Mr Ryan is "quietly confident" undecided voters will "break green" in the coming days

A once-a-year opportunity comes up next weekend when buildings of architectural merit, that are not usually accessible by the public, open their doors, writes Carol O’Callaghan.

Work to dismantle Cork's famous Shakey Bridge has begun as the first section of Daly's Bridge has been removed and placed on a barge in the River Lee.

Richard T Cooke is involved in organising the Music at the Maldron free gigs by Jimmy Crowley and others as part of the Mother Jones Festival in Cork, until Sunday.

Five things to watch out for the week ahead

The economic upsurge isn’t good news for every one. Artists on Leeside are finding it increasingly difficult to find affordable studios, writes Colette Sheridan

The Dublin Smartphone Film Festival has partnered with award-winning street photographer Tim Bingham to deliver a dual Smartphone Filmmaking and Photography workshop in Cork.

Almost five years since the historic 172-year-old clock mechanism underwent significant repair and restoration.

Generations of professional athletes have struggled with the transition from a life in lycra or gaudy nylon to civvies, but a glance at Claire Lambe’s diary would suggest that the former Olympic rower has negotiated it with ease.

Plans have been approved to extend the tourist shop at the entrance to Blarney Castle in Cork, despite an objection over concern for the safety of visitors.

The migrant experience for the displaced can be alienating but a newly published anthology of poetry, prose and photography by the ‘new Corkonians’ ensures that their voices and impressions of Cork city are expressed.

Catherine Mahon- Buckley is marking her 25th year as the director of the Everyman’s panto, writes Marjorie Brennan.

Spend this midterm getting your spook on, with Ciara McDonnell’s pick of the best events taking place on Halloween week.

In 2015 The Guardian named Cork's Mary Harris, or “Mother Jones”, among the world's all-time top ten revolutionaries – alongside the likes of Che Guevara, Robespierre, Trotsky and Gandhi. But who was Mother Jones, asks Robert Hume, and what made her such a threat?

A young man took exception to being handed five one-euro coins instead of a five-euro note and ended up assaulting the young woman working

Irish crews will need to dig deep tomorrow morning after a tough start to the World Rowing Junior Championships in Racice, Czech Republic.

A Chinese woman who slammed another Chinese woman’s head on the ground in a daylight assault in Cork City paid €500 compensation to the victim and was given a suspended sentence.

A pint of Beamish stout is sometimes a cure for an injury on the northside of Cork City rather than a trip to hospital, a trial judge joked yesterday during a case.

New life has been breathed into one of the most historic parts of Cork City thanks to a €500,000 investment in the public realm and a cultural venue.

A Chinese woman was seen by a garda chasing a fellow national down Cornmarket St in Cork City and then head on the ground.

A memorial will be unveiled today just off America’s iconic Route 66 in memory of a Cork woman who became one of the most celebrated trade unionists in US history.

A fierce fire-breathing dragon is set to reawaken from its lair and prowl the ancient spine of Cork City tomorrow night as part of one of the country’s largest Halloween festivals.

Ellie O’Byrne picks her top eight events for Halloween

Organised annually by the Munster Literature Centre, the 17th Cork International Short Story Festival — the only one of its kind in the country and now the oldest in the world — has been taking place in Leeside all week, giving readers and writers a rare chance to revel in the pleasures of short form fiction.

Empty-nesters are being encouraged to downsize into secure and sheltered local authority housing in Cork City in a bid to free up larger homes for families on the housing list.

New Rowing Ireland High Performance Director, Antonio Maurogiovanni believes his international experience from seven Olympic Games can help develop the sport across the country.

Catch up on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com this morning.

The Linehan family have been making sweets in Cork since the 1920s. Donal O’Keeffe visits their premises near Shandon to witness the birth of a batch of clove rocks.

Some of the best events for all the family this week, compiled by Colette Keane

Clay from the grave of a Corkwoman who survived the Famine to become one of America’s most famous trade-union activists will be removed in a special ceremony today for transportation to her native city.

A visiting party from German Insurance company R+V Insurance were driven in Ford Model T 's along Centre Park Road from St Anne's Church in Shandon to Blackrock Castle.

Patients and former staff of the first general hospital to open in Cork are set for special treatment next weekend at events to mark the 30th anniversary of its closure.

Jimmy Crowley has started a new folk club in his native city, writes Pet O’Connell

As the Irish assault in Racice last Friday began, another positive development for Irish rowing was emerging at home; it was announced that Antonio Maurogiovanni had been confirmed as Rowing Ireland’s new High Performance Director, succeeding Morten Espersen who resigned earlier this year.

Questions have been asked about the whereabouts of a missing antique fountain which once stood at the end of Shandon Street in Cork city centre.

A pioneering Cork-based arts group which hosted artist studios and a Rory Gallagher recording studio has pleaded with City Hall for help finding a new home.

The pied piper of Neptune is back. He’s recruited and coached against NBA talent, scouted Steph Curry and watched more game film and planned more sessions than just about any coach involved in Irish sport. Now, after three decades in the all-consuming ‘rabbit hole’ that’s NCAA basketball, Pete Strickland is back where his coaching career began, in Ireland, masterminding the revived national senior team programme.

A cross-party representation of political figures in Cork is to make representations to the minister for children seeking a rise in funding for creches in the most disadvantaged parts of the country.