It’s the sort of hell on earth that would very quickly drive a man incarcerated here, stuck in solitude with only his mind for company, to take leave of his senses. A chill goes down my spine, writes JOHN DOLAN. 

There’s something about living close to a tourist attraction that can repel locals. Last week, we finally took the trip to Spike Island to see what all the fuss about it is. 

Visitors to the island on June 1 are promised captivating entertainment, live music, and family-friendly activities, topped off with a firework display.

Sonya Stokes told a demonstration held at City Hall on Thursday evening that her abuser and all other convicted sex offenders should be housed on “Spike Island".

Rebecca Brownlie, author of Abandoned Ireland 2, tells the intriguing stories of two of the buildings that feature in her book

Spike Island has warned the After Dark tours are a night of “pure, unbridled fear”.

As part of our Cork Coast series, Trevor Laffan reflects on his life growing up by the sea, in his weekly column

The special tribute and poignant reminder of the island’s past will see over 1,300 fireworks light up the sky. 

An exhibition called Echoes of Isolation runs at Spike Island until the end of the summer. 

Edmond Horgan (75) was left waiting after other ambulances were sent to calls deemed higher priority

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In a new weekly column, we share videos by Dario Cascio (The Sicilian Wanderer) about some of Cork's favourite places and people. Here Dario visits Spike Island - which was once the largest prison in the world - and the most feared

IT APPEARS Spike Island is not just a popular destination for tourists if the latest UFO sighting in Cork is to be believed.

PRISONERS at Spike Island were mostly from “blackspots of disadvantage” and were essentially “locked up for being poor”, according to new research from University College Cork.

ALMOST 400 people turned out to Cork’s award-winning tourist attraction Spike Island yesterday to celebrate the 80th anniversary of its historic handover from Britain to Ireland.