The waiting times for appeals to be heard before the Supreme Court have been slashed from five years to one year despite appeals being on the rise.

Loci Orthopaedics plans to revolutionise the thumb joint surgery market, writes Trish Dromey.

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.

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Gardaí are investigating after two people drowned in separate incidents in Galway this afternoon.

The Irish Cancer Society’s popular Colour Dash is coming to Sligo for the first time, it was announced today.

The Government must move quickly to draft legislation to allow children in foster care to be adopted, senator Averil Power has urged, in line with the Children’s Rights Referendum, which was passed in 2012.

Joe Schmidt believes Connacht’s capture of former All Black Mils Muliaina will benefit Robbie Henshaw and other young Irish backs already with the province.

UCC Demons ended their Belfield hoodoo in style by trouncing UCD Marian 104-64 in the men’s Premier League on Saturday.

Research into wave energy and how to screen babies for diseases are among the five projects from University College Cork chosen for a funding boost.

It was a long time coming, but Bishopstown’s first Cork SFC win over Nemo Rangers on Saturday night was surely worth the wait.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has today condemned the protesters who clashed with gardaí at the Labour Party's annual conference in Galway yesterday.

Hundreds of protesters have broken through garda lines at the Labour Party conference in Galway.

ONE of the country’s largest building companies, McNamara Construction, has gone into receivership – putting a number of major construction projects around the country on hold and threatening the future of thousands of sub-contractor employees.

A 21-year-old Clare woman has been named among the Top 10 Outstanding Young Persons of the World by a major international organisation.

I LIVE in Limerick and my daughter attends NUIG.

IT’S not every day you end up talking about social capital and the breakdown of American society with a Tipperary hurling selector. Michael Moynihan took notes.

Forrest Little's Eoin Arthurs romped to a four-stroke win in the East of Ireland Championship at Co Louth today.

University College Cork will host the annual Intervarsities Tournaments for the Mauritius and Chilean Cups this week and matches will be played at the Mardyke Arena and Ashton School over the course of the three-day event which gets under way today.