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<p>Denis O'Rourke and Marguerita Sheridan on their wedding day.</p>

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'You wouldn’t do to a dog what was done to Marguerita. How could there only be five years given for that?'

Danny O’Donoghue, 43, was coming down off an alcohol and cocaine bender when he rammed into 8ft-high screened gates, that his then 21-year old niece, Marguerita, was standing behind

<p>Mother Esther, Mother Carmen, Mother Miriam Joseph, Mother Joan, Mother John Baptist, and Mother John at Cobh Tyburn Convent in Admirality House which was built in the mid-1880’s, then damaged in a fire in 1923 and restored in 1928. It is now part of the St Benedict’s Priory at Cobh, Co Cork. The building currently needs extensive repairs, including re-rendering of exterior walls to stop water entering the building. Picture: Larry Cummins</p>

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'I have no desire to go anywhere': Inside the enclosed community of Tyburn nuns in Cork

<p>Eamonn O'Neill (left) and Anne Marie Hassett (right) and three other gardaí were found not guilty of charges alleging the 'squaring' of motoring tickets this week following a 35-day trial. File picture: Brendan Gleeson</p>

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Garda couple to sue force after acquittal in Limerick penalty points trial

EDDIE HOBBS

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Mick Clifford: Inside Ireland’s first Maga-style forum and the rise of populist disaffection

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Margaret Loftus: Domestic abuse survivor’s ordeal inside An Garda Síochána exposed

Mick Clifford: When a written exam exposed an uncomfortable truth in third-level education

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Mick Clifford: When a written exam exposed an uncomfortable truth in third-level education

Missing garda fingerprints expose a troubling culture of delay, confusion and evasion

S Missing garda fingerprints expose a troubling culture of delay, confusion and evasion

A years-long failure to act on missing Garda fingerprints exposes a deeper cultural problem: avoiding accountability until a scandal erupts

Sat, 06 Dec, 2025

UCC abandons business school: How millions in public money were spent with little to show

S UCC abandons business school: How millions in public money were spent with little to show

UCC’s halted business school plan exposes financial vulnerabilities, over-reliance on foreign student income and renewed concerns over public spending

Sat, 22 Nov, 2025

Irish presidential election

S Exclusive: Micheál Martin 'not going anywhere' amid rumblings over leadership of Fianna Fáil

In an exclusive interview with the Irish Examiner, Micheál Martin says he 'absolutely would' contest any motion of no confidence in his leadership of the party, but 'hopes it doesn’t come to that'

Tue, 28 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election

S Couple were expecting baby when fighting to get overpaid rent back from Jim Gavin

Jim Gavin withdrew from the presidential race on Sunday night after the issue came to light

Mon, 06 Oct, 2025

Trump To Announce New AI Investment Push With OpenAI, Softbank, Oracle

S 'When your boss tells you support for a rogue state is a condition of employment, you either comply or you question. I questioned'

Joanne Carney left behind her six-figure salary, pension, and security at tech giant Oracle because she could no longer abide what she calls the company’s 'complicity in genocide'

Fri, 26 Sep, 2025

Inside Eli Lilly’s Cork plant making key ingredient for Mounjaro weight-loss drug

S Inside Eli Lilly’s Cork plant making key ingredient for Mounjaro weight-loss drug

Eli Lilly’s Kinsale plant produces tirzepatide, the active ingredient in Mounjaro, making Cork central to the global weight-loss revolution

Mon, 08 Sep, 2025

Mick Clifford: A woman murdered in her own bedroom — and how the State treated her husband

S Mick Clifford: A woman murdered in her own bedroom — and how the State treated her husband

Gardaí investigating the murder of Grace Livingstone in 1992 determined that her husband Jim Livingstone was the perpetrator, based not on the assembly of evidence but on their hunch or a failure in the immediate aftermath to identify any other suspect, writes Mick Clifford

Sun, 06 Jul, 2025

Cork crime: 'To get a sense of the place you live, it is worthwhile going to your local courthouse for a day'

S Cork crime: 'To get a sense of the place you live, it is worthwhile going to your local courthouse for a day'

Liam Heylin introduces our three-day series with a long view on the hard realities — and hope — he sees every day in our courts

Mon, 23 Jun, 2025

'Radical' solutions required to tackle 'emergency' in energy, water, and transport

S 'Radical' solutions required to tackle 'emergency' in energy, water, and transport

Accelerating infrastructure task force member Sean O'Driscoll believes the Government should consider increasing investment in infrastructure to up to 8% of GDP

Tue, 17 Jun, 2025

US-LIFESTYLE-ST. PATRICK'S

S Living in limbo: The harsh reality of the undocumented Irish in Trump's America

As the Taoiseach prepares for an Oval Office meeting with Donald Trump, undocumented Irish in the US tell Sean Murray of their fears in light of the president's mass deportation policy

