The State is “bending the rules” for a convicted killer, who stabbed a student to death in her bedroom and left her heavily bleeding friend for dead, by releasing him to see family .

Sinn Féin's lead negotiator Pearse Doherty has called the Taoiseach "hysterical" for his comments about the party's planned political rallies.

She’s the Cork singer dubbed the next Kate Bush, shortlisted by Universal, the world’s biggest record label, as their artist to watch in 2020. This will be the year of Lyra, writes Ed Power

Last year, Cork pop singer Lyra experienced a brand new emotion: overwhelming heartbreak. “It was the first time I sat down and wrote a ballad. I suddenly understood how Adele could do it.”

Love may be in the air this week as Valentine’s Day looms, but Cork couple Caroline Curran and Seán Weir were lucky enough to have real-life versions of Cupid in the form of their pals.

The Killarney side survived a testing challenge from St Francis College, Rochestown, in Mallow today.

With the Corn Uí Mhuirí now at quarter-final stage, Denis Hurley runs the rule over eight talents who have impressed in the campaign.

A new law extending the minimum jail time that murderers serve hasn’t been activated yet — so families bereaved by murder are begging Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan to implement the Parole Act 2019, writes Liz Dunphy

A woman who survived a vicious knife attack that killed her best friend has called for an exclusion zone to prevent the convicted murderer from returning to Cork.

For Clonmel-based auctioneers REA Stokes & Quirke, the year ended very well, with the auction of a 13-acre residential holding located just outside Cahir, in the townland of Rochestown.

NOT all of the ‘Cuckoo’ funds currently snapping up Ireland’s apartment blocks in fell swoops for fat profits are vultures, predators, or pension and international funds seeking top rents.

CHRISTMAS preparations are getting earlier every year, so here we are in November ready to crown the 2019 Top 8 mince pies.

IN THE Rochestown Road area detached properties which have an acre of grounds and views across the estuary are very rare to the market. That’s according to Conor Smith of Casey & Kingston who says the availability of this four-bed detached called Rockville as “a one-off opportunity to acquire a one-off house on a one-off site”.

Tucked away at the end of a cul de sac in Rochestown, Number 14 Manor Downs offers excellent space and privacy as well as countryside and harbour views.

A major reduction in rates as a result of Cork City’s boundary extension has forced Cork County Council to cut its budget for running services to €338.4m next year.

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.

Music promoter Ed O’Leary is one half of events company The Good Room, along with Joe Kelly, he organises events and festivals including It Takes A Village music festival and Cork Podcast Festival, as well as venues Live At St Luke’s and the recently re-opened Kino on Washington St, where music trail events will take place throughout this weekend’s Guinness Cork Jazz Festival.

A GUIDE price of €349,000 puts this four-bed semi at 39 Wainsfort in Rochestown at the more affordable end of the trade-up market.

A seven-month jail term was imposed yesterday on a man caught in a church car park with heroin for his own use.

Last season’s beaten finalists Christian Brothers College got their Harty Cup campaign off to a positive start with an impressive 3-17 to 1-13 win over St Francis College, Rochestown.

For the first time since 2006, a Cork school will, tomorrow afternoon, begin their defence of the Harty Cup.

A TD has assured the grieving family of murdered Cork student Nichola Sweeney that their daughter's killer should remain locked up “until 2025 at the earliest” - once a new act takes force before the killer's parole hearing.

Ahead of the Cork Podcast Festival, Marjorie Brennan meets three women taking on the gender imbalance on the airwaves.

The temporary release of their daughter’s killer has left her family hurt and angry, writes Liz Dunphy.

The surviving victim of Rochestown murderer Peter Whelan has warned that he will kill again — after hearing that he was freed from jail on day release after serving just six years of a life sentence.

Cork director John Crowley impressed with Brooklyn and Intermission. Now he helms the film adaptation of bestselling book The Goldfinch, writes Esther McCarthy.