A family wiped out, a community laid waste by grief, a house within whose walls lies the answer to what motivated the killer in an horrific murder-suicide that claimed the lives of five.

A boy and a girl from Co Cork will have the honour of being the first Irish people to be confirmed by Pope Francis in a ceremony to be held in St Peter’s Square, Rome, next Sunday.

CARRYING 160 years of Queenstown/Cobh history, the Convent of Mercy property in one of the very best viewing perches in Cork harbour has been put up publicly for sale.

A letter written by pupils in St Mary’s NS, Irishtown, Clonmel influenced Tipp star Lar Corbett to return to county colours.