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SURFING: AUG 02 World Dog Surfing Championships
A selection of images chosen by the Irish Examiner picture desk
The Photographs of the Week as selected by our Visual Media team. 09/08/2025

Sat, 09 Aug, 2025

Israel's attacks on Gaza continue
Gaza aid distribution sites are ‘death traps’, warns MSF, as Cork refugee shares family’s plight
Cork-based Gazan refugee details family’s starvation and fear as MSF condemns deadly violence at Israeli-controlled Gaza aid sites

Sat, 09 Aug, 2025

‘We meant nothing to the State’: Survivors speak out over mother and baby homes redress injustice
‘We meant nothing to the State’: Survivors speak out over mother and baby homes redress injustice
Two survivors of mother and baby homes excluded from the €800m redress scheme challenge the State’s rules in court

Sat, 09 Aug, 2025

North Cork group seeks to bring 'missing' Irish chalice back from UK — on loan
North Cork group seeks to bring 'missing' Irish chalice back from UK — on loan
A rare 16th-century chalice linked to the deaths of two priests may finally return from London to Cork

Sat, 09 Aug, 2025

Life as a conservation officer: Meet the Cork woman trying to preserve Waterford's heritage
Life as a conservation officer: Meet the Cork woman trying to preserve Waterford's heritage
In the fifth part of her series on council workers, Sarah Horgan meets Rose Ryall, Waterford City and County Council’s executive architectural conservation officer

Thu, 07 Aug, 2025

Life as Dursey Island’s cable car operator: 'I’ve had some famous people over the years'
Life as Dursey Island’s cable car operator: 'I’ve had some famous people over the years'
In the first of a five part series on council workers, Sarah Horgan chats to Paul O'Sullivan who operates the Dursey Island cable car

Thu, 07 Aug, 2025

Life as a cemetery worker: 'Her biological mother was buried at the foot of her adopted mother’s grave' 
Life as a cemetery worker: 'Her biological mother was buried at the foot of her adopted mother’s grave' 
In the fourth part of her series on council workers, Sarah Horgan meets Paul Flynn, the cemetery registrar for Waterford City and County

Thu, 07 Aug, 2025

Daniel O'Connell
Mick Clifford: Why Daniel O’Connell was Ireland's greatest politician
Whatever about his status as greatest Irishman, O’Connell was, through the force of his personality and intellect, indisputably the best politician in these islands, writes Mick Clifford

Wed, 06 Aug, 2025

Anyone But You
Sydney Sweeney: the Hollywood up-and-comer who started a culture war 
The Euphoria and Anyone But You star has one of the most promising careers within young Hollywood but controversy has stuck to her

Wed, 06 Aug, 2025

'We’ve had a man try and bring a car engine in their luggage': Behind the scenes at Cork Airport
'We’ve had a man try and bring a car engine in their luggage': Behind the scenes at Cork Airport
Cork Airport is on course to break all its ‘busiest ever’ weeks and surpass all previous weekly records. Neil Michael talks to some of its staff and customers on one of its busiest days

Wed, 06 Aug, 2025

Life as Waterford's dog pound manager: 'He threatened me with a sledgehammer'
Life as Waterford's dog pound manager: 'He threatened me with a sledgehammer'
In the third part of her series on council workers, Sarah Horgan talks to Liam Power, who manages the dog pound for Waterford City and County Council

Tue, 05 Aug, 2025

Inside Alcatraz Prison - Row of Bars and Cells
Cork Crime: People in County Cork have strong communities. All they need is local gardaí
Here we provide a station-by-station breakdown of Cork crime stats — and journalist Ann Murphy talks to gardaí, public representatives, and community activists about their concerns

Tue, 05 Aug, 2025

Life as Cork City's lifebuoy minder: 'Some people take them as souvenirs to hang up'
Life as Cork City's lifebuoy minder: 'Some people take them as souvenirs to hang up'
Day 2 of her council worker series, Sarah Horgan talks to the man responsible for safeguarding Cork City's life buoys

Tue, 05 Aug, 2025

Inside Alcatraz Prison - Row of Bars and Cells
Cork Crime: Theft and public order offences wreaking havoc in city's crime hotspots
On day one of a two-day series, Ann Murphy examines crime data from city garda stations and asks a business owner and other experts about the causes and effects of crime in Cork

Mon, 04 Aug, 2025

A selection of images chosen by the Irish Examiner picture desk
A selection of images chosen by the Irish Examiner picture desk
The Photographs of the Week as selected by our Visual Media team. 02/08/2025

Sat, 02 Aug, 2025

Meet the 14-year-old Irish girl spending her summer as a circus aerial acrobat
Meet the 14-year-old Irish girl spending her summer as a circus aerial acrobat
Isabella Gerbola is spending her school holidays dazzling audiences as an aerial acrobat with Circus Gerbola — a family tradition she hopes to continue for life

Sat, 02 Aug, 2025

APTOPIX Israel Palestinians Gaza
ICC justice for Netanyahu? Maybe not — but the arrest warrant still changes everything
Despite their growing irrelevance in enforcing accountability, The Hague’s courts still shape the global narrative around justice

Sat, 02 Aug, 2025

Food distributed to Palestinians battling hunger in Gaza
ieExplains: What is the two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict?
Britain, France and Canada plan to recognise Palestine — but deep divisions still threaten the viability of a two-state solution

Thu, 31 Jul, 2025

'They are my joy': Meet the children living in Sri Lanka care homes established by Irish volunteers
'They are my joy': Meet the children living in Sri Lanka care homes established by Irish volunteers
The Arklow Boys Home and the Cork Girls Home are two of six homes in Sri Lanka for children who come from broken homes or are wards of court. They are an addition to the first home set up by TD for Wicklow-Wexford Brian Brennan after the 2004 tsunami, writes Imasha Costa

Mon, 28 Jul, 2025

‘I work hard so my children will not struggle the way I do’: Irish aid supports enterprising women in Sri Lanka
‘I work hard so my children will not struggle the way I do’: Irish aid supports enterprising women in Sri Lanka
'Irish Examiner' journalist Imasha Costa meets women in Sri Lanka who set up their own businesses with support from Irish aid

Mon, 28 Jul, 2025

From Kilkenny to Sri Lanka: Meet the vet nurse helping to care for three million street dogs
From Kilkenny to Sri Lanka: Meet the vet nurse helping to care for three million street dogs
Sarah Rochford works for WeCare, a charity established 11 years ago that helps catch and neuter stray dogs in Sri Lanka

Mon, 28 Jul, 2025

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