The social welfare scheme provides a once-off payment to eligible families towards the cost of school clothing and footwear.

A Boil Water alert issued for more than 8,000 homes and businesses during last week's heatwave has been lifted. Uisce Éireann issued the precautionary Boil Water Notice on Monday, June 22 to protect ...

Ireland is heading up the EU Council Presidency for the rest of 2026 - which means a hugely complex security operation as EU leaders and officials pay a visit to Cork this week. Starting today, ...

As of today, VAT rates for restaurants, cafes, caterers and hairdressers is being reduced from 13.5% to 9%. This has been a controversial measure, with some arguing that multinational corporations ...

Members of the public are being invited to give their feedback on plans for a new Midleton-Youghal road. The Cork National Roads Office and Cork County Council are now asking for feedback - ...

Detectives attached to the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau arrested a man this week on suspicion of bribing a public official. The man, who is in his 40s, was arrested on Monday 29th June 2026 ...

The Garda Commissioner has warned protesters they will not be allowed to block motorways, airports and other critical ...

Cork's remarkable support has become one of the stories of this year's Championship and Fitzgibbon admits the players are ...

If you were one of the many people complaining about the high temps last week - we have some bad news for you as Met Éireann ...

A multi-vehicle collision in West Cork caused major traffic delays as a road was closed and diversions were put in place ...

The changes mean that almost 2,700 carers will receive an increase in their Carer's Allowance payment from today. Virtually all of those in receipt of Carer's are now being paid t ...

Hundreds of tributes are pouring in for a young Cork man who passed away unexpectedly over the weekend. Seán Murray, from ...