The brother of musical icon Rory Gallagher for his contribution to music, culture, and community over more than six decades.

Suisha Inclusive Arts recognised at inaugural United Nations Zero Project awards, which promote accessibility for and in the arts,

Weekend festival will culminate in the St Patrick’s Day parade, which will feature more than 3,600 participants and groups from across the globe. 

The singer-songwriter, now in his mid-20s, has already performed alongside well-known Irish acts including Darren Kiely, Skinny Living, Séamus Harty, Jack L and Jerry Fish within his first year on the scene.

A number of flights were diverted to Shannon Airport from Cork and Dublin

Mr Starmer is visiting Taoiseach Micheál Martin in Cork for the second annual UK-Ireland Summit

Last week saw seven people travel to the US to represent Cork City Council as part of the Lord Mayor’s visit to Cork’s twin city San Franscisco and to New York, costing €10,139.63 for flights, €6,696.80 for accommodation, and €278.83 for visitor visa costs.

“There has been a worrying trend in recent years of a proliferation of vape and phone shops" 

Launching its five-year capital development plan yesterday, Sean O’Driscoll said UCC will instead be investing €60m on its main campus for Cork University Business School (CUBS).

Last February, the Cork City Council and the National Transport Authority announced that they were seeking planning permission to develop a major new bus interchange at the Black Ash Park and Ride.

The underwater archaeologist couldn’t imagine her extraordinary life any other way.

A total of €85,600 in cash was seized by gardaí

Garda tells Midleton murder trial that Adam Corcoran was 'raving' and 'pretty much standing over' Daena Walsh

The works on the 170-year-old building have been finished in time for Dance Cork Firkin Crane to launch its five-year strategy.

Joe Walsh from Ballycotton has a self-described “ferocious grá” for fishing, probably born from his family’s long involvement in the industry. His father set up Ballycotton Seafoods in the 1980s. “Dad started off small and interest evolved.

The Echo understands that Wednesday's attack on Stryker is known as a “wiper” attack, in which the data on the targeted IT system is “wiped out” and  cannot be retrieved.

Ahead of Sunday's glittering ceremony in  LA a new study has shown that Cork's five Oscar nominations and wins over the years put the county in joint third place in Ireland for Academy glory.

The steaks were high as schools from across the country took part in the Certified Irish Angus schools national final.

Although many people travelled to the event from Cork, many more will be soaking up the atmosphere right here on Leeside.

According to the HSE South West branch, the highest level of visitor restrictions have now been implemented at the hospital.

The court heard that the total cost of cleaning the cell and the blanket was €284

A breath test recorded an alcohol level of 95mg per 100ml where the legal limit is 22mg

The warning will come into effect from midnight on Wednesday and will remain in place until 6pm on Thursday.

“We had one example where someone got into a car, opened the glovebox, got €50 out of the centre console and a set of headphones — they tried them on, took a look at themselves, shook their head and put them back."

Judge Joanne Carroll said: 'Really this man deserves to go to prison and if he had been one penny short he would have.'

The dog's owner was fined €700

Carrigaline Community Special School reopened this week, following its closure on February 27

'Before this attack, I was a confident, independent and outgoing person with a life that I was proud of. That person is gone'

Adam Corcoran is on trial at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork on the charge of murdering his partner in Midleton

Combined with contributions from local authorities, the projected funding figure for 2026 amounts to €152m nationwide, and includes the €15.9m allocated for Cork city and county.

Junior minister for transport Seán Canney recently hinted in the Dáil that the reinstatement of the line, which closed in 1982, could be put on the agenda

The stage show celebrating Irish folk band The Dubliners is set to visit Cork next month as part of its national tour.

Last year 1,600  walkers turned out in Ballincollig for Darkness into Light, raising an impressive €32,972 for Pieta in the process.

When questioned, Edmond Bakaj claimed the powder was a 'painkiller', but forensic testing confirmed that it was cocaine.

Security was brought in after the authority was warned the developments were 'vulnerable to attack  to attack'. 

The campaign has taken the form of digitally altered council documents circulated playing on concerns around asylum seekers.

Samuel Ekpemoga, who told gardaí he was living in a container in Blackrock, was given sentences totalling two years for his part in the incident violence and for drug dealing in Mallow.

There were 200 project books submitted on all aspects of local history in Cork, along with the cultural and built heritage of Leeside.

The talk is open to everyone from individuals and residents’ associations to community organisations.

For a group of Cork City Football Club supporters, visiting the famous League Of Ireland ground for a cup of tea or coffee and a chat is a regular routine to kickstart the week.

Richard O’Callaghan pleaded guilty to counts under the Misuse of Drugs Act. 

The sentence for duping the elderly woman he had seen earlier walking her dog and then burgling her home, was made consecutive because this and two other burglaries were committed after David Cronin had been charged with the crime on which he is serving four years.

Deana Walsh was found at her burning apartment in Midleton with 11 stab wounds, including one to her chest that was 11.5 centimetres deep

Construction of the new link road between the existing and the proposed western roundabouts is scheduled to begin next week, marking the next phase of works in this area.

Roy Keane was an interested passerby as a new mural was created for the burger franchise's arrival in Cork

The performance will feature new stripped-back versions of her wide discography and favourite songs, integrated with her famed poetry and storytelling.

The newly eligible families will receive backdated payments of up to €380 this Thursday, along with their weekly working family payment.

In a post shared on social media, a spokesperson for An Garda Síochána said this is “an alarming figure given that this same 24-hour period is when most fatal collisions occur on our roads”.

