Thousands of people across Ireland are set to receive their social welfare payments earlier than expected this week, in a move aimed at avoiding disruption over the Easter bank holiday. Payments due on Easter Monday, April 6, will instead be issued in advance, as banks, post offices, and Intreo centres will be closed for the … Read more
Roy Keane has paid tribute to his mother Marie, following her death earlier this week. The Ireland and Manchester United legend paid tribute to his mother by sharing a picture of them both on his Instagram account on Saturday afternoon. “You’ll always be the boss,” he captioned the photo. The post has already gained over … Read more
On a bright but blustery morning on Cork’s northside, the corridors of Terence MacSwiney Community College hum with energy, a sort of controlled chaos, as it transforms to become the set of The Young Offenders. Between clusters of crew, snaking cables, big lights, stacked school chairs, and the scuff of runners on the skirting boards, … Read more
Marie Keane, the mother of Ireland and Manchester United legend Roy Keane, has died. Ms Keane died “in the tender loving care of the doctors, nurses and staff of St. Anne’s Ward at Marymount University Hospital and Hospice”, according to a notice on RIP.ie. She is predeceased by her husband, Maurice (Mossie), and her brother … Read more
The names and addresses of 300 “dodgy box” users are to be given to Sky in its continuing efforts to tackle illegal streaming of its content, the High Court has heard. Mr Justice Brian Cregan granted an order that Revolut Bank UAB, the provider of accounts from which end users sent money to dodgy box … Read more
Michael Lyster – the face of The Sunday Game – has died, aged 71. The highly regarded former RTÉ star presented the station’s flagship GAA show for 34 years, until he retired in 2018. Renowned for his unflappable on-screen presence, Lyster skillfully anchored the show during arguably its peak years as a catalyst for debate, … Read more
Cork-based Kerry couple Laura Fitzpatrick and Bernard Casey will celebrate 12 years together in June. Laura, from Caherciveen, and Bernard, from Portmagee, were married this month in St John the Baptist Church, Lispole, by Fr Derek O’Connell, and held their reception in the Dingle Skellig Hotel. “From the second we went to the church to … Read more
US President Donald Trump will “try” to visit Ireland later this year, the US President has told Micheál Martin. Speaking in the Oval Office as the Taoiseach visited the White House on Tuesday for St Patrick’s Day, Mr Trump said that his Doonbeg hotel in Clare was one of the “best golf complexes in the … Read more
Tánaiste Simon Harris has said that Conor McGregor “represents the very worst of Irish society” but stated that it is up to the US who it invites to the country. There is still uncertainty as to whether the disgraced MMA fighter will be in Washington DC today for the St Patrick’s Day celebrations following his … Read more
By the time Roy Keane was starring for Rockmount in the 1980s, there were soccer teams sprinkled all across the northside of Cork City. Some came and went quickly, others were long-standing institutions, but it was, by some distance, the most popular participation sport in that part of town. In contrast, there was a solitary … Read more