Cork County Council has unveiled an ambitious draft plan for the future of the county's towns, villages, and rural areas up to 2028, covering areas such as population growth, employment, housing, and community development.

Cork County Council has unveiled an ambitious draft plan for the future of the county's towns, villages, and rural areas up to 2028

Cork County Council has unveiled an ambitious draft plan for the future of the county's towns, villages, and rural areas up to 2028, covering areas such as population growth, employment, housing, and community development.

Defence Correspondent Sean O'Riordan looks at some of the changes happening in the Defence Forces and how the Forces are adapting to meet them

Major review on sex and relationships education that heard many different views on how young people should be educated about things like consent, contraception and porn

Social media is becoming an integral part of politicians' lives.

Four women tell Joyce Fegan of being pregnant, giving birth and the postpartum period during the Covid-19 pandemic. From being unable to shower after labour to going home from hospital to face homeschooling with a newborn in tow, and returning to Direct Provision with your newborn baby — these are the women's stories.

Complex ecosystems that took hundreds of years to evolve were destroyed in hours after a devastating blaze ripped through one of Ireland’s natural treasures.

Cianan Brennan looks at the extraordinary saga of the new HQ — and eight further cases where the Office of Public Works has not delivered value for taxpayers' money The gardaí will soon have a new Dublin HQ — but the ...

O’Donovan’s Hotel has been at the centre of life in Clonakilty since the 1850s with a famous guest list matching its colourful history. Now, in the midst of a pandemic, the hotel and the West Cork town have adapted to deal with Covid-19 and lockdown, while also planning a safe and successful future

Drug dealers in Ballymun and other disadvantaged areas are targeting vulnerable people and taking over properties to use as a base for their illicit trade. Cormac O’Keeffe examines how criminals are keeping communities ‘insecure, fearful, and subordinate’

Michael Clifford interviews the first woman Provost of Trinity College Dublin

While much has been done for the gender balance of influential shows at national level, in local radio, which has a bigger reach, 89% of presenters are male

Urban planners say existing laws can force local authorities into restorations, writes Neil Michael

The Irish Examiner Growing up in Lockdown survey asked children and young people to talk about their lives during the pandemic.

In the second part of her two-day series on how the Covid pandemic has changed how we shop, Niamh Hennessy looks at the explosion in online transactions 

100 years ago this week the stories of two men in West Cork intertwined in the War of Independence. Unlikely to have ever met, one was involved in the killing of the other in the IRA attack on the RIC barracks in Rosscarbery. Decades later, their families were linked through marriage and the war was forgotten. Dan and Flor MacCarthy relate their family’s extraordinary story

Operations at Ballyneety quarry, near Limerick City, ceased in September 2010. Officially, the council doesn’t even know that work stopped here 10-and-a-half years ago.

Pádraig Hoare takes a look at the issue of the now ubiquitous data centre, which some say are necessary if we are to continue the technological revolution

British forces alleged large force of IRA volunteers were seen fleeing area and gave boys no chance to surrender