Chalice, which dates back to 1590, is currently held by the Victoria and Albert museum, which said it was 'available for loan to museums in Ireland'

The hospitals with the highest number of children admitted with RSV were Cork University Hospital (39), CHI at Crumlin (55), Our Lady of Lourdes Drogheda (51) and Portiuncula Hospital (47)

Patients in Cork and Kerry are to get access to a neurological rehabilitation team working in the community outside of hospitals to aid with their recovery.

Data shows 9,463 people on waiting lists with more than 600 waiting longer than 18 months for eye treatment.

Chalice is just one of many priceless Irish artefacts held in British museums

Cork County Council is set to introduce a number of new safety measures to prevent public access to the wreck of the MV Alta at Ballyandreen Bay, Ballycotton.

However, thousands of other non-HSE staff still waiting

RSV almost disappeared during the Covid-19 pandemic due to social distancing and lockdowns

Cork and Dublin have the longest waiting lists as 8,700 children wait for more than a year for initial contact

A long Covid clinic for Cork University Hospital (CUH) is still not established, with patients being treated at infectious diseases clinics, HSE data shows. The Cork hospital is one of six sites chosen by the HSE to run dedicated long Covid clinics.

'Why should a student with additional needs in North Cork be forced to commute for up to three hours a day potentially?'

Just seven of more than 1,600 appeals by families over access to school bus places have been heard over the last month, prompting calls for an overhaul of the system.

The amount paid to recruitment agencies jumped from €2.88m in 2020 to €9.78m last year

On clothing, €720,474 was paid out last month in response to 5,093 people who sought help, a 900% increase in comparison to August 2021.

The site has become a beacon for antisocial behaviour, as well as a danger to people seeking selfies and exploration of the wreckage

HSE said 4,294 young people were waiting for Camhs appointment, with the highest number of these (826) in Cork and Kerry region

North Cork has 22 respite beds while East Cork has just 16

The department ran a national awareness campaign on sexual harassment and sexual violence called No Excuses from 2019-2021.

This includes €14.3m by the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications alone, with over €10m allocated for costs associated with the National Broadband Plan

Despite countless warnings over the accident potential posed by the 34km stretch of road from Mallow to Mitchelstown, only minor improvements have been completed on it to date

The generations of a family can offer invaluable mutual support, to the benefit of the entire community — but our efforts to prevent ribbon development may be driving them apart

In Dublin, 22,000 people are waiting to sit their test, with almost 9,000 waiting in Co Cork too. 

Annes Grove Gardens in Castletownroche has been described a "wild romantic glen", with a 30 acre garden thriving with plant life.

More than 5,000 applications overdue for completion

The driving test backlog would take 20 weeks to clear if all those eligible were offered a test, the RSA has admitted.

Transport minister Eamon Ryan is unable to give a specific date for when learner drivers can do the test online

System has been the subject of fierce criticism from child rights advocates and health professionals

The Government's action plan commits to providing medical cards to those who were in the institutions for more than six months - but this omits large numbers, according to a Cork TD.

A €45m investment in dozens of walking and cycling projects in Cork has been described as the true start of a “game-changing” transport plan for the city region.

The new scheme will see retirees aged 65 paid €203 a week - €45 less than the rate of pay on the State Pension

Cork City Hall and Páirc Uí Chaoimh are being considered by the HSE as the sites for mass vaccination centres in County Cork.

A scholarship in memory of Alice Litster, who repeatedly raised concerns about mother and baby homes, is to be set up.

Seán Sherlock has warned that the theory test backlog cannot be allowed “to grow unabated”

Some areas unable to provide updated lists as staff have been redeployed to other areas due to Covid-19

Political and education leaders in east Cork have urged the Government to follow through on a long-mooted secondary school campus for Carrigtwohill after the state planning board gave it the green light.

One in seven TDs have hired family members to work with them in the Dáil.

It comes as there are concerns that the motorway won't go ahead if the Greens decide to go into government.

"I extend my deepest sympathies to the family and friends of the Garda who has died in the course of their duties," Mr Varadkar said.

The figures have been revealed just days after theory test centres reopened all over the country. They shut in mid-March due to the coronavirus lockdown.

The new model proposed by Minister for Children Katherine Zappone includes a once-off reopening grant of €18m for centre-based providers opening on 29 June and late August.

Irish Rail generated almost €86,000 in car clamping fines during the first three months of the year, almost 30% of which was collected from two Cork stations alone.

The recruitment of Defence Forces personnel has been severely impacted by Covid-19, the Defence Minister has admitted.

The Justice Minister should apologise to the Dáil following his apology to the residents of Caherciveen, Labour's justice spokesman has said.

A Kerry TD is rejecting the Justice Minister's apology for the opening of a direct-provision centre in Caherciveen.