Mon, 09 Jun, 2025

Michael Gaine: Questions mount over garda handling of Kerry farmer's disappearance

S Michael Gaine: Questions mount over garda handling of Kerry farmer's disappearance

Concerns are mounting in Kenmare over how gardaí handled the disappearance and suspected murder of Michael Gaine

Sat, 07 Jun, 2025

'It is the Holy Grail': locals fear for tourism future as Skellig Michael stays shut

S 'It is the Holy Grail': locals fear for tourism future as Skellig Michael stays shut

Tourism operators and business owners across South Kerry warn of major losses as permit dispute delays Skellig Michael's visitor season into next month

Sat, 17 May, 2025

Looking down: the quiet presence of Richard Satchwell as court hears his account

S Looking down: the quiet presence of Richard Satchwell as court hears his account

Week two of the Richard Satchwell trial heard Garda interviews, GPS evidence, and details about his account of Tina's disappearance

Sat, 10 May, 2025

Missing person Tina Satchwell case

S Satchwell trial: Inside the disturbing case of a woman buried under her own stairs

Beneath the bizarre headlines lies a devastating truth: Tina Satchwell was killed in the place she should have been safest

Sat, 03 May, 2025

St Catherine’s Cemetery walking club offers comfort to Cork mourners facing daily grief

S St Catherine’s Cemetery walking club offers comfort to Cork mourners facing daily grief

The grieving process would be too much too bear, were it not for the support and camaraderie of St Catherine’s Walking Club. Its members tell Sarah Horgan their stories

Sat, 19 Apr, 2025

Tipperary man selling his shop 'on a high' in its 100th year on town's main street

S Tipperary man selling his shop 'on a high' in its 100th year on town's main street

Raymond Davern of Davern's on Main Street in Cashel tells Sarah Horgan why he is selling his 100-year-old shop and reveals how he had to ask only two customers to leave the shop, and what they had done

Wed, 16 Apr, 2025

Man's attempt to trash wife’s reputation in Wilton murder trial showed how weak he is

S Man's attempt to trash wife’s reputation in Wilton murder trial showed how weak he is

Regin Rajan confessed to killing his wife Deepa — then tried to erase her dignity in the courtroom, writes Liam Heylin

Sat, 12 Apr, 2025

How one woman is rescuing migrant workers trapped in Lebanon’s abusive kafala system

S How one woman is rescuing migrant workers trapped in Lebanon’s abusive kafala system

Lebanon’s kafala system traps migrant workers in abuse and exploitation — one woman is risking everything to change that

Sat, 29 Mar, 2025

TOPSHOT-LEBANON-BLAST-ANNIVERSARY

S Lebanon on the brink: The fragile resilience of a nation caught between war and survival

As Lebanon teeters on the edge, Beirut’s people live between resilience and ruin, caught in an unending cycle of conflict

Sat, 22 Mar, 2025

Michael Flatley’s Castlehyde estate: The restoration, the parties and the court cases

S Michael Flatley’s Castlehyde estate: The restoration, the parties and the court cases

Despite all the legal difficulties linked to his Cork estate, Flatley’s connection to the property in which he is so heavily invested in remains strong, writes Eoin English

Sat, 15 Mar, 2025

Ramadan in Ireland: ‘Celebrating together makes us all feel closer to home’

S Ramadan in Ireland: ‘Celebrating together makes us all feel closer to home’

Faith, and in particular the holy month of Ramadan, is an integral part of connecting Muslims with their identity, writes Colin Sheridan

Sat, 08 Mar, 2025

Nathan McDonnell had it all — until a €32m drug bust changed everything

S Nathan McDonnell had it all — until a €32m drug bust changed everything

Unlike his respected family, there is little sympathy for the Porsche-driving McDonnell in the town where his persona ‘wasn’t really in keeping with the kind of town Tralee is’

Fri, 28 Feb, 2025

Kerry businessman ashen-faced as he is sentenced for importing State’s biggest crystal meth haul

S Kerry businessman ashen-faced as he is sentenced for importing State’s biggest crystal meth haul

Nathan McDonnell jailed for 12 years over €32m trafficking plot

Fri, 28 Feb, 2025

Colin Sheridan: What’s next for our selective neutrality?

S Colin Sheridan: What’s next for our selective neutrality?

We need to face up to the nuances and quirks of our neutrality while acknowledging the malaise in the Defence Forces charged to defend it, writes Colin Sheridan

Sat, 15 Feb, 2025

Former businessman at heart of Tralee drugs case barely recognisable after year in custody

S Former businessman at heart of Tralee drugs case barely recognisable after year in custody

A specific date for handing down the sentence hasn’t been identified but Nathan McDonnell is likely to hear about his fate by the end of the month

Tue, 11 Feb, 2025

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