A young woman with a loose joint syndrome who cannot work or socialise because her joints pop out when she is doing simple acts like brushing her hair says individuals like her have been abandoned by the State.

Large groups of teenagers were among the crowd at a “Stand up for Life” rally in Cork at the weekend, with more than 1,000 people gathering at the Grand Parade to voice their opposition to repealing the Eighth Amendment.

A high-flying executive in one of the world’s largest companies touched down in his home town yesterday to donate €50,000 to a school, putting it on track to become the fittest school in Ireland.

They’d waited 56 years to secure a direct transatlantic service to the US, so a 30-minute delay wasn’t going to spoil the party at Cork Airport.

A social worker was jailed yesterday for a €96,000 scam in which she put names on the HSE list of children at risk who should never have been on it.

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THE mission for the purchasers of Hollyhill House near Kinsale (should they choose to accept it,) is to seek out and rediscover the long-lost secret passage under the property.

Exactly 101 years after the sinking of the Lusitania, the grave-marker of “an unknown victim” is to be replaced with her real name — that of a young bride who was on the ship due to a cruel twist of fate.

Alan Barry, the author of the book Salesman With an AK47, is being sued by two of his former landlords for unpaid rental debts running into tens of thousands.

How Shackleton and his crew of Irish, English, and Scots worked together was a million miles away from the events taking place at the same time in Dublin 1916, writes Patrick G O’Shea of the University of Maryland

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.

What a setting — it’s been sought-after, for 800 years or so.

This distinctive property near Kinsale has plenty of potential for prospective buyers, writes Tommy Barker.

This distinctive property near Kinsale has plenty of potential for prospective buyers, writes Tommy Barker.

An ultra-fast super-capacity data cable has been brought ashore on the south coast linking Ireland to one of the world’s fastest transatlantic fibre-optic sub-sea cables.

Summer time should mean expeditions and adventures out of doors but it feels like we haven’t moved beyond March.

The unassuming Irish DJ who rocked Glastonbury last year has been invited back for a high-profile residency at this year’s massive summer festival.

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Tommy Barker enjoys the privacy that the aspect of Kinsale’s Old Rectory bestows and reflects on the history of this charming, elegant classic.

Imagine not being able to say “I love you” this Valentine’s Day. That’s the experience of most people with motor neurone disease (MND), among them Emma Fitzpatrick, a mother-of-two from Kinsale, Co Cork.

A museum is to be built in Cork to recognise the achievements of Irish people who fought with foreign armies.

Courageous abuse survivor Louise O’Keeffe is set to take on the State again over its “insulting” settlement offer arising out of her landmark legal case.

A long-term homeless man has been given the best present of all this Christmas — a reunion with his family.

Forecasted winds of up to 110km/h off coasts this week are expected to bring with them flocks of surfers looking to take advantage of waves reaching over 20m.

A teenager who lost both her father and aunt to suicide and has dedicated her time to promoting positive mental health, and a survivor of cancer who has used her experiences to help others battling the disease have won prestigious youth awards.

Suppliers of a plumber on trial for a gas leak manslaughter charge confirmed yesterday that they advised the accused that converting a boiler, central to the case, was just a matter of changing a chip.

Three people — in Cork, Offaly and Wexford — are now confirmed to have died in recent weeks after taking a rogue ecstasy batch containing a powerful amphetamine.

British government officials had first expressed concern — almost 70 years after the sinking of the Lusitania — about a cover-up of the truth of the tragedy.

A sexual abuse survivor who won her 15-year landmark legal battle with the State last month has been named Cork Person of the Month.

Abuse survivor Louise O’Keeffe, who successfully fought the State over her suffering in school, has said that the Taoiseach’s apology was for all victims.

Teenagers have gathered to use science, technology, and politics to help shape tomorrow’s world as part of the first European Union Student Parliament to be held in Ireland.

A woman in jail for murder has received another life sentence for killing John Forrester whose body was found trussed up with cable ties in the River Bandon, two years ago.

A Zambian woman who had lost custody of her child has defended her decision to abduct him, along with his half-brother, and take them to Africa.

Five months ago, a woman who had lost custody of her child and didn’t have a passport for him managed to take him to her home country of Zambia. She hasn’t come back since.

The wreck of the sail training ship Astrid, which ran aground off the coast of Cork on June 24, has been salvaged and was brought to the quays in Kinsale today.

Giles Norman has produced a new book of images of the Irish countryside, and has an exhibition at the Kinsale Gallery at the end of September.

SIX years ago, Noreen Fitzgerald was hit by a drunk driver and was left with very poor mobility.

Health experts fear dealers will use the summer music festivals to supply a new hallucinogenic chemical to unsuspecting drug users.

Receivers have been appointed to Henry Good Ltd, the family-run, feed mill business in Kinsale, Co Cork.

Make your Christmas a cracker with top tips from celebrity chefs, plus advice on creating the perfect festive table. Joe McNamee and Áilín Quinlan ask the experts.