A man who lost an arm in a motorboat accident has called for the hero who saved his life to be honoured posthumously.

The brave actions of four crew members of a Naval Service ship, which nearly sunk after an incident off Cork Harbour in 1962, are to be finally recognised.

In the end, as with so many sailing regattas it was the weather that proved the final arbiter for Volvo Cork Week 2016. Thick mist outside Cork Harbour denied most of the racing classes their final day yesterday.

A full programme of races started the biennial Volvo Cork Week yesterday as strong winds gave way to moderate offshore breezes for the 100-boat fleet competing around the harbour.

Cork County Council chief executive Tim Lucey has sent a letter to the Department of Transport seeking €11.76m in emergency funding to fix roads damaged by Storm Frank.

The chairman of a tourism organisation has been ferrying around some unusual visitors since they arrived in Ireland.

The Irish Red Cross has offered to conduct free checks on community-based defibrillators across the country in the wake of a diving tragedy off Cork.

Inquest heard man used up his air while removing a weight caught on guide line above harbour wreck

A series of events will take place this week to mark the centenary of the sinking of RMS Lusitania off the coast of Cork.

For years, Noel Barry and his four buddies have sailed Cork harbour, sampling the seafood chowder available at its bars and restaurants. Here, they give some advice to sailors with a hearty appetite

Sugar is my biggest enemy.

The Naval Service has been ordered to remove mines from a German U-boat on the Cork coast amid fears that unauthorised divers may trigger an explosion on the submarine, which is lying close to an underwater gas line.

AA Roadwatch has urged motorists to drive with care after last night’s frost in the east and north caused temperatures to plummet to minus -2C.

Have a look at these handcrafted wooden charts, they’re only fab. 

Cunard has announced it will host an exhibition of Lusitania memorabilia onboard a special cruise of the Queen Victoria cruise ship, which will be visiting Cobh next May to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the torpedoed liner.

Residents of Sherkin Island, just across from the fishing village of Baltimore in West Cork, enjoyed the warmest weather in the country last month.

Power has been restored to thousands of homes across the country after high winds caused blackouts.

ESB repair crews are working to restore power to more than 6,500 homes and businesses after high winds caused blackouts.

St Mary’s Church of Ireland on Jacknell Street, Dungarvan Co Waterford is the setting for a pop-up, vintage tea rooms as part of a fund-raising, afternoon event for the charity, ‘To Russia with Love’. 

Bar owner Rita Moynihan died last week at the age of 83, leaving a rich legacy, according to Dan Buckley

Hang in there sun-lovers — a sunny Monday is expected after what might be a washout start to the bank holiday weekend, particularly in the east.

Kerry Collins is so fascinated by Fort Camden she’s exhibiting there

If you happen to be in Cobh this afternoon, about lunchtime onwards watch out for a Cork Harbour tradition that has endured for the past 34 years.

The sun blazed down on 550 rowers and paddlers who were cheered through Cork harbour and into Cork city as they took on the gruelling task of completing the 10th Rás Mór, Ireland’s number one rowing race.

Eirgrid’s plans to carry out an 18-month survey of the ocean floor between Ireland and France with a view to having a €1bn powerline between both countries is being described as further evidence that the controversial pylon project is really about exporting energy.

A joint Irish naval and coastguard operation has succeeded in securing the safety of 13 crew on board a stricken bulk carrier drifting without power in stormy seas off the Co Cork coast.

Sq m: 110 (1,200 sq ft)

Time and tide wait for no man, as Minister for the Marine Simon Coveney should well know.

The Port of Cork has become the first Irish port to offer a SeaFi wireless network service to the crews of all visiting commercial vessels.

A world champion kitesurfer who became the first person to kitesurf non-stop from France to Ireland at the weekend has now set his sights on an epic transatlantic crossing.

A breakfront bookcase from the White Star liner, Celtic, which foundered on rocks at the entrance to Cork Harbour in 1928, comes up at the Lynes and Lynes sale in Carrigtuohill, Co Cork, on Jan 26.

Gale-force winds have caused overnight power cuts across the country leaving thousands of homes without electricity.

Flares were fired off the Cork coast to mark the end of year-long centenary commemorations of the sinking of the Titanic.

One of three men who cheated death after their boat exploded in a massive fireball has credited life jackets for their survival.

Two great Irish sports stars walked away uninjured from a dramatic head-on crash in Cork City at the weekend.

It was cool, dull and wet almost everywhere last month.

With few changes in Thursday’s overnight standings, Cork Week closed at Crosshaven last night after a spectacular 100-boat race off Roche’s Point and briefly around the inner harbour.

With Cork Week well into it’s programme and approaching it’s finale tomorrow, a change in conditions today could upset the overall standings in several key classes, although some leaders appear uncatchable.

A positive forecast for at least the first three days of Cork Week is set to draw a bumper crowd to the annual sailing extravaganza.

Ireland is bracing for flash floods after Met Éireann issued localised flood alerts and small craft warnings last night.