Paschal Sheehy

Southern Editor

John Kearney with the Atlantis Explorer 1

Submarine 'gamechanger for discovery' along Irish coasts

Ireland's first commercial submarine has begun work after six months of sea trials off the south coast.

Munster • 27 Sep 24

CIÉ halted both pay and pension increases when the economic crash hit in 2008 (file pic)

Former CIÉ employees call for pension increase

More than 6,000 former employees of CIÉ are calling on the company to increase their pensions, after over a decade and a half of a freeze in their payments.

Ireland • 23 Sep 24

A woman in her 40s was arrested at the scene and is being detained for questioning

Woman, 40s, arrested over fire at house in Cork city

Gardaí are investigating the cause of a fire which extensively damaged a two-storey house at College Road in Cork city.

Munster • 22 Sep 24

Honorary Secretary of Tipperary Peace Convention, Martin Quinn, presented the Tipperary International Peace Award to Médecins Sans Frontiéres' Dr Javid Abdelmoneim

Médecins Sans Frontiéres receives Tipperary Peace Award

Médecins Sans Frontiéres has received the Tipperary International Peace Award in recognition of the organisation's humanitarian work and the response of its teams to crises of both war and natural disasters.

Ireland • 21 Sep 24

William and Eleanor Sheehy of Grange More, Timoleague, Co Cork, are both facing nine charges each

Two people charged with neglecting 14 dogs in west Cork

Two people have been before the district court at Clonakilty in west Cork on animal health and welfare charges, including neglecting 14 dogs in their possession.

Munster • 17 Sep 24

All are members of Thomas Dooley's close and extended family

Five men sentenced to life for Thomas Dooley murder

Five men found guilty by a jury at the Central Criminal Court in Cork of the murder of 42-year-old father-of-seven Thomas Dooley have been given mandatory life sentences.

Courts • 30 Jul 24

Ireland's EU Commissioner Designate Michael McGrath at the ResultsCX office in Cork

Cork company looking to expand workforce by 200

ResultsCX, a global customer experience management company, has said it will add 200 people to its Irish workforce by early next year, bringing total numbers employed by the company in this country to more than 500.

Munster • 31 Jul 24

40-year old man Finbarr Coleman, who was a passenger in the car, died in the crash

Driver arrested after passenger died in crash released

Gardaí will prepare a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions after the driver of a car which crashed in Co Cork in the early hours ofyesterday morning was released without charge.

Munster • 28 Jul 24

The search operation began when the alarm was raised on Tuesday

Search for remains of boy continues off Cliffs of Moher

A search in continuing off the Co Clare coastline for the body of a boy missing from the Cliffs of Moher since Tuesday.

Munster • 27 Jul 24

Gardaí said the road at Ballynamona is likely to remain close until around lunchtime

Driver arrested as man, 40s, dies in crash in Co Cork

A 40-year-old man who died in a road crash near Kinsale in Co Cork this morning, following which one man was arrested, has been named as Finbarr Coleman.

Ireland • 27 Jul 24