A Cork woman has said she might not have survived a serious car crash last year had it not been for the Irish Community Air Ambulance (ICAA).22-year-old Emma McGuire from Douglas was travelling to Tralee with a friend on March 8, 2020 when they were ...

Ireland is on track to lift coronavirus restrictions from May 4, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said. The Tánaiste also said that 80% of the population will have had their first dose of Covid vaccine, or have been offered it, by the end of June.

The winning ticket for the €12. 7million lotto jackpot won this week was sold in Kilkenny, the National Lottery has revealed. There was one winner of Wednesday night’s €12,740,043 prize, the largest jackpot in four years.

Two Cork beaches are set to benefit from funding announced today that will see world-class facility centres installed at 22 locations across the country where water-based activities are a key visitor attraction.

A Cork TD has called for the blanket ban on evictions to be extended until at least the end of the year ahead of the official end to the ban next week.

The case of a 48-year-old man accused of manslaughter by the unlawful killing of another man allegedly assaulted at a soup kitchen in Cork was adjourned this week.

From today, the HSE is inviting aged aged 65 to 69 to register for Covid-19 vaccine.  Over the coming weeks, about 180,000 people aged 65 to 69 will be asked to register for their vaccine on the HSE website.

CORK campaigner Vera Twomey has called for “clarity and fair treatment” for those who need medicinal cannabis in an open letter addressed to the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health.

A 33-year-old man who stole over €53,000 worth of cable from his former employer’s business premises in Tivoli will be paying it back at €100 a week until the end of the decade.

AN "in-cell" phone service allowing prisoners to connect with the Samaritans has been introduced to combat mental health issues during the pandemic.

The Department of Health has confirmed quarantine facilities in Cork have not been stepped up for the purposes of mandatory hotel quarantine at this point.

AN East Cork teenager dealing large quantities of cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis has been remanded in custody for sentencing on May 17.

A BARRISTER representing survivors of the Bessborough Mother and Baby Home has told an Oireachtas committee that excavating children’s graves at the site would be desecrating their burial place.

PLANS have been lodged with Cork County Council for the extension of one of Cork’s most popular open farms.

There was one winner of Wednesday’s Lotto jackpot, worth €12. 7 million, the highest prize for four years. The winning numbers were 4, 14, 20, 23, 27, 37 and the bonus number was 39.

Emergency services have responded to a house fire in Cork this evening.Units of Mallow Fire Brigade and Kanturk Fire Brigade are currently at the scene of the house fire in Mallow.A call in relation to the incident was received at 7.34pm and the ...

Irish airport passenger numbers dropped by almost 80% last year due to Covid-19 restrictions, new figures show.Some 8.3 million passengers passed through the country’s five main airports – Dublin, Cork, Shannon, Knock and Kerry – last year, ...

The HSE is inviting people aged 65 to 69 to register for their Covid-19 vaccine. Over the coming weeks, about 180,000 people aged 65 to 69 will be asked to register for their vaccine on the HSE website.

Ireland remains on track to meet its target of giving four out of five people their first vaccine dose by June, the Government has said.

Cork Airport has confirmed the dates for its planned closure this autumn to facilitate an upgrade of its main runway.

A man in his seventies has died after he suffered a fall whilst cleaning the roof of a two storey property at Ballineen in West Cork. The accident occurred at around 3pm today when the man was power washing.

A 60–year-old man accused of a health breach in Cork city centre under emergency legislation related to the coronavirus pandemic appeared before Cork District Court wearing no mask.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has been notified of 12 additional deaths related to Covid-19. Of the deaths reported today, four occurred in April, two occurred in March and six occurred in January.

A man who broke into the home of an 83-year-old woman shining a torch in her bedroom and announcing himself as a garda looking for burglars was jailed for six years for this burglary and a spree of others.

Loretta Kennedy turned her kid’s love for ketchup into a healthy food business. She tells Amy Nolan how Network Cork provided support

FIVE Cork Educate Together Secondary School (CETSS) students have installed a three-metre-long billboard on the Lower Glanmire Road, calling on the Government to accelerate its plan to end direct provision.

 

CORK is set to become home to a new drama school being launched online tomorrow evening. The Irish Music and Drama College (IMDC) has been set up to address what has been described as a shortage of qualified speech and drama teachers in Ireland.

An innocent victim of an unprovoked assault was slapped in the head with a hurley in Youghal and now the accused has been given a two-year suspended sentence. Detective Garda Aidan d’Ardis gave evidence of the incident.

Garda investigations are ongoing following a significant house fire on the northside of the city overnight. Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene of a house fire in the Hollyhill area at approximately 1am.

A SURVIVOR of the Bessborough Mother and Baby Home has told an Oireachtas committee this morning that proposed legislation allowing excavations and re-interment of remains at former mother-and-baby home institutions should be scrapped.

