details in 2008 of claims that phone-hacking was “rife” at the News of the World.

Rosamund Pike is unsure if she will ever marry after her engagement was broken off one month before her wedding in 2008.

Hedge House’s wedge-shaped design is concealed behind privet hedging in a location off Northbrook Road in Ranelagh, Dublin.

LIMERICK’S Pike Rovers are out for revenge when they face St Michael’s of Tipperary in tomorrow’s FAI Junior Cup final at Turners Cross (3pm).

THE Brothers of Charity in the mid-west could be facing a bill of over €300,000 for reportedly withholding incremental pay to staff.

HEALTH Minister James Reilly is to be asked to intervene after the HSE announced plans to close 50% of the surgical facility at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital in Co Limerick for eight months.