A man has been injured after reportedly being hit by a car at a graveyard in Co Louth this afternoon, according to local media reports.

Cork's iconic St Patrick's bridge has been undergoing a major renovation over the past few months.

The son of murdered French woman Sophie Toscan Du Plantier has urged locals in West Cork to travel to Paris to testify at the trial of English journalist Ian Bailey.

It has emerged that Gardaí prevented an ATM digger theft in Carlingford, County Louth over St Patrick’s weekend.

‘Tails are up and the cranes are up’, but putting roofs over people’s heads is far from top of the agenda, writes Property Editor Tommy Barker

Cork City moved level on points with Dundalk at the top of the Premier Division – but with two more games played – after Josh O’Hanlon’s 83rd-minute header earned them a draw against St Patrick’s Athletic at Turner’s Cross on Sunday night.

Traders in Cork City say they hope a supports package worth at least €300,000 will help deliver the vibrant city everyone wants as the St Patrick’s Street car ban looms again.

Traders in Cork should be given “a little taster” of the St Patrick’s Street afternoon car ban over the coming weeks to encourage them to embrace change.

Talks are underway in a bid to resolve traffic management issues in Cork city in the wake of the St Patrick’s Street afternoon car ban controversy.

Park the St Patrick’s St car ban and give us back our city.

Cork City chiefs are sticking to their guns on the St Patrick’s St afternoon car ban, saying it needs three months to be assessed properly.

Traders in Cork City have threatened to withhold their commercial rates unless city bosses scrap the St Patrick’s St car ban.

An inner-city community in Cork has called for air quality monitors to assess the impact of the St Patrick’s St car ban on their area.

You cannot call yourself a child of the ’80s, if you did not at one stage wear a cardboard sign pinned to your back courtesy of a Kelloggs’ Corn Flakes box, writes Lindsay Woods

Latest: Mike Pence has told Leo Varadkar his partner, Matthew Barrett, would be welcome in his home next year.

US president Donald Trump says he may travel to Ireland as early as next year.

Planning permission is being sought to install new street lights, inspired by Cork’s historic tram system, on the city’s landmark St Patrick’s Bridge as part of a €1.2m refurbishment project.

Cork 0-15 Wexford 1-10: Five-time All-Star Orla Cotter notched up 10 points as Cork held off a gutsy Wexford

It’s not everyone that has the President of Ireland attend their funeral, but Dr Maurice Hayes, who passed away at the age of 90 a couple of days before Christmas, lived enough for several men.

A former Cork city-centre hotel, with a 207-year pedigree on St Patrick’s St, is to be partly demolished and redeveloped for high-end shops use, possibly with an appeal to the likes of Zara.

There have been calls to name Cork’s newest bridge after a woman, and for the public to have a say.

Hot on the heels of the circa €4m investment sale of the former Pavilion retail unit on Cork city’s prime shopping thoroughfare, St Patrick’s Street, comes another section of the 1921-built ex-cinema.

Lost somewhere amidst the furore surrounding Michael Conlan’s professional bows at Madison Square Garden on St Patrick’s Day, Limerick’s former WBO world middleweight champion Andy Lee returns to the ring after a 16-month absence.

Homeless families are being asked to leave hotels as the St Patrick’s weekend approaches and demand for holiday accommodation increases, a Sinn Féin TD has claimed.

1. French Fancy

The US Embassy in Dublin announced that Taoiseach Enda Kenny will visit the White House on St Patrick’s Day, reports Irish Examiner political reporter, Joyce Fegan.

Landmark city centre building in Cork on sale for €6.25m, writes Property Editor Tony Barker.

Three garda cars had to be taken off the road after their tyres were damaged in an apparent nail attack at both entrances of a Co Meath station.

Fashion retailer Oasis is counting the cost after fire caused thousands of euro worth of damage yesterday in its store on Cork City’s main shopping street.

1. It’s Good to Talk

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

THE banners are up along Cork city’s St Patrick’s Street for today’s St Patrick’s Day parade — and, selling agents DTZ Sherry FitzGerald have just this week managed to snake in a large ‘Sold’ sign on a high-profile building on this retail thoroughfare which bears the saint’s name.

Disabled people in a care home had to use their own money to buy bedroom furniture and extra snacks and drinks for a special diet, inspectors have revealed.

AS the Irish Government considers sending relief peacekeepers to free French soldiers to fight against the self-styled Islamic State, last night saw musicians from the four corners of Ireland offer support of a different kind in Dublin’s St Patrick’s Cathedral.

The historic Victoria Hotel on Cork city’s St Patrick’s Street has been sold, 18 month after it went to market for sale by tender.

There’s an education in convenient city-centre living to be had at No 1 Mount Verdon Terrace, an 1830’s end-terrace period home.