Place: M Sullivan College Road Cork

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Sometimes, man can be a dog’s best friend

It was heartening to read that 2,000 people in Cork participated in a charity walk to raise funds for a lovely hunting dog who had been dumped with appalling injuries.

Bethany survivors deserve redress scheme

RTÉ bound to cover election of the Pope

Centuries of military history off the Cork coast

National Geographic had a TV premiere on Sunday 15 Jul on the diving expedition last year to the transatlantic passenger liner, the Lusitania, sunk by one torpedo from a German submarine 11 miles off Cork’s Old Head of Kinsale in 1915.

Fri, 03 Aug, 2012

An important first handshake

The first handshake last week between Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness and Queen Elizabeth II was an important moment.

Wed, 04 Jul, 2012

Cardinal unlikely to resign given Vatican support

I’ve watched RTE reporter Tommie Gorman’s 18 minute interview on May 2 with Catholic Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh, Cardinal Sean Brady, about when, in 1975, as a part-time 36 year-old-secretary to a bishop, he was the notetaker at a meeting with a young man telling his story of being abused by the most persistent of paedophile priests, Fr Brendan Smyth.

Fri, 04 May, 2012

Few protesting about gangland killings

I read the harrowing front page of the Irish Examiner (Mar 16), where an editorial written by Garda Representative Association General Secretary, PJ Stone, in their journal was featured, asking whether Irish people cared about what happened to teenager Marioara Rosta, who was tortured and shot in 2008 and had her body dumped in the Wicklow Mountains.

Tue, 20 Mar, 2012