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The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: Nancy Reilly on her husband Mark's tragic death by suicide at CUH, and HSE apology

The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: Nancy Reilly on her husband Mark's tragic death by suicide at CUH, and HSE apology

Nancy Reilly is deeply critical of the systems failures that led to Mark's death, identifying a number of issues including the lack of a consultant psychiatrist on duty during St Patrick's weekend

Cork City social housing: On the edge of regeneration

Cork City social housing: On the edge of regeneration

Cork City social housing: ‘I am so grateful to Cork City Council for our new home’

Cork City social housing: ‘I am so grateful to Cork City Council for our new home’

Cork City Social Housing: 'We have vastly increased the housing supply in the city'

Cork City Social Housing: 'We have vastly increased the housing supply in the city'

Meet the Galway couple who created a hand-painted video game inspired by Irish mythology

Meet the Galway couple who created a hand-painted video game inspired by Irish mythology

A Galway couple have raised more than $60,000 (€52,132) to help complete Bibdu, a hand-painted role-playing game inspired by Irish mythology, featuring iconic locations from every county in Ireland

Tue, 04 Aug, 2026

The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: Cork's social housing ranges from state-of-the-art to rat-infested

The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: Cork's social housing ranges from state-of-the-art to rat-infested

This week the Irish Examiner is publishing an extensive investigation into Cork City Council's housing stock

Listen | Tue, 04 Aug, 2026

Cork City social housing: ‘The rats swim up the toilet bowl’ in Togher flats

Cork City social housing: ‘The rats swim up the toilet bowl’ in Togher flats

As well as the O’Byrne flats in Togher, council houses in Glenamoy Lawn, where councillor Ted Tynan used to live, have experienced decades of problems with cold, damp, mould, crumbling masonry, and rodent infestations

Tue, 04 Aug, 2026

Cork City social housing: ‘People in the Togher flats are in a bad way, living with mould, cold, rats’

Cork City social housing: ‘People in the Togher flats are in a bad way, living with mould, cold, rats’

In the second of a three-part series examining the provision of social housing in Cork, Donal O’Keeffe looks at some of Leeside’s worst estates, and talks to some of the public representatives calling for better homes for council tenants

Tue, 04 Aug, 2026

trafficking

Parents in Southeast Asia bring their children to be sexually abused for 'paying customers' in Ireland

With human trafficking into Ireland on the increase, advocates urge the public to be 'the eyes and ears' of the gardaí to help identify victims

Tue, 04 Aug, 2026

7 thrifty ways to save on back-to-school costs

'It's across the board': From digital devices to books to uniforms, parents count cost of back to school

Charity says: 'The make-up of people who come to us is varied. We’re in all communities in Ireland, this isn’t a problem just in one area'

Mon, 03 Aug, 2026

Cork City social housing: Noonan’s Rd flats riddled with mould and rodents

Cork City social housing: Noonan’s Rd flats riddled with mould and rodents

Just short of half of all tenants said that they had made complaints to Cork City Council and expressed extreme dissatisfaction with the response

Mon, 03 Aug, 2026

Child playing with mathematical toy

Childcare deserts: 'Mothers are being forced out of the workplace'

Education Correspondent Jess Casey talks to mothers and advocates who say the State must intervene in early years education and childcare

Mon, 03 Aug, 2026

Medics say every hospital should have staff childcare built in

Medics say every hospital should have staff childcare built in

As the HSE confirms Ireland's new maternity and children's hospitals won't have staff creches, doctors tell Health Correspondent Niamh Griffin a lack of childcare can make their work all but impossible

Mon, 03 Aug, 2026

Cork City social housing: A history of building homes on Leeside

Cork City social housing: A history of building homes on Leeside

In the first of a three-part series, Donal O’Keeffe looks the history of council housing in the State’s second city

Mon, 03 Aug, 2026

Somme oak inspires West Cork artist's moving sculptures at Skibbereen Arts Festival

Somme oak inspires West Cork artist's moving sculptures at Skibbereen Arts Festival

Murrough O'Donovan turned branches from his family's historic Somme oak into sculptures exploring resilience, remembrance, grief and hope

Sun, 02 Aug, 2026

Glen Hansard death

Cork musicians pay tribute to Glen Hansard's impact on Irish music and grassroots performers

Friends, musicians and venue owners recall an artist whose generosity shaped Irish music far beyond the spotlight

Sat, 01 Aug, 2026

GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Champions Mayo Homecoming

From Croke Park to Belmullet: The remarkable homecoming that defined Mayo's All-Ireland victory

Colin Sheridan on Mayo's emotional All-Ireland homecoming, tracing Sam Maguire's journey across the county and the communities it united

Sat, 01 Aug, 2026

A selection of images chosen by the Irish Examiner picture desk

A selection of images chosen by the Irish Examiner picture desk

The Photographs of the Week as selected by our Visual Media team. 01/08/2026

Sat, 01 Aug, 2026

The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: Bessborough survivor Cindi Bonny on the death of her baby Zoei in 1994

The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: Bessborough survivor Cindi Bonny on the death of her baby Zoei in 1994

Cindi Bonny was just 16 but she had already experienced homelessness, drug addiction and an abusive relationship when she first entered Bessborough in 1993, pregnant with her son Kevin

Listen | Fri, 31 Jul, 2026

'You didn't just take my dad's life. You took our future with him': Life imprisonment after Macroom murder trial

'You didn't just take my dad's life. You took our future with him': Life imprisonment after Macroom murder trial

Court hears victim impact statement from daughter of murder victim Michael Foley as his killer Daniel Hourigan was sentenced to the mandatory term of life imprisonment

Thu, 30 Jul, 2026

'Do not bury our history beneath concrete', mother of last baby to die at Bessborough tells Government

'Do not bury our history beneath concrete', mother of last baby to die at Bessborough tells Government

Bessborough survivor Cindi Bonny says her daughter was the last baby to die at the Cork institution and urges the Government to halt redevelopment

Wed, 29 Jul, 2026

The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast: Finding a new home for RTÉ Cork

The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast: Finding a new home for RTÉ Cork

Reporter Donal O’Keeffe is covering this story in today’s Irish Examiner – and on today’s podcast he outlines all the options for RTÉ Cork

Listen | Tue, 28 Jul, 2026

Meet the vet coordinating Ireland's only animal blood clinic

Meet the vet coordinating Ireland's only animal blood clinic

This unique clinic in UCD is always seeking donations from pets, via their owners

Mon, 27 Jul, 2026

Prediction markets High Court threat

What are Polymarket and Kalshi, the two global prediction giants that are now blocked in Ireland?

Both sites offer marketplaces where users can create prediction markets and bet on pretty much anything, such as alien invasions or US president Donald Trump publicly praising Allah by July 31

Sun, 26 Jul, 2026

'Most of my Gazan friends and colleagues don't hate the Israelis... They want to be able to get on with their lives in Gaza'

'Most of my Gazan friends and colleagues don't hate the Israelis... They want to be able to get on with their lives in Gaza'

Born in Wales and living in Cork City, Bridget Forster has just returned from an 18-month stint with the UN in Gaza

Sun, 26 Jul, 2026

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