Milly Seaman, from Coláiste na Toirbhirte in Bandon, impressed both the judges and the audience with her confidence and powerful delivery to take first place in the national final

Event organised in response to plans for the construction of 140 apartments at the site. 

Fewer than 900 homes completed across the city and county in 2025

Shane Scanlon among 194 passengers on Irish Government’s first chartered evacuation flight from the region — travelling from Oman via Cairo — which touched down in Dublin Airport shortly before 5am on Sunday.

The landmark former Flying Enterprise and Courtyard complex to reopen after renovation 

Every Thursday since May 2022, regardless of the weather, Martin Leahy has travelled from Bandon to the Dáil to perform his song 'Everyone Should Have a Home'

Newly eligible families will receive backdated payments of up to €380 on Thursday, March 12, along with their weekly working family payment

Plans for a new betting shop in Youghal have also been lodged with the local authority

Woman was in fast-food restaurant when she observed accused with the boys, rubbing them on the head and taking them to the toilet

Independent Ireland’s Danny Collins said continued rainfall had left roads in a 'very rough' condition

The defendant was remanded on continuing bail to April 4, 2026, by which time he was expected to make a €300 contribution to the court poor box

This is the first international loan and exhibition of the original Rainbow Flag, designed by American artist and activist Gilbert Baker in 1978, outside of the United States.

A spokesperson for Uisce Éireann said the utility body is regulated by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU), and follows a framework set out by them.

Across Cork, county libraries will host talks, workshops and cultural activities which will celebrate women’s voices, achievements and well-being. The events began this week and continue throughout the month.

Midleton courthouse debuts video link while the neighbouring courthouse in Youghal and many West Cork courts lack the technology

Judge said accused had created 'a substantial risk of death or serious injury'

Cork City Football Club has announced that its popular partnership with The Arc Cinema has kicked in for the 2026 season and it now covers two out-of-town venues too.

The €7m Knockpogue Knockfree Avenue active travel scheme was unanimously approved by Cork City Council in April 2023, with the proposal passing without a vote.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin visited Brian Dillon’s GAA and Camogie Club for the inauguration of their new ball wall and astro-turf facility, along with his party colleague, deputy lord mayor Margaret McDonnell.

The council turned down plans for a new large-scale Padel facility in Bishopstown, stating that the zoning of the proposed site “does not provide for sports facilities”.

The family, with their local community, raised the funds through five fundraising events last year to honour the fifth anniversary of the 19-year-old's passing.

David Joyce, director of emergency services and climate action at Cork City Council, opened the event by saying as cities grow, smarter ways of designing them are needed.

This year’s event featured post-primary school students from parishes across the Catholic diocese of Cork and Ross.

Some roads damaged in the East Cork region by Storm Babet in October 2023 still haven’t reopened while others damaged then are in a rapidly deteriorating state, and haven’t received government funding to repair them.

The panoramic 35m-high wheel will return to Fota Wildlfe Park this month.

The five Foróige youth club members found they cut screen time significantly when they deleted the social media apps for a week. 

Transition year students at Kinsale Community School, were recognised for their project entitled ‘Augmented Humanity’, which saw electronic waste transformed into a high-fashion gown.

“Wars are complex and unpredictable. I don’t see an easy and clean solution. I think it will play out for a number of months at the very least," the history lecturer has predicted.

The last of the residents displaced after the Owenacurra mental health resident centre was flooded during Storm Babet in 2023 have been moved from a hotel to their new homes. It’s the end of a long road, but the development has been welcomed by all concerned.

Both men were given suspended sentences

Junior transport minister Jerry Buttimer said that Cork Airport has become “forgotten” in terms of the bus and rail provision.

Yesterday, a total of 416 inmates were in that prison. It has 304 beds.

Kenneth Browne, who works as a journalist for the Chinese TV station CGTN, was on duty at the Winter Olympics in Italy when he taught the American music star how to say “happy new year” in Chinese

More than 2,000 adults with intellectual disabilities in Ireland are still living with parents over 70. Amy Campbell speaks to a Cork mother about her struggle to secure independent living for her twin sons.

Cork City Council has granted permission for apartments at Bessborough despite three previous refusals relating to the estate and concerns that it may contain the unmarked graves of hundreds of children.

Staff at the CUH are aiming to reduce the spread of the virus, also known as the winter vomiting bug, by implementing strict visitor restrictions.

Irish Rail is to be asked to put on at least one more carriage on the route when liners are due to dock in the harbourside town.

Ruairí Lally pleaded guilty at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to threatening to kill or cause serious harm to the young woman, contrary to the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997.

Court told defendant and his mother had arrived at the injured party's house and and were 'throwing themselves at the front door', tried to break the kitchen window, and threatening to kill him and his daughter

Mr Gill said one boat had sunk recently at the pier which is located near Skibbereen and is used by local inshore fishing boats and the ferry service to Heir Island

Residents raise alarm over speeding vehicles in Caheragh as councillors call for feedback signs to improve road safety

Ronan O’Sullivan was charged with one count of possession of illegal drugs, contrary to Section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977 and one count of possession of illegal drugs for sale or supply, contrary to Section 15 of the same act.

A HSE spokesperson said the hospital is dealing with an outbreak that is affecting two wards, with other wards under observation.

Judge Helen Boyle imposed a sentence of two years and eight months on John Campion and suspended the last eight months at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

The annual events will see 12,000 balls released from a cage at the top of Patrick's Hill in a colourful cascade 

Despite the installation of height-warning signs on approaches to the bridge on the Bailick Road in Midleton, lorry drivers are getting stuck under it on a regular basis, leading to traffic chaos.

The 84-year-old man has been jailed for five years for the crimes which he denied