A CORK Leaving Certificate student has shaved his head in a bid to raise funds for Marymount Hospice. Last month, 18-year-old John O’Connell decided to set up an online fundraiser in the hopes of raising money for a worthy cause.

Updated at 11. 18am: A ROUTINE military exercise by the Irish Air Corps was carried out in the skies over Cork city last night.

Ciara Crossan speaks to Amy Nolan about how Network Ireland has been a support to her during the pandemic

EMERGENCY services attended the scene of a "well-developed" house fire on the northside of the city overnight. The fire was one of several reported incidents in the city in the last 24 hours.

THE unflappable chair of an infamous online parish council meeting that went viral is among the high-profile speakers at University College Cork’s (UCC) annual local government conference this week.

A LONG-AWAITED pedestrian-improvement scheme in a Cork suburb has been given the go-ahead by city councillors. The Alderbrook Pedestrian Improvement Scheme was approved at this week’s full council meeting.

I LOST my values, my morals, my dignity, my self-respect, my confidence, my mental wellbeing, my financial independence, my integrity, property, people’s trust, friends and family — but, most of all, I lost myself.

A petrol-bomb was lit by a man who threw it at a house in Cloyne and now the young woman with him who smashed a window while the arson was happening was jailed for one year.18-year-old Martyna Mocna was sentenced by Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin at Cork ...

People at a higher risk of cancer due to their family history are having to wait over a year for tests due to “overstretched” services, a new report by health researchers at University College Cork (UCC) has found.

An East Cork Clean Coast group has substantially upgraded its machinery to tackle sea litter and beach waste.

AN Bord Pleanála will not appeal a successful High Court challenge by an environmental group over the €160m incinerator in Ringaskiddy, Cork Harbour.

An opportunist cultivator of cannabis took the opportunity to avoid a jail term by coming up with a €5,000 contribution to a drug rehabilitation centre.

A three-year-old girl has died after being struck by a bus in Co Tipperary. The collision happened in the Castle Heights housing estate in Carrick-on-Suir on this afternoon.

Thousands of homes in North Cork are without power this evening due to a loss of electricity in the Fermoy area. Almost 2,000 homes have been affected by the fault that occurred around 6pm.

"There is nothing short of a crisis at the minute in special education in Cork city and the surrounding areas.

The HSE has advised Hospital Groups and Community Healthcare Organisations to cancel AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccination Clinics, except those arranged for certain people over the age of 60, for the remainder of this week as it works to reconfigure its ...

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has been notified of 18 additional deaths related to Covid-19.

THERE is frustration and some anger in Ringaskiddy that, three months after the big fire at the R & H Hall grain store within the Port of Cork complex, there has been no detailed explanation made public about the cause of the fire or about the ...

A 67-year-old man will remain in jail until he comes up with the €13,500 he owes a couple he put through a “living hell” by seriously damaging their Ballinspittle house when he was renting it in hopes of buying it cheap.

A Cork man with a history of mental health issues set fire to his landlord’s house when threatened with eviction for drug use and now the sentencing judge has questioned the concept of “care in the community.

THE residents of the Edel House refuge in Cork City have moved into a new development next door. The 15 adults and 12 children currently residing at Edel House moved into the new building yesterday.

The man who had denied robbing a wheelchair-bound man by dragging him and leaving him injured outside Mercy University Hospital (MUH) has confessed to the violent crime.

A CORK-based Deliveroo rider has said that he was “scared” upon his return to work after his bike was stolen in broad daylight in the city centre.

Dr Ronan Glynn has warned that there remains a “considerable risk” that Ireland will experience a further wave of infection if public health restrictions are eased too quickly.

Parents of children with special needs have to “go to war” to access a school place for their children, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

Imelda May has announced the Irish dates for her Made To Love tour, including two nights at the Cork Opera House next summer.

A draft public toilet policy is currently being compiled by officials at Cork City Council following calls to increase the number of facilities in the city.

An animal welfare group in Cork has urged members of the public to consider the criteria required before applying to adopt a dog, stating that they have recently seen some people lying about their circumstances in order to receive a pet.

The Government’s goal of administering 180,000 jabs this week will be missed following the change in advice on the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

TRIBUTES have been paid to the late Mary McGrath, described as the first lady of South Parish, who passed away just weeks before her 105th birthday. Ms McGrath, who was born on April 24, 1916 – the day the Easter Rising began – passed away on April 5.

IT won’t happen for nearly 15 years but waters off the Cork coastline are going to get less salty and warmer. That is the prediction of scientists at the national Marine Institute who have released the results of a 20-year study of algal bloom.

THE Irish Coast Guard is warning people to be conscious of water safety now that the 5km travel restrictions have been lifted. Since yesterday, people are able to travel countywide, or 20km from their own home if living close to a county boundary.

