Coast Guard volunteer Caitríona Lucas, who died last year following a rescue mission off the coast of Kilkee, Co Clare, was awarded a posthumous gold medal for her outstanding act of bravery.

The ordination of six men as permanent deacons in the parish of Cloyne, in Co Cork, is a great example of the potential for lay people to get involved in ministry.

The parents of a girl with an exceptionally rare medical condition have said the extreme kindness of the public has funded “life-changing” renovations to their family home.

Trish Dromey says this well-kept home is perfect for a first-time buyer.

A grandmother from Co Cork is €61,000 richer today.

Local authorities are to enforce a ‘sunshine tax’ rule for businesses placing tables and chairs outside food and drink premises, writes Christy Parker.

Lisa Flynn was one of a group of parents who travelled to Dublin yesterday to voice their opposition to the location of the new children’s hospital.

It’s like a showhouse, says estate agent Fiona Waldron of this smartly-kept and equipped four-bed detached family home at Cobh’s College Manor, a popular scheme on-high by Carrignafoy, with a mix of house sizes.

There’s a suitably royal sound to the elevated Cobh town period home called Kingswell, built back in the days when Cobh was the British naval port Queenstown, and this sizeable semi-d is said to have had an identical match in Dublin’s Kingstown, now called Dún Laoghaire.

A man who took exception to another man calling him ‘Boo’ in a chip shop queue punched him to the floor and later hit him with a stick.

Stena Line have launched a €6 per person return day trip to Wales, travelling every Tuesday from Dublin Port.

A coroner has issued a second warning about prescribing a popular antibiotic to patients already on cholesterol-lowering drugs after details of another death caused by a rare but potentially fatal interaction between them emerged yesterday.

There’s a sweep of estuary vista from the Great Island, Cork home called Woodside - it could as easily be called Waterview.

A woman walking on the right side of the road in Cobh a year ago was struck by a motorist who drove away from the scene.

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The High Court has cleared the way for a woman who claims that she was left with permanent health problems after using a steroid produced by Pfizer to sue the pharmaceutical giant for damages.

James Fox’s character, Joseph, in the film A Long Way from Home has been married to his wife Brenda, played by Oscar-winning Irish actress Brenda Fricker, for half a century.

We view a selection of starter homes from around the country.

Two mechanics cheated death yesterday after a fire broke out in a garage as they worked.

The CorkMEET business conference will focus on business networking and opportunities for Cork companies when it takes place on Apr 10.

What I do: I am a writer and performer.

Sinn Féin’s ard fheis comes at a moment when support for the party is on the rise, as it leads the opposition to this week’s referendum.

At one stage I considered being a garda, but it wasn’t to be.

An Post have unveiled four new stamps to commemorate the centenary of the sinking of the Royal Mail Steamer (RMS) Titanic.

YESTERDAY’S Cloyne Report is shocking — yet in many ways not shocking at all.

Everybody can’t win the race, but everyone can try.

THE grieving relatives of a father and his two daughters who died in tragic circumstances in Ballycotton, Co Cork, last week have been asked to remember the “good times” the trio shared before their lives ended so prematurely last Tuesday morning.

THE man who famously urged his band to continue playing as the Titanic disappeared beneath the waves has been recognised for his courage.

Europe should brace itself for a summer of sudden flight disruptions caused by the Icelandic volcano, experts have warned.

GARDAÍ are preparing a file for the DPP after questioning three men in connection with a fire which caused up to €1.5 million in damage to a restaurant opened by a former Lotto winner.

OCEAN ENERGY, headquartered in Cobh, Co Cork, has been nominated for a prestigious Rushlight Award in London for its contribution to wave energy technology.

WE in abumedia are researching a documentary on Laurel and Hardy’s Irish tours in 1952-’53.

RECENTLY I attended a conference in Cobh, Co Cork, entitled ‘Spike Island: Hidden History. An Opportunity in Tourism’.

TOM O’CONNOR has been appointed president of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

MULTI-SKILLED principals of large primary schools receive about €5,000 less than their second level counterparts, the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) annual congress heard yesterday.

STEPHEN IRELAND will have his own band of brothers willing him on today in the Manchester derby.

Junior Chamber International world president Kevin Cullinane from Cobh, Co Cork, has launched JCI Operation Hope to help tsunami victims.

Gardaí are waiting for the results of a post-mortem to establish the cause of death of a 36-year-old man who died in hospital after suddenly falling ill at a party.

DYLAN Benwell, the Cork-born youngster at the centre of an international tug of love, returned to the home of his mother in the US yesterday, over three months after his grandparents were accused of kidnapping him.