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'Hearing the team sing Killeagh was a beautiful moment': Kingfishr on the summer's hurling anthem

Eoin Fitzgibbon hurled for the east Cork side for 20 years and has now helped contribute the soundtrack to the intercounty season.

<p>Dalo's Hurling Show live at Sarsfields</p>

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Watch: Dalo's hurling final preview Part 2: 'There will be four games in Sunday's match'

SRonan O'Gara: Are Lions rolling the dice going without Owen Farrell?

SDerek McGrath: Cork to navigate rocky seas on emotive voyage

Clare v Tipperary - GAA All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final

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Anthony Daly: Before we went back out Loughnane blocked me from getting past him. ‘Men needed now,’ he roared

SJack Anderson: Circle never closes on the hurling rivalry that is Tipp and Cork

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S This competition is now closed. Congratulations to Eileen Murphy

The biggest day of the hurling calendar is here and it's a historic one, as Cork and Tipperary will meet in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final for the first time ever.

Columnists & Opinion

Jennifer Horgan: We can't allow AI to forge its way into the arts

S Jennifer Horgan: We can't allow AI to forge its way into the arts

Genuine art comes from human experience and prioritises a desire to share some truth with the world. It connects us. AI art doesn’t care what you might think or feel about it, writes Jennifer Horgan

Laois v Offaly - Joe McDonagh Cup Final

S Michael Moynihan: 15 things every Cork supporter should know this All-Ireland weekend

Fergus Finlay: I arrived at the hospital for a 2.30pm appointment. I left just after 10pm

S Fergus Finlay: I arrived at the hospital for a 2.30pm appointment. I left just after 10pm

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S Jennifer Horgan: We need to find room in our hearts for the people of Sudan

Sport

'Hearing the team sing Killeagh was a beautiful moment': Kingfishr on the summer's hurling anthem

S 'Hearing the team sing Killeagh was a beautiful moment': Kingfishr on the summer's hurling anthem

Eoin Fitzgibbon hurled for the east Cork side for 20 years and has now helped contribute the soundtrack to the intercounty season.

Watch: Dalo's hurling final preview Part 2: 'There will be four games in Sunday's match'

S Watch: Dalo's hurling final preview Part 2: 'There will be four games in Sunday's match'

Owen Farrell 12/7/2025

S Ronan O'Gara: Are Lions rolling the dice going without Owen Farrell?

Derek McGrath: Cork to navigate rocky seas on emotive voyage

S Derek McGrath: Cork to navigate rocky seas on emotive voyage

Podcasts

Dalo’s Irish Examiner Hurling Show: Clare go to the max. Too old, too slow, 2-10. Tipp in a hole

S Dalo’s Irish Examiner Hurling Show: Clare go to the max. Too old, too slow, 2-10. Tipp in a hole

Liam Sheedy, TJ Ryan and Mark Landers review the weekend's hurling with Anthony Daly.

The Gaelic Football Show: Where are Kerry? Have Derry been rumbled? Should Cork be happy and jeepers keepers

S The Gaelic Football Show: Where are Kerry? Have Derry been rumbled? Should Cork be happy and jeepers keepers

The Madness of Football: Episode 1 - introducing a new podcast series

S The Madness of Football: Episode 1 - introducing a new podcast series

An Irish priest dead, a wrongful conviction and a murderer never caught

S An Irish priest dead, a wrongful conviction and a murderer never caught

Lifestyle

Amble review: A movement begins as trio charm a packed Marquee in Cork

S Amble review: A movement begins as trio charm a packed Marquee in Cork

As the sun broke out after a damp and dreary day, contemporary folk trio Amble played their biggest Irish show to date — and the fans loved it

Hotel review: This castle in the capital offers real character, superb food and excellent value

S Hotel review: This castle in the capital offers real character, superb food and excellent value

Kingfishr review: Gig of the summer at the Marquee as Cork fans raise the roof with 'Killeagh' singalong

S Kingfishr review: Gig of the summer at the Marquee as Cork fans raise the roof with 'Killeagh' singalong

My Wedding Day with Niamh Hogan: 'We didn’t have any rings, we got matching tattoos instead'

S My Wedding Day with Niamh Hogan: 'We didn’t have any rings, we got matching tattoos instead'

