An MRI scheduled for 2019 for a little girl with a profoundly curved spine has been brought forward to next month after her mother wrote a heartfelt letter in the Irish Examiner, pleading for Health Minister Simon Harris to intervene.

A nine-year-old girl who cannot walk or talk and who has a profoundly curved spine cannot get on a waiting list for spinal surgery until she undergoes an MRI, scheduled for April 2019.

Students from Co Limerick who campaigned to raise awareness among teenagers about the dangers of sexting have won the title of Young Social Innovators of the Year 2018.

A mother of five young children who lost her husband to cancer last month has been dealt another devastating blow after she saw all of her belongings go up in flames following a fire at the family home in Mallow, Co Cork.

A 14-year-old girl was thrown through the front window of a car and found dead around 5m-10m away in a field in Kerry.

Standby pumps are being brought to Listowel Racing Harvest Festival next week amid fears the town will run out of water.

A perjury act has been proposed to prosecute those who make false claims of personal injury. Mick Clifford looks at why the system is currently too easy for chancers

Estate agent Liam Murphy guides the extremely well kept home, one whose design has stood the test of time, at €285,000, the price of a city semi-d.

Trish Dromey casts an eye over an elegant 1780 Co Cork home which has been restored and updated

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This spacious home is stunning, but it’s the garden that steals the show, says Trish Dromey.

Defects inherent in the old Cork Prison building in terms of housing vulnerable and suicidal prisoners have been rectified at the new multi-million euro facility, Cork Coroners’ Court heard yesterday.

A 1940s-built four bedroomed semi-d in Mallow needs a little upgrade to turn it into a spacious family home with gardens, says Trish Dromey.

The head of a historic secondary school which was engulfed by fire said they hope to resume classes as planned within weeks.

Cork-based agents Irish & European are bringing a very attractive and rare business to the market at the moment.

Operation Mayday aims to help refugees settle in their new surroundings in Ireland, writes Joe Leogue.

Marek Szepietowski tells Trish Dromey how the firm he founded is meeting the EU-driven demand for quality training manuals.

The partner of a prisoner deemed to be at “unprecedented” risk of suicide said she was extremely concerned for his welfare during a prison visit just days before he was found dead in his cell.

An 11-year-old girl who has cerebral palsy and is confined to a wheelchair yesterday settled for €9m her High Court action over her care around the time of her birth.

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The woman who died on holiday in Asia has been named locally as Stephanie Hartnett of Mallow, Co Cork.

This 4,600 sq ft home in a gated community in Mallow is also on a large site of 0.7 acres, says Tommy Barker.

Cork County Council has opened books of condolence in memory of Karen Buckley and is to write to the Scottish police and the local authority in Glasgow thanking them for the professionalism and for the support the city’s people showed her family.

The lawyer for a north Cork doctor accused of sexually assaulting a teenager told a jury they were being asked to believe a woman who once thought she was pregnant with the baby Jesus by immaculate conception.

An anti-water charges protest at Fingal County Council in which a number of protesters sat between the panes of a revolving door resulted in a woman receiving injuries when a glass pane shattered.

Saoirse Perry knew she was close to death before she received a liver transplant last year.

It has long been the hidden profession but the childcare sector made itself very visible outside the gates of the Dáil yesterday.

A teenager’s inspired make-over of a hospital storeroom will help make treatment for young cancer patients a little easier to bear.

The Vatican has rejected an appeal by a former-priest in the diocese of Cloyne against dismissal from the priesthood over child sexual abuse.

"Jack the fucking Ripper" was the name a man gave to gardaí who investigated a disturbance he caused at a hospital emergency department.

A man who suffered catastrophic injuries during his birth at City General Hospital, Cork, is to receive a further €1.45m for his care over the next five years.

Domestic farm animals sometimes live in circumstances that seem, if not cruel, then far less than ideal.

A man in his 40s has died in a collision near Mallow, Co Cork.

Schoolchildren are getting into the Christmas spirit this week, sending millions of gifts to needy children in Africa and Eastern Europe.

Laurie O’Flynn visits a North Cork eco-friendly house which blends style, upcycling and fuel economy.

115 new jobs are to be created at DairyGold in Mallow, Co Cork.