From 1978 to 2003, generations of young people dancing like their lives depended on it — along with a host of roadies, rock stars and DJs — passed through the labyrinth of bars and dance floors that was Sir Henry’s nightclub in Cork city.

Animal welfare campaigners have warned of a growing problem of horses being abandoned on public and private property and left to fend for themselves.

Children adopted from a Sacred Heart Sisters’ mother-and-baby home in Cork have called for an independent public inquiry to find out many babies died at the centre and where on the site they are buried.

Slap on the sunscreen but delay washing the car, as today looks set to be the last scorcher of the current sweltering spell.

Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons has said that helping people who experience mental health problems to live in a community is more “humane” than putting them in “homes” where they become reliant on medication.

A WISE man of our acquaintance, who’s as healthy as a proverbial trout, made a sweeping statement the other day.

A person has died after being struck by a train in north Co Cork.

WHEN Dairygold formed the 4Home DIY brand in 2006 it had an ambition to form a hardware empire which would see 30 stores based throughout the country.

TO most of the people who live there, it’s not a hospital — it’s home.

A five-year-old girl died tonight when the car in which she was a passenger collided with another vehicle.

Two opposition party leaders are crisis-crossing several constituencies this week as they ramp up their general election campaigns.

A man in his late 20s has died in a house fire at Boherbue, outside Kanturk, in north Co Cork.

Minister for Transport Martin Cullen has officially opened the new Rathcormac/Fermoy bypass in north Co Cork.

A man has died following a collision between a truck and a car on the N20 in north Co Cork this morning.

PART of the busy Mallow to Killarney road had to be closed for more than five hours when an oil tanker overturned in a crash with a car yesterday morning.

I HAVE read with some astonishment and much disbelief the recent spate of letters to the Irish Examiner concerning the alleged movement of the Cloyne diocesan baptism and marriage records.

An 18-year-old hurler died last night while playing a league match in north Co Cork.

A dramatic change in weather conditions led to the highest weekend death toll on Irish roads so far this year, road safety chiefs warned today.

The Minister for Transport, Seamus Brennan, has announced plans to step up the motorway building programme.