Global Hunger Levels Set To Stay High For 136 Years  Global hunger levels will stay high for another 136 years if efforts to tackle it continue at the current pace, a new report has found. The Global […]

Massive Blasts Rock Beirut As Israel Steps Up Attacks On Hezbollah A series of massive blasts have rocked Beirut’s southern suburbs, shaking buildings miles away in the Lebanese capital. Lebanon’s state-run Nat […]

Sometimes Screen Duos Are Meant To Be, But Where Have They Been In Recent Years? Cinema hasn’t delivered a dynamic duo worth getting off (or onto, depending) your couch for in quite some time. That’s not to say there hav […]

Donald Trump Rushed Off Stage After ‘Gunshots’ At Pennsylvania Rally Donald Trump has been rushed off the stage at a rally in Pennsylvania after apparent gunshots rang through the crowd. Mr Trump was showing off a […]

How One Veteran Is Helping Ukrainian Soldiers To Relax  Academy St in Cork may seem an unusual location to lead mindfulness sessions for Ukrainian troops on the frontline, but that is exactly what […]

'Shocking', People Still Use Sunbeds Despite Skin Cancer Risk, Public Health Doctor Says It is “shocking” people still use sunbeds frequently some 10 years since laws were passed to limit their use, a HSE public health doctor has sai […]

Learning To Say 'No' When You're In Work No! Toddlers use this word a lot, as do teenagers. So why is it that once we grow up and enter the workforce, many of us find it hard to say no to […]

EU Considers Sanctions On Israel Following 'Barbaric' Airstrike On Refugee Camp The EU is now considering sanctions against Israel for the first time following a “barbaric” airstrike on a refugee camp in Gaza, which has spa […]

Bambie Thug accuses Israeli broadcaster of rule break after rehearsals no-show Ireland’s Eurovision Song Contest entry Bambie Thug has accused the Israeli broadcaster, Kan, of a rule break, after the singer missed their f […]

The Coronas take a quick Cork quiz — and talk life on the road in 2024 The Coronas are in town, promoting their upcoming Live at the Marquee gig, and we get an invite to chat to them. I’m the last interview slot o […]

Ireland Government to begin process of changing 'triple lock' neutrality The Government will begin the process to change Ireland’s “triple lock” neutrality system today. Tánaiste Micheál Martin will seek approval to d […]

One of the most dangerous places on earth to be female Doctors wrote the words “the baby of the martyr Sabreen al-Sakani”, on a piece of tape and attached it to the infant before placing her in an inc […]

We agreed — no marriage, no kids — but I feel my partner is changing his mind I’m a 37-year-old woman in a very happy, committed relationship, with a job I love, and my partner (age 39) and I both agreed very early on in the […]

Make prostitution legal and chemically castrate rapists and paedophiles Prostitution should be legal and abortion is permissible in some circumstances, Independent Ireland party leader Michael Collins has said in a new […]

31 tiny tweaks to improve your daily life 1. Drink a glass of water as soon as you wake I often forget to drink water, even though I know it’s good to drink about six glasses a day. So a […]

Relationships: Can a friend with benefits help me?  I’m still smarting from my divorce (instigated by my ex-wife) and not ready for a new relationship, or even dating, but I miss sex and […]

Mind the 'mindset' trap being set for us all on social media “Good puzzle” wrote James Joyce in Ulysses, “would be to cross Dublin without passing a pub”. I humbly submit that a better, and infinite […]

GAA's online ticket policy 'negatively impacting' older people in rural areas Many older people in rural areas are no longer attending GAA games “as they are unable to purchase a ticket online”, an advocacy group has sai […]

Met Éireann issues rain warning for Cork and Kerry Cork and Kerry have been issued with a 24-hour weather warning for Monday through to Tuesday. Spells of heavy will fall across the two Munster […]

Blackrock Road townhouse for €395K? Sorry, but it's gone over that in bids already IT LOOKS like there’s a steady price progression in the case of recent sales at the suburban Cork Blackrock Road townhouse development called C […]