Living in Cork city, we are fortunate to be surrounded by plenty of others who see the crucial importance of good food as a core component of health and happiness, writes KATHRIONA DEVEREUX. 

Is the right of airports and airlines to increase their profits greater than the right of citizens and residents to a quiet environment, asks KATHRIONA DEVEREUX.

Contemplating the sheer volume of plastic the holiday produces each year truly frightens us, writes KATHRIONA DEVEREUX. 

Throughout her 40-year career, Lucille cared for the most vulnerable of babies and played her part in transforming neonatal care in Cork. Now, she's helping babies in Uganda, writes KATHRIONA DEVEREUX. 

The school communities of Glasheen Boys’ and Glasheen Girls’ National Schools lined the footpaths of Glasheen Road on Monday, urging drivers to show extra caution in the vicinity of their schools, writes KATHRIONA DEVEREUX. 

If you enjoy a bit of slapstick comedy, there really is nothing funnier than watching fully grown adults slipping on their arses and tipping ungracefully into a body of water.

I once suggested to my flat mates that there should be a global social experiment to pause football for a season..my ambivalence to soccer was strong. 

Katie is on a mission to get the playground upgraded so that it can be an inclusive space for children of all ages, and the community has been rallying to her call, writes KATHRIONA DEVEREUX.

I know emergency preparedness is a serious matter, but on a lighter note, I was slightly disappointed that the Irish booklet didn’t contain a recommendation to always have a spare box of tea in the house

Flicking through old columns, reflecting on the topics and issues I’ve covered in that time, my main reaction was, “My goodness we’ve been through a lot.”

In her weekly column Kathriona Devereux shares advice on what we can all do to help reduce road traffic accidents

Kathriona Devereux reflects on an eventful few days

This is National Breastfeeding Week, an opportunity to celebrate the beautiful human function that is breastfeeding, so says Kathriona Devereux in her weekly column

Kathriona Devereux reflects on the food waste by households and businesses in Ireland and also takes a look at the new deposit return scheme

Kathriona Devereux was among the crowd enjoying the St Patrick's Day festivities in Cork at the weekend. Here she reflects on the parade, the Taoiseach's visit Stateside and the winner of the glitterball

Science Week gives Kathriona Devereux hope in this troubled world. Here she picks some of her top events happening this week

It’s the time of the year when you reflect on what has passed, and start thinking about what you want to do with the coming 52 weeks, writes Kathriona Devereux. 

Was the €9 million provision for pouches for mobile phones for secondary school students, well spent? Kathriona Devereux looks at some reaction

Maybe the tragic deaths and widespread destruction of property in wealthy LA will make people sit up and pay attention, writes KATHRIONA DEVEREUX. 

Kathriona Devereux looks at new papers by the The Lancet, which unravel why the majority of women around the world choose to breastfeed, but are prevented from doing so