Kenyon Jones Ginn, fondly known as Taffy, lived in Share’s Mount St Joseph housing complex in Cork from 2007 to 2021. He was without family in this country but had a large circle of friends.

Suisha’s Arts Access ID programme, which supports neurodiverse and intellectually disabled artists and audiences to fully participate in cultural life, was announced as a winner on International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

This year, Ms O’Callaghan helped the CDA to improve deaf-awareness training across the public service, including HSE, Tusla, Revenue, Cork City and County Councils, UCC, and soon with An Garda Síochána.

Over the past few years, rising Mayfield star James Keegan has been entertaining audiences all over Ireland with his soulful melodies and captivating storytelling, blending the warmth of folk with the energy of indie-rock.

On the morning of Friday, October 18, 2024, in a Fermoy supermarket carpark, Callaghan O’Keeffe, a retired teacher and farmer who was known to all as Cal, managed to push a woman out of the direct line of an oncoming car, which was reversing at speed.

Here For A Reason tells the life story of Paralympic champion and artist Tom Leahy.

Mr McCarthy is survived by his wife, Caroline, née Bridgeman, and his children, Ross, Donna, Kalvin, Dylan, and Tristan, his grandchildren, Caitlin, Warren, Rhys, Finley, Lewis, Ella, Logan, and Kai, and a large circle of family and friends.

Alison Hennessy, Shane Hurley, and Noreen Daly, from Fermoy, were among the successful Irish contingent that secured medals.

On Saturday afternoon, more than 100 young people gathered in Co Laois for a special ceremony to acknowledge the contributions of award recipients from across the country.

On August 19, while out searching by the banks of the Lee for the telephone of a missing person who had been found deceased, Mr Kiely collapsed, having suffered a sudden cardiac arrest and an aneurysm, which left him clinically dead for around four minutes.

Now in its 28th year, the awards will be hosted at the Powerscourt Hotel in Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, on November 27.

“Everything is done. I’m just waiting for the cheque now,” Mick Moriarty told The Echo.

Louise Crowley is a lecturer at University College Cork and a mother of three, and at the age of 17 she was diagnosed with lupus.

The Very Reverend Nigel Dunne, Dean of Cork, and Sonya Dunne (nee Keogh) celebrated their marriage service and nuptial choral Eucharist at St Fin Barre’s Cathedral on Saturday.

The data and images gathered will provide valuable insights into space weather and contribute to Ireland’s understanding of this natural phenomenon.

Oran, an avid hurler, soccer player, and Taekwon-Do enthusiast, is now spearheading a Cork University Hospital Charity drive encouraging pupils to wear their favourite onesie or pyjamas to school on Type Onesie Day on November 14.

General manager of the Cork International Hotel Eoghan Murphy said that organisations such as St Theresa’s Girl Guides are important as they inspire young people to appreciate their local community.

The Lord Mayor of Cork, councillor Fergal Dennehy, has announced plans to host a civic reception to honour Mr Horgan’s outstanding contribution to the game of hurling.

He changed the world for the better through his work as an educator, as a youth worker, as a coach in Na Piarsaigh, as a public representative, and as someone who fought for children’s rights locally, nationally and internationally, Fr Seán O’Sullivan said.

Through his work with the Cork Life Centre, Mr O’Leary, who had been living for more than four years with terminal cancer, made life immeasurably better for hundreds of young Cork people failed by Ireland’s mainstream education system.

In a room festooned with an array of balloons in the colours of his beloved Glen Rovers, Jimmy Lynam celebrated his 100th birthday surrounded by family and friends.

He is 4/1 to become the new judge on Dancing With The Stars.

Jamie is most looking forward to surprising Mr Obama with his full name, as the Bandon teen was christened James John Barack Nolan.

All children offered a place in East Cork Community Special School for the first time this coming school year are still awaiting a start date, including Leanne Thompson’s five-year-old son, Eldon.

He was in his forties and married with children.

A verdict of accidental death was recorded at the inquest in to the death of Sharon Healy from Kiskeam, Co Cork.

The popular councillor passed away at his home in Ballylickey, outside Bantry, but was originally from Ahabrock, Eyeries, in Beara.

Fianna Fáil councillor Fergal Dennehy, Lord Mayor of Cork, said he wished, on behalf of the people of Cork, to extend his deepest condolences to Ms Hopkins’ family and friends.

In a letter to all secondary schools in his diocese, Bishop Colton, the longest-serving Church of Ireland bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross in over 400 years, confirmed he will retire by the end of the school year.

Veronica Hoen lived in Glanmire. In a tribute on the Glanmire Noticeboard page Veronica is described as having been “a bubbly, friendly, lovely lady who will be missed by many.” 

Gerry Kelly of the Cork Pops Orchestra, a local resident of the Douglas Street area, said that Douglas Street is “really thriving, due in no small part to the work of business leaders such as Justine and Edel”.

Molly Jones, who completed the feat in Northamptonshire, England, last Friday, has so far raised more €2,280 through the escapade.

ISPCA inspector Caroline Faherty worries about owners, just as much as their pets, hears Sarah Horgan

The Portrait Prize shortlist includes paintings, video and photography, while the Young Portrait Prize showcase works of artists aged 18 and under.

Gardaí have issued an appeal to anyone who may have witnessed the crash to contact them.

Mr Collins, a councillor for Kanturk-Mallow, was from Meelin village in Duhallow, North Cork.

Mr Holohan said he undertook the challenge as he is familiar with mental health issues, having experienced some himself, and wanted to show how it can be possible for anyone to complete this challenge with little under a year of training.

In a post shared on social media, Keane posted a seven-slide carousel captioned: “Happy Birthday to me. All the gifts I need.”

Meelin native Nancy Lehane is being priced at 4/1 by Boylesports to emerge as the winner of the annual event.

Garnish GAA in West Cork set up a GoFundMe page in late July to pay for the medical expenses of Féile O’Sullivan.

The CSO birth and death data for 2022 has revealed that overall, there were 5,912 births in Cork, including 3,735 in the county and 2,177 in the city, as well as 4,124 deaths; 1,640 in the city and 2,484 in the county.

Ms McCarthy’s name will now be put forward for consideration as Cork Person of the Year, alongside the other monthly award recipients, at the annual gala awards lunch, which will be held in January 2026.

“When they suggested that I should get the award, I told them I could think of at least five or six other people that would deserve it more,” he said.

"Family, friendship, his passion for work, his love of basketball and coaching, his love of fun and a bit of craic - they were the ingredients of his life he blended them into something that, like his beer, will last long beyond them.” 

Mr Leahy will be presented with the award by Cork Mother Jones Committee chairman James Nolan at a presentation ceremony to be held after Lord Mayor Fergal Dennehy performs the official opening of the three-day event at the city’s Maldron Hotel.

As Cork gets ready to face Tipperary at Croke Park in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling final, a number of Glen Rovers men could be key to Cork’s chances of securing glory.

A popular figure in Cork’s artistic and literary circles, he was a contemporary of sculptor Seamus Murphy, writers Frank O’Connor and Seán Ó Ríordáin, and composer Seán Ó Riada.

Mr Murphy said that he and his family will be at Croke Park this weekend to cheer on the Rebels as they take on the Premier County, with his new tattoo on display for all to see.

While Cork’s social media was abuzz about the gig, the irony is that Chris Kent’s show was about getting off social media, the internet and the phone in general.

A mother of two children, 34-year-old Aishling Thornhill has been in Cork University Hospital since January of this year.