Tributes are being paid to the young woman who died after a Debs in Ballinasloe, Co Galway.

A 19-year-old girl who died after becoming unwell at her Debs in Co Galway has been named as Jessica Moore.

Three teenagers lost their lives as a result of the incident outside the Greenvale Hotel in Cookstown on Sunday.

All parades take place on Sunday unless stated otherwise.

Olivia Kelleher rounds up the start times for the parades in Cork and further afield. 

President Michael D Higgins was among the mourners at the funeral Mass for former Ceann Comhairle and 46-year veteran of the Dáil Seamus Pattison who was buried in his native Kilkenny this afternoon.

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.

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A widow became emotional yesterday as she explained how she would become “a prisoner” in her own home if plans for a €180m Cork-Ringaskiddy motorway were given the green light.

The Cabinet had one very special summer meeting to attend away from Leinster House as Health Minister Simon Harris tied the knot.

Plunkett Carter tells of the remarkable story of how Fordsons upset the odds in 1926 to become the first Cork team to win the FAI Cup trophy.

Developer Owen O’Callaghan has been described as a humble man of integrity and a true gent who support many charities discreetly and charmed all those he met.

The legacy of the late Owen O’Callaghan can be seen throughout his native Cork and beyond.

Staff and pupils from one of the country’s oldest primary schools have taken a stroll down memory lane to celebrate their centenary anniversary.

The sister of the teenager who died after taking a lethal designer drug said his death should serve as a warning to others.

The priest who celebrated the funeral Mass of a teenage victim of a potent designer drug has urged young people to reflect on his death and say no to drugs.

Leading Irish sports retailer Elverys has acquired the landmark Maher’s Sports business in the heart of Cork city.

Religious faith should act as a protest movement against consumerism, according to the Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, Michael Neary.

The family of a doctor killed during a motorcycle event say they have been heartened by public support.

A homeless man who spent a second night sleeping in a tent outside Cork’s City Hall has pleaded for landlords to help him rebuild his life.

Nuala Woulfe says Kildare’s long links with the reptile suggest it’s the ‘snakiest place in Ireland’

A special concert will be held in Cork this week to raise funds for autism supports and services.

For a man who had battled all his life, it was fitting that his last fight was the toughest and, perhaps, the most heroic.

Funeral arrangements have been made for former Independent TD Jackie Healy-Rae.

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Dan Buckley enjoys the royal sport of falconry and takes in the sights of the majestic Corrib at the Lodge at Ashford Castle.

A tragic twist of fate has separated life-long friends killed in a farm accident from being buried on the same day.

A Cork photographer is set to leave his stamp on the 2014 festive season, having had his work selected by An Post to adorn thousands of Christmas card and letter envelopes this month.

Two separate investigations are under way after a man was killed in a freak wall collapse in his own back garden in West Cork.

Hero schoolboy Ricky Osagie will receive a guard of honour from the football club he played his heart out for when he is laid to rest later this week.

*It’s a typically seasonal forecast for St Patrick’s Day — cold weather with sunny spells and showers — but that won’t stop tens of thousands of people from taking to the streets for celebrations this weekend.

Engine failure is being investigated as the primary cause of a light aircraft crash which killed a flight instructor and a trainee pilot.

Tears mingled with laughter as the people of Ballyroan in Co Laois gathered in thousands to remember a “beautiful, radiant, joyful star”.

A lorry driver charged with the murder of pregnant nanny Aoife Phelan is to receive psychiatric treatment in prison.

The leader of the British National Party, MEP Nick Griffin, has refused to apologise for a tweet in which he referred to “Fenian bastards” — even though in the past he has claimed his ancestors came from a village in North Cork.

A contentious Unionist parade that passed a Catholic church in Belfast went off without incident, but residents have accused the marchers of breaking rules.

Trade unionists have appealed for a peaceful Covenant Centenary parade on Saturday when tens of thousands are set to march through Belfast.

The Orange Order has withdrawn an application to parade past Ardoyne on September 29 as part of the Ulster Covenant rally.

Seven police officers have been injured when trouble flared after a loyalist band defied a ruling not to march past a Catholic church.