Strict visitor restrictions remain in place across all South/South West Hospital Group hospitals, including Cork and Kerry university hospitals due to infection control concerns.

Newly elected TDs have arrived at Leinster House today with their families as the new Dáil meets and amid the ongoing standoff to form a new government.

It's been a “change” election in so many ways, but one certainty we cling to is that we’re stuck in the same old territory when it comes to the election of women to the Dáil.

Basking sharks which were sampled off the west Kerry coast in early spring have proved to be genetically different to all other such sharks tested in the north-east Atlantic, according to a study.

Ms Murphy was dropped by the party earlier this week as a general election candidate

More than 600,000 people in Dublin, Kildare and Meath are affected by the boil water notice.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that all parties involved in Brexit “want an agreement” that is in the interests of Ireland, Britain and the European Union.

Fiann Ó Nualláin follows in the footsteps of the Fianna as he explores a province’s hills and vales.

To avert an environmental catastrophe, we need many more like her, writes Peter Singer

James Ryan loved watching Uruguay’s giant-killing act against Fiji at the World Cup this week, but insists Ireland will not be complacent when they face underdog hosts Japan.

Nearly 70% of businesswomen believe it’s difficult to be female in business and 100% said it was crucial they supported other women.

The Tánaiste has promised to do everything he can to help farmers in the face of Brexit.

The Minister for Transport has launched a public consultation on the future of Ireland's regional airports.

Fifteen minutes after hanging up, Allister Coetzee rings back, eager to share one last thought.

And so, the inter-county GAA season ends with the most traditional of finals in both codes.

In theory, at least, Irish policymakers are committed to ensuring that Irish economic growth and development becomes more regionally balanced.

Sean Desmond has hardly had time to fully take in the magnitude of his victory in the South of Ireland Championship last Sunday before gearing himself up for the AIG Irish Close Championship beginning at Ballybunion on Saturday.

In your July 25 edition, Victoria White stated that: “It’s clear Boris Johnson doesn’t give a stuff about Northern Ireland”.

Structures are not in place for a border poll and a national dialogue is needed to ensure all voices are heard ahead of any such vote.

Live at the Marquee is a terrific night out when all the ingredients gel and everything crystallised beautifully for Christy Moore's Saturday night performance under the sloping dome that is by now Cork's favourite summertime venue.

Graeme McDowell will be trying to avoid thinking about The Open Championship in his hometown of Portrush in two weeks as he bids to start his links golf season on a high at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open on Thursday.

I always get a little uneasy when my thinking is too aligned with the majority.

It can be hard for small food producers to find the wherewithal for necessary expansion so The Menu is delighted to bring word of funding opportunities for food producers in South and West Cork.

Seamus Power’s track record with Lahinch and the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open is mixed, but the PGA Tour professional was still thrilled to receive his invitation to return home and play this week.

Charlie Mulqueen Mallow’s James Sugrue and Ronan Mullarney from Galway produced outstanding performances at Portmarnock yesterday to keep Irish interest very much alive into this morning’s third round of the British Amateur Championship.

Towering Munster Academy lock Thomas Ahern will make his Ireland U20 debut in today’s final Pool B clash with Italy at the World Rugby U20 Championship in Santa Fe (kick-off 2.30pm Irish time — live on eir Sport 1).

After its poor showing in the recent elections, Sinn Féin faces a tough task to make up ground before the next general election, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

Ireland's two 'second-tier' MEPs will have no salary, status or function in the EU Parliament until after Brexit occurs, it has been confirmed.

The results from the local elections have thrown up a few surprise selections, including an ex-UFC fighter and a participant in Googlebox Ireland, write Ryan O’Neill and Louise Walsh.

All four European parliament seats have been filled in Dublin but counting continues in South and Midlands-North West.

Fianna Fáil is on course to retain its position as the largest party on Cork City Council with Fine Gael a close second after the “green wave” swept Sinn Féin aside over the weekend.

Polling stations across Ireland are reporting a slow and steady turnout for the local and EU elections.

European election candidates had spent almost €60,000 combined on Facebook advertising up to last Sunday, figures made available by the social media giant have revealed.

I am a survivor of the Irish State run Industrial Schools and I attended the event on May 11 in Trinity College. I observed that Mr Finlay was in attendance throughout but was unaware he was a columnist for your paper.

After a delayed beginning, Jaguar’s finally launched its first hot SUV. Tom Wiltshire heads to the south of France to see what it’s like

Stretching as far south as Ballygarvan and as far west as Ballincollig, the new Cork South-West local electoral area is, by quite a margin, the most populous constituency in the redrawn Cork City.

On May 24 we will be asked to cast our votes in three important elections.

The INMO says 10,229 admitted patients were forced to wait without hospital beds in April 2019.

Cork City South Central was previously a small electoral area but it represents a very different proposition after the expansion of the city boundary.

Erling Kagge has trekked to both poles, including solo to the South, and through New York’s sewers, from the Bronx to the Atlantic. Who better to write a book on the virtues of walking, says Aileen C O’Reilly

The former co-directors of the Together for Yes campaign to repeal the 8th amendment have been included in TIME magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world for 2019.

The German Chancellor has said Germany and Europe will stand by Ireland in Brexit talks and said ongoing negotiations will have to find a way to protect the single market while also avoiding a hard border in Ireland.

There are 617 patients waiting for beds in Irish hospitals this morning, according to the latest INMO's trolley watch figures.

New data from Tusla shows a rise of more than 6,000 referrals to the Child and Family Agency last year, with a corresponding rise in the number of cases awaiting social worker allocation, including 20% of cases deemed “high priority”.