Romance was written in the sand rather than the stars for Debra Hartigan and Trevor Murphy.

One of the largest direct provision accommodation providers to asylum seekers here recorded pre-tax profits of €2.36m in 2018.

Jim Murray is a guitarist, originally from An Muine Fliuch, Co Cork.

The first phase of the project, which is being developed by Cork County Council, will focus on developing a launch area for boats/kayaks close to Mallow bridge.

The country’s first charity air ambulance faces being grounded in two weeks.

Éamonn Fitzmaurice and Tony Leen ran the rule over both teams alongside Colm O'Connor in the commentary box.

Here are just a few of the families.

Nicole Ryan has joined a campaign group Safer From Harm in an appeal for a more compassionate response to drug use in society.

Located on the edge of the village of Rathmore in Co Kerry, a 79-acre residential holding makes for a very interesting prospect.

Cork County Council is continuing to increase the output of new houses with predictions for completions for this year at 744 rising to 897 in 2020.

The venue allocation to stage the 2022 world championships in equestrian sport will be announced this coming Saturday during the 2019 FEI General Assembly which is being held in Moscow.

Pádraig Kearns had a tense weekend waiting on news from the Duhallow players engaged in club activity, but by Monday he could exhale.

This week, Rituel is the Irish Examiner National Dairy Show 2019 Supreme Champion.

Rathmore’s Scoil Phobail Sliabh Luachra made a winning return to the Corn Uí Mhuirí, defeating last season’s semi-finalists, Clonakilty Community College, in their Group B opener.

The big winner in the National Dairy Innovation Awards was the Limerick-based start-up, Anuland, at the National Dairy Show last Saturday in Millstreet.

Knocknagree may have cruised past Aghabullogue at Banteer on Saturday to set up a Cork IFC semi-final with Millstreet but winning manager John Fintan Daly saw plenty of room for improvement.

It’s time for the last call for applications in the National Dairy Innovation Award which closes for entries tomorrow, Friday, October 4.

A driving force behind addiction treatment, Sr Margaret Kiely is grateful for the many opportunities she’s had to live life to the full, writes Rowena Walsh

On Sunday evening at the Glen’s Blackpool clubhouse, Jerry Galvin of Churchtown, North Cork, handed over the piece of ash, now six decades old, which was once the possession of the former Taoiseach

Kanturk and Cill Na Martra served up a football treat in horrific weather conditions in Millstreet on Saturday.

All-Ireland champions Cork and beaten finalists Galway lead the way in the Electric Ireland minor football team of the year, with four players from either county selected.

The first Monday in September may not trip off the tongue the way the first Sunday did, but those in Mourneabbey in Cork last night will wax lyrical about that date for some time to come.

Simon Coveney said he doesn't see how a meeting of the European Council of Ministers on October 17 could redesign an agreement of the complexity of the current withdrawal agreement which took over two-and-a-half years to agree.

Just days before his accident, Liam O'Riordan was on a fundraising truck-run to help get Ireland's first community-funded air ambulance in the air.

After last week’s European Championships in dressage and show jumping, the spotlight this week turns on the eventing equivalent, with Germany staging the battle for medals at Luhmühlen.

Located close to Macroom, in the townland of Coolacoosane, a 30-acre non-residential holding listed with the Macroom office of the CCM Property Network will be one to watch in the coming weeks, as a measuring stick that will give some indication of the agricultural land market in this key part of Munster.

Tim had popped the question during a weekend trip to Paris as they strolled along the Champs-Élysées.

But all the chairmen of the joint policing committees spoken to agreed that the new policing model must result in additional garda resources on the ground – which Garda Commissioner Drew Harris said the plan will involve.

A much-improved second-half performance saw Newmarket advance to the third round of the Cork Premier IFC following victory over Naomh Abán at Millstreet last night.

Jack Downey from Clonmel passed away after three days at Cork University Hospital.

Ireland’s first charity-funded air ambulance has finally gone live as a dedicated asset of the National Ambulance Service (NAS).

Minister for Health Simon Harris is being asked why an air ambulance service is still grounded since last January despite being ready to launch.

The population of the Macroom electoral area is 36,844 and, despite the removal of Blarney from the district into the city jurisdiction, the number of seats up for grabs there will remain at six.

A single six-seater in 2014, the Kanturk-Mallow municipal district will be two separate electoral areas this time around.