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21/12/2025

Teenage volunteer Muireann O’Donnell and her father will spend Christmas on call with Union Hall’s RNLI lifeboat crew.

Teenage volunteer Muireann O’Donnell and her father will spend Christmas on call with Union Hall’s RNLI lifeboat crew

21/12/2025

Dr Manizha Khan is a dentist in Cork, but her journey from Kabul to Cork has taken many unexpected twists and turns.

She talks about how one small act of kindness from a Kiwi nurse when she was a refugee child in Pakistan saved her life 20 years later, achieving a senior university role in Herat only to lose it abruptly when the Taliban returned, and how her escape from death threats in Afghanistan was made possible by the kindness of strangers in Ireland.

🎧 To listen to part one, find us wherever you get your podcasts.

21/12/2025

Mr Martin met with Mr Salam on Saturday morning, ahead of the Taoiseach’s visit to Irish peacekeeping troops at Camp Shamrock in South Lebanon.

News from the Irish Examiner's team of reporters

21/12/2025

Strong demand, limited supply, and lifestyle buyers are pushing Cork house prices into territory once associated only with Dublin, writes Tommy Barker.

Strong demand, limited supply, and lifestyle buyers are pushing Cork house prices into territory once associated only with Dublin, writes Tommy Barker

21/12/2025

A man who entered a property without permission in the early hours of the morning has pleaded guilty to trespass in the district court.

Court heard accused was homeless and had mental health issues and had previously stayed at the B&B, and on the night in question he had entered the property because was 'desperate for somewhere to stay'

21/12/2025

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21/12/2025

For someone who travels the entire world in a single night, Santa Claus has no shortage of magical memories.

This year, he’s busier than ever as he prepares to meet families at Elf Town, in Dublin.

Santa has travelled all around the world and seen so many amazing places

21/12/2025

He was father to a four-month-old baby boy and a two-and-a-half year old girl.

Joice Thomas, who lived in Ballynoe in east Cork with his wife and their two young children, had finished work in the kitchen of Ballincurrig nursing home on Friday night.

21/12/2025

Dalo says that St Martin’s were outstanding in the Leinster final but they’ll have to be even better again to win against Ballygunner.

St Martin’s were outstanding in the Leinster final but they’ll have to be even better again to win against Ballygunner.

21/12/2025

Everything you need to know about the astronomical phenomenon that takes place on the shortest day of the year

21/12/2025

Congratulations to this week's winners of our Readers Photography Competition:

"This fella visited our garden on Christmas Eve a few years back. He seemed very used to people so I took a few photos from the deck at the back of the house. I held out my phone and he gradually came in for a sniff when took this photo."
📸: John Barry

A nice flush of bluebells at Camp Di**le Co Kerry in May 2024.
📸: Noel O Neill

Closing date for this years competition is 18th Dec. Please continue to send after that as entries will be included in the new 2026 competition. Overall winner for 2025 announced in January 2026. For full details, visit https://photos.irishexaminer.com

21/12/2025

Gardaí in North Cork are to be provided with data which shows speeding violations in a number of locations.

Gardaí are to be provided with data gathered by county council