GARDAÍ have arrested and charged two men in relation to a burglary in Cork City last Saturday, April 10. On the morning of April 11 Gardaí in Mayfield received a report of a burglary that had occurred overnight at a shop on Lower Glanmire Road.

Amy Nolan speaks with Sinéad Dunphy who runs an events and marketing consultancy firm and is a member of the Cork branch of Network Ireland

AN advocate of the elderly in Cork has warned against the “financial abuse” being endured by elderly people on a weekly basis.

CORK City Council is planning to expand St Catherine’s Cemetery in Kilcully to create more plots in the city.

A YOUNG man who was never in trouble before, armed himself with a machete and lashed it down on the counter of a garage terrifying the young woman working there, and has now been remanded in custody.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Education Minister Norma Foley have committed to a review of the school capacity issues in East Cork following a meeting with principals in the area.

A 21-YEAR-OLD man who in his teens used a younger relative as “a puppet” for his sexual gratification was jailed for two years.

Fine Gael County Councillor Aidan Lombard has attended his final council meeting as an elected representative, after making the decision to step away from his political duties to concentrate on his home life and business.

The AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine should not be administered to people under the age of 60, the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) has said.

Walk-in Covid-19 testing for people without any symptoms of the virus is to begin at Randal Óg GAA Club in Dunmanway.

CORK city councillors have unanimously voted to rename Anglesea Street to honour a well-known Cork family. At this evening's full council meeting, councillors signalled their intention to move forward with the process of renaming Anglesea Street.

A further 394 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Ireland, the Department of Health said this evening. No further deaths linked to the virus have been recorded.

"Nothing beats the buzz of a school in full sail. "{element}Those were the words of Kinsale Community School principal Fergal McCarthy at the end of the first school day in months where all classes had made a return to in person learning.

Two Limerick brothers who aggressively pushed an elderly woman to write almost €25,000 in cheques to buy a range of tools and equipment have withdrawn their appeal against the severity of a two-year jail term imposed on each of them for the crime.

A 52-year-old woman, who fraudulently claimed €69,000 in carer’s allowance for her minding her elderly mother in Cork when she was actually living in London, used the money to holiday in Barbados, Morocco and other places.

ONE of West Cork’s longest serving Lifeboat crew members has retired after 44 years of service. Mícheál Hurley stepped down on Sunday, having first served with Courtmacsherry Harbour Lifeboat in 1977.

A DOG stolen after his owner was threatened with a hammer has been recovered by gardaí. Owner Denis McCarthy is delighted to have been reunited with his beloved dog, Rocco, who was taken in a terrifying daylight incident.

A Central Statistics Office’s (CSO) publication has revealed that there was a decrease in the number of people in Cork staying within 10km of their homes at the end of March.

The number of Covid-19 positive patients in Cork hospitals remains low as the country recorded the lowest number of Covid-related hospital admissions since November of last year.

FOLLOWING the success of ‘No Cowboy’ Cork native, Stephanie Rainey is back with her second single. ‘No Cowboy’ saw Stephanie Rainey blister through the Irish charts and feature as Irish Artist of the Month on radio stations across the country.

CORK County GAA Board has been ordered to pay a special contribution of over €300,000 to Cork City Council in relation to improved lighting for the expansion of Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

THE Lough Meals on Wheels team has provided an invaluable service in their local community since they were established in 1965.

Cork Kerry Community Healthcare (CKCH) has teamed up with the Cork Deaf Club to ensure Irish Sign Language (ISL) is part of some of their videos.

A former Cork city pub could be demolished to make way for an apartment block. Rutland Street Properties Ltd has applied to Cork City Council for the demolition of the Manhattan Bar on Lower Friars Walk in Ballyphehane.

There is a possibility that Fungie the dolphin has made its way to the Cork coast following the second sighting of a dolphin similar to the beloved Dingle native.

CUMMINS Sports answered an SOS for sliotars from Vietnam recently, when Cork man Kevin Collins reached out in a bid to satisfy his two sons’ love of hurling. Kevin’s family is immersed in GAA.

TRAFFIC is busy around Cork this morning as thousands of school children return to their classrooms for the first time this year.

TAOISEACH Micheál Martin has praised the ‘resilience’ of the people of Cork as the country moves into a new phased easing of the Covid-19 public health restrictions.

IRELAND'S largest teaching union has called for “vigilance” as schools prepare to fully reopen today.

Kenyan psychologist Naomi Masheti has found a friendly home in Cork but tells Roisin Burke she still hasn’t got used to the cold.

Amy Nolan speaks with the former Network Cork President on her career in STEM, promoting diversity in the sector and the importance of forging connections

People arriving into Ireland from Albania, Israel and St. Lucia will no longer have to enter mandatory hotel quarantine.