The Secret Life of the Zoo is all about the bonking — it’s basically Ibiza Uncovered, with slightly less wildlife.

Sorting out Cork people for ages.

A €100m retail centre, similar to Kildare Village, is being proposed for the eastern outskirts of Cork city.

Fota Wildlife Park in Co Cork has become the first major visitor attraction in the country to receive an autism-friendly accreditation from AsIAm, Ireland’s national autism charity.

Fota Wildlife Park in Co Cork has become the first major visitor attraction in Ireland to receive an Autism-Friendly Accreditation from AsIAm, Ireland’s National Autism Charity.

A visitor to Cork's Fota Wildlife Park got more than she expected when she made the trip to the popular attraction.

For the first time in 30 years I was back at Fota Wildlife Park. How can so much time have elapsed between visits?

A marsupial, possibly a wallaby or a small kangaroo, has been spotted roaming free in Cork.

Fota Wildlife Park has announced the names of its four new arrivals of endangered Asian lion cubs.

DEVELOPMENT land on the grounds of the five-star Fota Island Resort, with full planning in place for 88 houses, half of them pitched at the “executive family market” goes to market this week for Fota’s owners the Kang family, via agents Lisney, guided at €4m.

If anyone deserves to take a bow, it’s Adam King, and this weekend he got to do just that following his debut at the Cork Opera House.

Two critically endangered Black and White Ruffed lemur babies have been born at Fota Wildlife Park in Cork on April 27 to mother 'Cloud', who is 17-years-old, and father Paraic, who is seven-years-old.

From whale-watching and open farms to zoos, Marjorie Brennan looks at some of the options for animal-centred days out.

The husband and wife were on a short break in Cork last week and were travelling with their Féileacáin teddy bear, which was part of a memory box for their daughter, who was stillborn almost two years ago.

This is the first time Fota have had a sloth reside in the Park.

So that’s Thursday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Fota Wildlife Park in Cork has announced the birth of four Asian lion cubs (Panthera leo persica).

Fota Wildlife Park is calling on the public to help name them.

Drill monkeys are closely related to the Mandrills and Baboons and they are not commonly found in zoological institutions.

Golfing on our national holiday is becoming more and more of a tradition, writes Kevin Markham. And there are plenty of innovative options this year.

TV chef Rachel Allen and her Formula 4 racing son, Lucca, have backed a new drive to encourage visitors to turn east after landing at Cork Airport.

Cork is targeting the multi-billion-dollar US LGBT travel market by promoting itself as one of Europe’s most inclusive destinations.

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for ages.

Fota Wildlife Park features as the video location for Kodaline’s latest track ‘Ready to Change’ from their new EP ‘I wouldn’t Be’.

With 1,300 years of history, Ireland’s ‘Alcatraz’ has been named Europe’s No 1 tourist attraction, writes Sean O’Riordan

Fota Wildlife Park has introduced its new twin red panda cubs to the public.

Got a dilemma? No problem! Ask Audrey has all the answers.

Da langers.

Warning: Cuteness overload.

Here's your lunchtime news bulletin.

Latest: The monkey who escaped from Fota Wildlife Park in Co Cork is safely back in its enclosure this evening.

Ireland’s wildest visitor attraction has landed a blooming fantastic new addition to its suite of educational resources.

It was a dream that took five years to make a reality. Director Sean McKeown explains to Vickie Maye the significance of the rare birth of a Sumatran Tiger cub at Fota Wildlife Park.

As the youngsters say, 'we can’t even'.

Of course there is a catch, the name has to begin with the letter, D.

Record numbers are visiting the country’s leading tourist attractions such as the Guinness Storehouse and the Cliffs of Moher.

It is a story that began with a young man doing bar and restaurant work, as he put himself through college, and has culminated in being recognised by his hotel chain peers as the best hotel general manager in western Europe. Here he tells Pádraig Hoare that running a good hotel is all about teamwork.

They’re even offering a prize of a year-long Conservation Membership to the winner.

Dawn Masses and Easter fires are being held at a number of ancient Christian graveyards and sites in Co Kerry tomorrow, in commemoration of St Luke’s account of the finding of the empty tomb of Jesus “at early dawn”.

Here's your lunchtime bulletin.

Almost 160 animals died at Fota Wildlife Park in Cork in 2015, including a significant number of endangered species.