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Family fun day

Des Wixted with his two grand sons James and Harry enjoying the family fun day at Bishopstown Leisure World last…

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Dripsey National School

Edana Murphy and Aoife Ryan pictured in Dripsey National School, co. Cork on their first day in Junior Infants class.…

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Practice

Phil O'Hare from Rescue Organisation Ireland, Andy Fyfe from UK WRO and Evelyn O'Sullivan from Cork Convention Bureau get in…

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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.

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Quote of the day

left quotationA vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with.right quotation

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,...


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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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