Paschal Sheehy

Southern Editor

The Wild Atlantic Way was created a decade ago by the National Tourism Development Authority

Tourism on Wild Atlantic Way worth over €3bn a year

A report by Fáilte Ireland on the economic impact of the Wild Atlantic Way has found it is worth more than €3 billion per year in tourism revenue to communities along the western seaboard.

Ireland • 11 Apr 24

Trawlers have been forced to tie up at Castletownbere this weekend to shelter from Storm Kathleen

Storm Kathleen ties up Irish trawlers amid prawn fishery

It is the first weekend of April and the lucrative prawn fishery on the Porcupine Bank closes in three weeks for Irish trawlers.

Munster • 06 Apr 24

'We have the best teachers in the world' - TUI delegate Nessa O'Meara

Ireland must stop forcing us overseas, teacher warns

With teaching unions using their conferences to voice serious concerns over staffing levels, one teacher recounts the challenges she had to overcome to secure full-time employment - and urges the Government to entice Irish teachers abroad back home, where they are needed.

Education • 03 Apr 24

33-year-old Ian Baitson died in hospital following an attack in Cobh

Arrest in Ian Baitson murder investigation in Cork

A man has been arrested by gardaí in Cobh, County Cork, investigating the death of 33-year old chef, Ian Baitson.

Ireland • 23 Mar 24

Four of the accused appeared at a hearing in Bandon District Court

Ten charged with conspiring to import drugs into State

Ten men have been brought before District Court sittings in Cork city and county, charged with conspiring with each other to import drugs into the State.

Courts • 21 Mar 24

Colour, imagination and diversity were to the fore in St Patrick's Day parades in Cork and Kerry

St Patrick's Day marked with 'imagination' in Cork, Kerry

Themes for St Patrick's Day parades in Cork and Kerry focused on a world of colour and imagination, with the floats, performers and costumes living up to expectation.

Regional • 17 Mar 24

The incident happened in the car park of a convenience store on the Newtown Road at around 8pm last night

Man attacked with weapon in Cobh in critical condition

A man is in a critical condition in hospital after he was attacked in Cobh, Co Cork.

Munster • 16 Mar 24

All of the men were arrested yesterday morning in the Skibbereen area

Extended detention granted for ten held in drug probe

Gardaí have been granted orders to extend by 72 hours the detention of ten men arrested in connection with what they believe was an attempt by a criminal organisation to import a large quantity of drugs into the State off the west Cork coast yesterday morning.

Ireland • 16 Mar 24

Gardaí at the scene of the incident this afternoon in Tralee

Arrest after woman sexually assaulted, stabbed in Kerry

A man has been arrested in connection with an incident in which a woman in her 20s was stabbed and sexually assaulted in Co Kerry earlier today.

Ireland • 14 Mar 24

Gardaí are visiting schools and colleges in Co Kerry to warn of the dangers of becoming a money mule

Campaign to warn young people of 'money mule' risks

Gardaí in Co Kerry have established an education campaign for schools and colleges, after over 30 teenagers and young people there were prosecuted for laundering a total of more than €1 million in just 18 months.

Munster • 11 Mar 24