BULLETIN: Kevin Sharkey withdraws from Presidential race; Bookie pensioner hailed a hero for fighting off raiders
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Kevin Sharkey has pulled out of the race to become the next President of Ireland. Internationally-acclaimed guitarist Jimmy Smyth has also backed out of the presidential race due to health reasons.
The manager of a bookies in Cork which was raided by three armed men on Saturday has described the heroics of a pensioner who fought off them off.
Met Éireann is warning that several parts of the country could be hit by flooding today as Storm Helene makes its way towards Ireland.
Britain is heading full throttle for a total write-off of Brexit if it continues with Theresa May’s disastrous plans for the Irish border, Boris Johnson has claimed.
Officials in the US plan to airlift food and water to a city of nearly 120,000 people as rescuers elsewhere pull inland residents from homes threatened by swollen rivers.
Looking back on events 25 years ago, when the Oslo Accords were struck on the White House lawn, it is hard to avoid a painful memory.
Cork's most iconic landmarks will turn red this week to mark the launch of 'We are Cork'.
There were red faces at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport following Sanita Puspure’s win yesterday morning in Bulgaria — a press statement issued on behalf of Minister Shane Ross addressed the new world champion by the name “Dominant Puspure”.
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Having just completed a small run of intimate, sold-out shows last week, Hozier has announced five concert dates across Ireland as part of his European tour.
A primary school teacher from Cork has been crowned as Miss Ireland for 2018.
Jennifer Rock gives us her top tips for winter skin in this exclusive extract from her new book The Skin Commandments.
