Over 35,000 Irish died in the US Civil War, many at one of the war's most notorious prison camps which now hosts a memorial to them. New research reveals the desperation of their lives and deaths

Isabella Walsh has been hoping to repatriate the 19th-century objects according to her late father's wishes

On May 10, 1916, Kathleen Lynn, pioneering doctor, independent thinker and political activist, wrote in her diary: “Mtjoy [Mountjoy prison] clean & comfortable, but I’d give £10,000 for Kilmainham and Madel[e]ine”.

'A Kidnapping' by Ronan McGreevy and Tommy Conlon tells the story of the kidnap and eventual rescue of Don Tidey

Sometimes it is the tiniest detail that stays with you.

The 2023 Irish Journalism Awards take place on Wednesday November 15 in the Round Room at Dublin's Mansion House

The official opening of the new women’s prison in Limerick last week owes much to a Galway woman who, as the first female deputy governor at Holloway prison in London, led the way on prison reform in the 20th century.

After hearing that her grandfather, who she never knew, had taken part in the perilous rescue of 168 German sailors during World War II, Alison O'Reilly decided to research his life. Here she tells how she ended up meeting his family who hadn't known anything of his whereabouts for 60 years

"Spot the ingenious woman” reads the clever caption over a photograph of Dr Sheila Tinney, who is looking decidedly uncomfortable perched, as she is, at the edge of a large group of male mathematicians.

Following the rescue, the Germans were interred in Cobh until they were moved to the Curragh. Many of them later settled in Ireland and married

A reader responds to Tony Holohan's remarks on 'The Meaning of Life', while others examine issues including elder abuse, the attacks on Israel and Gaza, and Catholic Church reform

With the CSO issuing a release charting the changes in Ireland from 1973 to 2023, we look at some of the headlines from the 'Cork Examiner' 50 years ago 

Ireland’s mammoth changes over the 50 years since we joined the European Union have been outlined in a new release from the Central Statistics Office

On her way to school, Clodagh Finn used to pass by the former home of Alice Curtayne. Now, Clodagh wishes she had been aware back then of the journalist and international speaker

School expresses its shock that former teacher may have been involved in atrocities during the Second World War

It is impossible to do justice to her life’s work as an educator, trade unionist, environmentalist, heritage activist, strategic planner, and advocate for a better Ireland

The historic coastal fort in Co Cork has been closed for a number of months for major renovations and safety work

A very popular artist in Ireland and abroad, Maeve Taylor recalls painting the Kinsealy home of former Taoiseach, Charles Haughey, and a day in May 1974 when the bombings happened on Talbot Street in Dublin.

It would be such a mistake to remember Mary Ward only as the first road death; she was an artist, a naturalist, an astronomer and 'Ireland’s first lady of the microscope'

Waterloo was a disaster for Cork, not just Napoleon. I’ve heard people say that Cork didn’t recover from Waterloo until Apple located here

'No evidence of any kind'  Yeats wrote 'There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met'

There’s a fascinating account of it on the Irish Life and Lore podcast in which Máirín Hughes, who died aged 109 on Tuesday, ensures that the details of her singular life are preserved. And what a life.

Professor Dermot Keogh, who passed away this week, was recognised as one of the country’s foremost historians, lecturing on the subject at UCC for over 30 years. This is an extract, published in the then 'Cork Examiner' in March 1981, from his book 'Romero: El Salvador’s Martyr' in which he details the massacre he got caught up in while attending the funeral of murdered Archbishop Romero in San Salvador.

Discoveries include evidence of Bronze-age cremations and what has been dubbed ‘Cork’s earliest roadside service station'

Danny Morrison says he believes that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael don’t want a united Ireland, despite expressions to the contrary