Irish people have an "innate sense of decency" and were shocked and horrified at the picture of a five-year-old boy who was shown eating off cardboard on the streets of Dublin, according to RTÉ Late Late show host Ryan Tubridy.

"There's a fierce bang of tinsel in the air."

These days, Niall Gilligan and Eamonn Corcoran find themselves in similar social circles - Gilligan is an auctioneer in his native Sixmilebridge while Corcoran is Head of Bank of Ireland for Clare.

A report launched in Cork has found that integrated services such as rapid re-housing ‘Housing First’ services and physical and mental health supports are needed to prevent the homelessness crisis from getting worse.

Tunisian authorities have given seven suspects life terms and handed out other sentences after a trial over two separate attacks that killed around 60 people in 2015 - mainly tourists.

His writing’s on the wall — literally.

A judge has advised a female attacker to double an offer of compensation after a young woman, who had clumps of hair pulled from her head, was left with bald patches for several months.

Park the St Patrick’s St car ban and give us back our city.

Business leaders are set to meet this evening to discuss the planned revamp of Morrison’s Island and traders fears of the loss of hundreds of on-street parking spaces.

Four days, 1,200 musicians, and 40,000 punters later, the 34th Guinness Cork Jazz festival will tonight come to a close following a weekend of beats, blues, and boater hats.

The leaves are still clinging to the trees but if you were walking down Cork’s South Mall yesterday, there was a sense of it: Christmas. It’s coming.

Renowned worldwide for their razor-sharp wit and cutting sense of humour, Corkonians are getting their very own comedy festival.

‘Big Week on the Farm’ will have live lambing and other farm features across five nights on RTÉ One this week.

The value of business tourism generated by the Cork Convention Bureau (CCB) looks set to break the €10m barrier for the first time this year.

A man chose the night of the victorious Cork camogie team’s homecoming as an opportunity to open an unattended garda patrol car, sit in it, and take selfies.

The Hungarian government has presented a bust of composer Franz Liszt to Cork to mark his historic connections to the city.

King Henry of Kilkenny may have 10, but dual stars Briege Corkery and Rena Buckley have 14 apiece, lest anyone be in any doubt as to who has the higher senior All-Ireland medal count.

Eagle-Eye rather than Hawk-Eye will determine the fate of the GAA’s plan to carry out a €70m redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Oral hearings into two of the biggest developments to come before planners in recent years will get under way on the same day in Cork next month.

Irish house prices went through the roof in the boom, and through the floor in the collapse. Now, they’ve shot back out of the basement. Literally.

Cork's Senior Ladies Footballers arrived back on Leeside tonight, shortly after 8.30pm with the Brendan Martin Cup en tow, after picking up an eighth All-Ireland title in nine years at Croke Park yesterday.

Music fans are lined up for a real treat with loads of gigs, many of them free, as part of the annual Cork Folk Festival which kicks off on Oct 10.

There were tears of disappointment in Cork yesterday where The X Factor organisers were forced to turn away a third of those who turned up to audition for the hit talent show after demand far exceeded expectations.

Cork is hoping to create technology history this St Patrick’s weekend by using advanced video teleconferencing to allow a US mayor lead parades on both sides of the Atlantic.

The future of the Regus City Gate business centre in Mahon, Cork, is in danger as one of the major investors in the project, Cork View One, has been voluntarily placed in liquidation.

Ruby Walsh is confident Hurricane Fly will reap the benefits of an uninterrupted build-up to Cheltenham when he arrives at Prestbury Park for next month’s Champion Hurdle.

JUST a few days before Christmas and I hope you have your wines chosen. If not don’t fret, most wine shops and supermarkets have frozen their prices until Christmas before the €1 excise duty is added.

A charity for the prevention of self-harm and suicide has recorded a 40% increase in attendance at its services in the first six months of this year compared with the same period in 2011.

Forget Kilkenny hurlers.

Cork hurling star Donal Óg Cusack is pitching for Springboard, the Government initiative for job seekers.

A teenager helping out with flood protection work in Clonakilty had a lucky escape in the early hours of the morning after he suffered an electrical shock from an ESB cable.

PJ Gibbons and Colette Sheridan ask a bunch of celebrities to reveal their plans for tonight, and to reflect on the year gone by

Q: The two of you had some serious clashes in the Seventies; some people would be surprised to see you together here tonight.

MOTORSPORT IRELAND has agreed a two-year plan to keep karting in its jurisdiction and will invest €25,000 each year.

Barack Obama, will be the most heavily protected US president in history when he comes to Ireland on Monday, in contrast to a visit nearly 50 years ago, says TP O’Mahony

AS an Irishman whose ancestors were prominent advocates of the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, I am appalled by the sentiments expressed by Senator Liam Twomey (August 12).

THE Girlies will be out in force this week as the second Sex and the City movie is due to hit Irish screens tomorrow.

CELEBRITY sporting figures have joined forces to help raise funds for the Cork deaf association this Halloween night.

ALMOST 650 healthcare professionals and community workers have taken part in educational programmes organised by the National Suicide Research Foundation since 2005.

CORK Leaving Certificate student Anthony Leahy is today overcoming the heartache of deja vu, after losing the Thomas Crosbie Holdings All Ireland Schools quiz final by the exact same score for the second year running.