Data Centre and Air Cooling Systems manufacturer, EDPAC International, has announced the creation of 50 new jobs in Cork.

Why does Santa live at the North Pole? How does he fit all those presents onto his sleigh? And how on earth does he get the reindeer to fly? These and many other Christmas mysteries are solved today by the Junior Infants of Gaelscoil Charraig Uí Leighin in Carrigaline, Co Cork. Áilín Quinlan reports

A father of two who has advocated for improved cancer screening after it emerged that his wife died arising out of deficiencies in CervicalCheck has received the Irish Tatler magazine man of the year award.

The HSE has finally supplied the head of the CervicalCheck probe with the information he needs to conduct his inquiry two months after he was appointed to the job.

The CervicalCheck scoping inquiry has been severely hampered by the failure of state bodies to supply it with legible documentation, leading to accusations of deliberate obstruction.

The husband of a woman who was twice given incorrect smear test results and subsequently died of cervical cancer has called for HSE boss Tony O’Brien to be sacked or resign — and has not ruled out suing the State for what happened.

At one stage, the curve in Seán Bosonnet’s spine was so acute that he would slide off a chair on to the floor when he tried to sit down.

An Irish scientist is leading a €4.6.m project that could revolutionise the understanding and treatment of bacteria and disease.

The ESB and the woman who owns the oldest inhabited castle in Ireland settled their differences outside the High Court yesterday.

A High Court judge warned the owner of the oldest inhabited castle in Ireland she was using something akin to “mental reservation”, identified by the commission into the Dublin Archdioceses, in her evidence against the ESB.

Thousands of homes in one of the country’s largest commuter towns have been excluded from the latest rent-cap zone measures, due to electoral boundary anomalies.

School students have made an impassioned plea to Housing Minister Simon Coveney to end homelessness. They presented him with a petition with 10,000 signatures.

Scenic views of the Owenabue River come as an added extra with this spacious five bed detached house at 16 the Estuary in Carrigaline. 

A Garda who claimed he feared for his life when he was assaulted in a “frenzied kung fu-style attack” has been awarded €60,000 damages in the High Court.

The modern Irish Girl Guide is a feminist who not only learns lessons but also takes action

Two Lithuanians were described as ‘more Irish than the Irish themselves’ when they started the night with a bottle of Jameson with vodka and Red Bull before they even went to the pub and ended up smashing a front window at the premises when refused more drink.

A teenager who lost a finger after climbing over a fence at a sports ground lost his case yesterday.

AIB is seeking summary judgment for sums totalling around €25m against 14 businesspeople in Cork and Kerry over alleged default on loans which they had guaranteed.

Navy veterans will be among a group planning to picket the office of Defence Minister Simon Coveney after he refused to award distinguished service Medals to two men who helped save a ship after it was rocked by a mine explosion.

The man who draws SpiderMan for Marvel Comics spun a web of white lies over the weekend to propose to his girlfriend as only he could.

Behind the issue of who examines students, junior cycle reforms could revolutionise teaching and learning, writes Education Correspondent Niall Murray.            

Gardaí say they are aware of an alleged incident in which a boy was force-fed twigs and forced to expose himself.

It may be twinned with Waterford, but the Maltese military’s ‘snub’ of an offer to take the naval vessel LÉ Aoife free of charge has angered Cork county councillors.

It in one of the nicest and best landscaped estates in south Cork, no 32 Wrenville looks over one of its largest greens too, says Michael Piggott of Sherry FitzGerald O’Donovan Daly in Carrigaline.

His dream passenger? Pamela Anderson in a summer dress.

A music student who was rear-ended in her car in Carrigaline, Co Cork on her way to conduct a carol concert for children is to receive damages of €6.8m.

A radical overhaul of how medical negligence cases are managed is needed as parents of catastrophically injured children feel the litigation process is “cruel and disadvantageous”.

An Irish pharmacist has stepped in to help a Syrian chemist who fled war-torn Homs for Ireland after his business was destroyed by a car bomb.

SuperValu have launched Ireland's first ‘Drive Through’ service at its store in Carrigaline, Co Cork.

A homeless man who broke into a house and watched television has admitted trespassing.

Rugby star Donncha O’Callaghan walked the walk yesterday for a green school with the wow factor.

A Nigerian-born businessman toasted success with pints of Beamish last night after acquiring a former navy ship for the knockdown price of €320,000.

A biscuit-baking world-record has crumbled — thanks to a team of bakers.

Redheads have set their sights on smashing a biscuit-baking world record to prove they’re ginger nuts.

Macra na Feirme ex-president Alan Jagoe has been elected vice president of CEJA, the European Council of Young Farmers.