Marian O'Flaherty

Basking Sharks can grow to 12 metres in length, can weigh up to six tonnes and feed primarily on plankton

Watch: Special sighting of Basking Sharks off Kerry coast

Marine enthusiasts in west Kerry were privy to a special sighting of three Basking Sharks in waters in the local harbour at Daingean Uí Chúis.

Munster • 12 Apr

A group of residents say the development will limit access to beach-users

Protests in Ardmore over €1.3m water sports facility

Protestors blocked work vehicles from accessing a site this morning due to a dispute over plans to build a €1.3 million water sports facility on the beachfront in Ardmore, Co Waterford.

Munster • 10 Apr

The 82-year-old Kerry man was convicted 61 counts of rape and sexual abuse against his daughter at the Central Criminal Court in Cork

Woman 'robbed of innocent childhood' by father's abuse

A woman has detailed how "nobody believed her" and that she was "deemed a liar" when she told of the rape and sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her own father, which began when she was just four years old

Courts • 07 Feb

The building has been secured by emergency services following the collapse

Roof collapses under heavy snow at Kerry sports complex

The roof of a sports complex in Tralee, Co Kerry has collapsed under heavy snow.

Weather • 06 Jan

The community rally was held at the Junction Bar in Camp

Kerry rally held over future of area's only nursing home

A rally has taken place in Co Kerry amid concerns over the future of the area's only residential nursing home.

Munster • 28 Dec 24

Cork North-West

Here's what you need to know about the three-seat constituency of Cork North-West

Election 24 • 26 Nov 24

LÉ Gobnait and LÉ Aoibhinn were built in 2009 for the Royal New Zealand Navy, and were purchased from its government in 2022

Two inshore patrol vessels commissioned in Haulbowline

Two new inshore patrol vessels have been commissioned at the Haulbowline Naval Base in Cork, a development which the Department of Defence says heralds the rejuvenation and expansion of the naval fleet, and which it hopes will also bolster recruitment.

Munster • 04 Sep 24

Smiles and ice creams all round as Castletroy College principal Padraig Flanagan celebrates with some of this year's Leaving Cert students receiving their results

Exam grade inflation to be reduced gradually - Foley

Minister for Education Norma Foley has indicated that grade inflation measures, introduced post pandemic, are set to be reduced from 2025 onwards on a "step-by-step basis".

Education • 23 Aug 24