Dear Editor, God bless poor Ireland. Today I received my payslip for my HSE Pension. I worked as a Home Help for a few years and am now 72. I am in receipt of a “Pension” of 92 cents per fortnight! Every two weeks I receive an official payslip (54c), in an envelope with a [...]

Firstly this week I would like to wish my grandson, Master Gavin Thompson a very happy first birthday, which we celebrated last weekend and he was star of the show. On my way to Bandon on Sunday morning I came across Naval Divers transport on the road heading west and before checking the news, I [...]

Saint Vincent De Paul Christmas Car Draw Apart from the economy taking its toll on households and keeping SVP busy, Christmas is a particularly busy time for the charity and every year there is a raffle for a car to help raise money for this great cause. The Honda Jazz 2012 is the car being [...]

Congratulations to Michael D. Higgins, veteran politician, poet and human rights activist, who was declared the winner on Saturday of probably Ireland’s most intensely fought presidential election with nearly 57 percent of votes. The campaign threw up it fair share of controversy also but the bookies and the people’s favourite won out in the end. [...]

The Nightmare Realm, Ireland’s only scare house terrifying Cork Looking for somewhere to spend Halloween Night? Well there is no better venue than The Nightmare Realm, a terrifying live walk through scare house experience, for the month of October. Located in Navigation House on Albert Quay, the theme for The Nightmare Realm is an asylum [...]