Patrick White, who was in his mid-40s, was a well-known face on the labour ward at CUMH and further afield.

Physical and sexual violence was waged against women during the Civil War and the War of Independence — by Republicans as well as by the Black and Tans, according to a controversial paper to be presented next month.

This week Dan MacCarthy looks at Kay Summersby's life on Inishbeg

On arriving outside the Ludgate Hub in Skibbereen, Co Cork, Minister Michael Ring was told that he’d brought the sunny weather with him. “We have it 52 weeks a year, so we have,” came the instant reply.

SET out off north of the Baltimore route, by Skibbereen Golf Club and a five minute spin by car at a spot called Licknavar, is this extended bungalow, up for sale with a €225,000 AMV.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has insisted Ireland’s economic recovery can survive the Brexit fallout amid Government claims more than 100 companies are considering moving to this country in the wake of last June’s vote.

Longford-born Anne-Marie Tomchak looks at the issue of personal data being put online on Cloud Control at 10.15pm on RTÉ One on Thursday.

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The clean-up costs for the floods will run into millions of euro, a minister has said, as he warned of further possible flooding. Rising waters are set to peak today.

Enterprise Ireland says it could meet its target for the percentage of women-led start-up businesses a year early, however, it said that the country needs more women starting their own tech companies.

Thousands of technology enthusiasts will descend upon West Cork next month as part of the country’s first National Digital Week.

As President Michael D Higgins continued his West Cork visit yesterday, one thought struck you: This might be the best spoken-word tour the county has seen for many a year.

In the centenary year of Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa’s death, it is appropriate that his life, and his patriotism, be marked in the county and country of his birth, writes Gabriel Doherty

Mary McCarthy is from Whitehall, near Skibbereen, Co Cork. She is director of the National Sculpture Factory in Cork and also chair of Culture Ireland.

Family holidays can lose the magic when the kids hit the the teenage years. Never one to give up, Tommy Barker tries to recapture the good old days with his two grown-up children in the Algarve.

Christmas is coming and the list is getting fat — with cool, yuletide gifts handpicked by Esther N McCarthy for your Christmas time present perusal.

Nicolas Jaar has been added to the line-up for the Liss Ard Festival in Skibbereen, Co Cork, it was announced today.

There may be a silver lining in the dreaded double dip recession as the price of crude oil fell to a three-month low on fears that a renewed recession will hit demand.

The Coast Guard helicopter hovered low over Glandore Bay as a ninth day of searching revealed no trace of two missing fishermen.

A poignant ceremony will be held today to remember the 1.5 million people who either perished or emigrated during the Great Famine.

GARDAÍ have issued an appeal for help tracing the relatives of a fallen hero who is due to be honoured by the force.

Up to 5,000 people are expected to honour the victims of the Great Famine at next week’s formal State ceremony, it emerged today.

A 90-YEAR-OLD woman died in a house fire after a candle in her bedroom ignited curtains and foam in a chair.

A LIFEBOAT crewman had to wade through 80 feet of thick deep mud to rescue a family whose yacht got stuck on a mud-bank at the weekend.

Schools across Ireland will fall silent today in a poignant tribute to those who died during the Famine.

THE Court of Criminal Appeal has rejected appeals brought by a Moldovan man against both his conviction and eight-year prison sentence for starting a fire that caused €2.7 million worth of damage in a Co Cork town.

IT has all the ingredients to be one of the country’s tastiest festivals this year.

AN ALL-ROUND honours student who debated his way around the world while at college was named UCC’s Graduate of the Year yesterday.

A FILE is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions after gardaí last night released a man without charge following the death of a father-of-seven in Skibbereen, Co Cork.

Six businesses were temporarily closed by the Food Safety Authority last month for breaching hygiene regulations.

John Breslin

A 100-YEAR-OLD car, which has been painstakingly restored to its original condition, will again be seen on the roads of Cork and Kerry this weekend.