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Kerry manager Jack O'Connor is facing an uphill battle to get his inter-county footballers the end of season downtime he deems appropriate, with club delegates in the Kingdom raising strong objections to the idea

Council hears boat had been left at Castletownbere pier for three years while two vessels were abandoned at Glengarriff

McClean, aged 81, has previously been convicted at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of abusing 49 boys at Terenure College

Lee, who will replace Ian Flanagan, has been appointed on a one-year deal but will approach the role with an attitude of the job being permanent

The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council warned that rising deficits and reliance on corporation tax leave the public finances exposed

A former senior CIA official in Virginia pleaded guilty to a charge that he abused his position and government funds to enrich himself by acquiring ...

Recent Vat reduction for hairdressers gave Valerie Finnegan Cahill, owner of Ikon Hair in Cork City, some “breathing space” but budget changes such as the increases to the national minimum wage is another cost they are expected to absorb

Lauren Taylor chats to the British cookery writer, cook and presenter

Cork publican Niall O'Mahony says devil will be in the detail in Budget commitment to rural pubs

Cork publican Niall O'Mahony says devil will be in the detail in Budget commitment to rural pubs

Motorists have been urged to drive with caution this morning, following reports of collisions

A sprinkling of financial supports across childcare, income tax, and disabilities will leave no one satisfied, writes Elaine Loughlin

Everything you need to know about pensions and other social welfare payments announced in Budget 2027

A rise in primary capitation and Deis Plus is very welcome, but the omission of class sizes and the pupil-teacher ratio is an enormous missed opportunity

Jerry said he believes his brother, who was a gay man, 'thought he was doing the right thing' by leaving Ireland

Racism, spitting, intimidation, surveillance.

In the coming weeks, Páirc Uí Chaoimh will host Gaelic football and hurling games, shinty/hurling and shinty/camogie internationals along with a Munster Champions Cup game and the Ireland women's team play-off against Kazakhstan

Deirdre McArdle visits the Grand Parade facility and discovers that, while there is much discussion of the digital future, the lending of physical media such as books, records and even musical instruments are still a huge part of what the library does

Former Miss Ireland Aoife O'Sullivan tells Deirdre McArdle about her wedding to Cork hurler Colm Spillane

Ahead of Budget 2027, Seán Ryan wanted a raise of at least €25 a week for pensioners.

The country’s balance sheet is doing well but large swathes of the population are not feeling it

But while the main parts of the budget have been spoken and written about at length, these may have been missed

Tax, housing, childcare, health, welfare and transport all feature in the Government's latest budget package.

Fuel protest leaders say hauliers and agricultural contractors are facing mounting costs and are preparing for further action

A 13-year-old girl allegedly raped by Katie Price’s ex-husband received a text message from him afterwards saying “I love you goodnight”, a court has ...

Full details of the department’s €14.4bn budget for 2027 will be outlined on Wednesday

Clayton McMillan said it's 'important that we temper our excitement' around 20-year-old out-half Charlie O'Shea.

Patrick ‘Patsy’ O’Sullivan was 35 at the time of his disappearance.

It is estimated people with disabilities face extra expenses of up to €15,000 per year

It is estimated people with disabilities face extra expenses of up to €15,000 per year

Chestnut Grove has been designed by an architect in a salubrious Schull residential area

We have been discussing a deterioration in young people’s mental health for some time, and I have started to view what is happening from a different perspective, says Colman Noctor.

The measures include increases to welfare rates, Fuel Allowance and Living Alone Allowance, alongside targeted child poverty supports

The complainant suffered a stroke after the blood thinning medication he was on was stopped for three days while he was a patient at Mercy University Hospital

Iarnród Éireann has described it as an appalling attack, which had the potential to be fatal, and is asking anyone with information to contact gardaí.

Figures cover 30 beaches across the county, including 13 designated bathing waters monitored under the Environmental Protection Agency programme

The development would take place on a site of about 15 acres (6ha) adjacent to the Glashagarriff River

It has been alleged that Ireland fitness coach Damien Doyle was spat at from a member of the Israeli contingent.

“We had such a colourful community of people,” he says.

Follow all the latest Budget 2027 announcements, political reaction and analysis as the Government unveils its spending plans in the Dáil

The minister said the budget comes amid “real geopolitical uncertainty”, saying this is why he focused on moderating day-to-day spending

A WhatsApp group devoted to female crime writing?

Horgan suggests that high-ranking county board officials were in Ryan’s ear on who should be on the Cork panel

It is now understood that Mr O'Sullivan has been found dead abroad, with his family informed of the discovery.

Eoin Downey recalled a meeting where the group set out their aims after they found themselves in Senior A following their relegation

People buying second-hand properties will miss out after a proposal to scrap stamp duty was dumped at the last hour

Horgan suggests that high-ranking county board officials were in Ryan’s ear on who should be on the Cork panel

Ageism is not a charge the GAA want to be saddled with, especially when other sports organisations don’t have upper age limits.

My instinct was to say no, as I feel he’s a bit young to be ‘hanging out’...

Truly radical budgets of the past have always ended in disaster, which is why today's budget will be a damp squib — a little bit of this, a little bit of that, but never enough to leave anyone properly satisfied