Jennie O'Sullivan

John Lalor from the OPW working on the Shandon Steeple

Shandon Steeple showing best face after restoration work

Known locally as the 'four-faced liar' because its clockfaces never told the same time, Cork's iconic Shandon Steeple is now showing its best face following the completion of a major restoration programme.

Munster • 01 Mar

Water flows from an indoor tap at a sink

West Cork village without water for 15th time since July

Households and businesses are again without water in the isolated village of Adrigole in west Cork following a burst water main.

Regional • 28 Feb

Several brown benches can be seen inside a church. The windows are colourful stained glass.

Well-known Cork church to close this year

St Augustine's Church in Cork city is to close later this year.

Munster • 28 Feb

Verdict of accidental death in inquest into Ironman event

A verdict of accidental death has been returned in the case of 64-year-old Canadian Ivan Chittenden, who was one of two people who drowned during an Ironman triathlon event in Co Cork in 2023.

Munster • 24 Feb

Apple opens new office building at Cork city campus

The Taoiseach has officially opened a new office building to accommodate 1,300 employees at Apple's European headquarters overlooking Cork city.

Regional • 20 Feb

close up of Noel Twomey on a blue background

Man who poured boiling water over sleeping wife jailed

A 64-year-old man who poured boiling water over his sleeping wife and struck her several times with a claw hammer at their home in Cork city has been jailed for eight years.

Courts • 16 Feb

Over 40 calls to new Cork community first responders

Volunteers attached to a newly established Community First Responder (CFR) group in Cork city have been tasked to over 40 emergency callouts in its first two months of operation.

Munster • 11 Feb

Nessa Gilsenan pleaded guilty to stealing more than €300,000 from TV chef Martin Shanahan (file pic)

Woman to sell property to raise compensation, court hears

A woman who pleaded guilty to stealing more than €300,000 from TV chef Martin Shanahan, owner of the award-winning Fishy Fishy restaurant in Kinsale, Co Cork, is to raise compensation by selling a property, the Circuit Criminal Court in Cork was told today.

Munster • 10 Feb

The drugs were seized after a van was stopped in Courtmacsherry, Co Cork last July

Sentencing adjourned in Cork cocaine importation case

Sentencing in the case of four men charged in connection with the attempted importation of €31 million worth of cocaine at Courtmacsherry in west Cork last July has been adjourned until 12 May next.

Courts • 10 Feb

Slaney Search and Rescue help Baby Ollie Michael Kirwan, his mother Kasey Grant and father Stephen Kirwan, as well as his grandmother Elayne Grant

Slaney Search and Rescue 'baffled' by council's complaint

Slaney Search and Rescue has said they are baffled and upset by a complaint made by Wexford County Council to local gardaí in Enniscorthy following their rescue of a family of four at the height of Tuesday's flooding in the town.

Ireland • 03 Feb