Overdose warning
Heroin addicts in Cork are not getting fast access to Methadone Treatment Programmes, which could be causing some to overdose. Cork's Methadone Treatment Programme currently has 150 members, while there are a further 14 people waiting to access the programme, according...
Be sure to insure
Making sure that you are fully insured against a potential claim is always important, but considering recent figures on the number of claims taken by the public, it is becoming more and more so as the business environment changes.
Make your way to Wilton
Address: 79 Eagle Valley, Wilton, Cork
Type: Three bedroom mid-terrace
Note: Walking distance of CUH
Contact: Matt Fallon, FML Properties 021-4277877
Price: Price on application
Quote of the day
A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with.
Go go 'Girls in Green'
After a week's warm weather training in Miami, it's all systems go for the Irish U-17 women's team who compete in their first ever World Cup, beginning next week in Trinidad and Tobago. With four Cork girls in the squad,...
Baby talk
Ninety per cent of AcuLife clients are female, according to Mr Mullins. But he says that infertility affects 50 per cent of men and 50 per cent of women.So, why do men shy away? Working with couples that are having...
Single And The City
Our weekly tongue in cheek look at single life in Cork.
Cabrio sunshine from Mercedes Benz
As I stepped in behind the wheel of the new Mercedes Benz E220 Cabrio, I felt privileged. The fine weather beckoned and the draw to take a lengthy drive and enjoy the countryside was compelling. I felt that a trip...
Working things out
The notion of work - paid work, unpaid work, work in the home, homework – is a fluid one, dependent on place and time and individual preferences. Studying sociology in college I learned about the concept of paid for work...
In the Footsteps of St. Finbarre (Part 226) A Tragedy of Ireland
Leaving Currykippane, the journey along the River Lee valley to Cork City seems to bring one through the history of twentieth century Ireland. Near Currykippane at Kerrypike lies a memorial erected in 1945 to the memory of six young men...
The rambling Raconteur returns
Power-pop seems to have lost its lustre since its heyday in the 60s when the likes of The Beatles, the Beach Boys and The Kinks ruled the charts. Melodic, harmony driven guitar pop seems to have fallen out of favour...
Who should be treated?
This week I’m going to discuss the case of Mr Larry Murphy, a convicted rapist, who savagely beat and raped a woman with the intention of killing her. He stopped not because he had a crisis of conscience, but because...
Jean Murphy - Marketing Manager with Blarney Castle
Ever wonder where the story of kissing the Blarney Stone came from? We have all heard when you kiss the Blarney Stone, you get the gift of the gab, but where did it originate?
Learning about the many stories behind...
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