Business

Woman working at a restaurant

S A sobering snapshot of a restaurant industry grappling with rising costs

Up to 65% of respondents to a Restaurants Association of Ireland survey identified wage increases and escalating operating costs as the most pressing challenges in 2024

Lost in garbage

S Consumer: No greenwashing thanks

From Midleton to Tokyo: Selling Irish whiskey to the Japanese

S From Midleton to Tokyo: Selling Irish whiskey to the Japanese

Business movers: People starting new jobs in Ireland

S Business movers: People starting new jobs in Ireland

Property & Home

East Cork home with wedding-ready gardens and elegant interiors listed for €550k

S East Cork home with wedding-ready gardens and elegant interiors listed for €550k

Teach na Carraige in East Cork, a five-bed home with wedding-worthy gardens and bar area, hits the market for €550k

At €455,000, is Rosary Place the answer to your prayers?

S At €455,000, is Rosary Place the answer to your prayers?

The Mill and the gloss that transformed this €2.25m Nohoval home and barn

S The Mill and the gloss that transformed this €2.25m Nohoval home and barn

GP’s €1.05m Maryborough Hill home just what the doctor ordered

S GP’s €1.05m Maryborough Hill home just what the doctor ordered

News

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

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'

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

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

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

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Cork Senior Hurling Press Night

S Enda McEvoy on calling the All Ireland final: 'I can't believe you didn't tip us...'

On the eve of his 30th All Ireland final preview, what follows is the good, the bad and the extremely ugly from the Enda McEvoy notebook over the past three decades. Please try not to laugh too loudly at some bits (he asks...)

Fri, 18 Jul, 2025

Cork GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Final Media Conference

S Kieran Shannon: Cork captain Robert Downey turns to the Glen for advice, comfort and inspiration

Most people or players of Rob Downey’s age aren’t inclined to meet up weekly with old-timers talking about old times. The Cork skipper is not most people or players. Instead of being bored or burdened by his club’s past, he is intrigued and inspired by it.

Fri, 18 Jul, 2025

Christy O'Connor: Ryan or Cahill can join Kiely in double territory

S Christy O'Connor: Ryan or Cahill can join Kiely in double territory

John Kiely is the only one of the four to have managed the double, but he will be joined by either Pat Ryan or Liam Cahill on Sunday; Ryan managed Cork to successive All-Ireland U20 titles in 2020 and 2021; Cahill led Tipp to the last All-Ireland U21 title in 2018, and the first U20 crown in 2019.

Thu, 17 Jul, 2025

Dalo's Hurling Show Live at Sarsfields: The big All-Ireland final preview Part 1

S Dalo's Hurling Show Live at Sarsfields: The big All-Ireland final preview Part 1

Former Tipperary manager and current Galway coach Eamon O'Shea joins Anthony Daly, TJ Ryan and Mark Landers to preview Sunday's All-Ireland final.

Listen | Thu, 17 Jul, 2025

Liam Gordon 20/4/2025

S Brian Gavin: All-Ireland referee Liam Gordon must get the balance right

The Galway man has unquestionably been the leading hurling official in the county this season.

Thu, 17 Jul, 2025

Watch: Dalo live at Sarsfields. Part 1 of a special All-Ireland hurling final preview

S Watch: Dalo live at Sarsfields. Part 1 of a special All-Ireland hurling final preview

Anthony Daly, Mark Landers, TJ Ryan, and guest Eamon O’Shea led a packed room at Sarsfields GAA Club through one of the most anticipated All-Ireland Finals in years.

Listen | Thu, 17 Jul, 2025

327-acre Westmeath farm makes almost €8m under the hammer

S 327-acre Westmeath farm makes almost €8m under the hammer

Holding sold in three lots achieved almost €3m over asking price

Thu, 17 Jul, 2025

Defence Forces names new deputy chief of staff support

S Defence Forces names new deputy chief of staff support

Major General Colm Ó Luasa has over 39 years' service with the Defence Forces, including overseas deployments with the United Nations, EU and NATO

Thu, 17 Jul, 2025

All-Ireland Hurling Final Special: Joe Hayes on a wonderful rivalry between Cork and Tipp

S All-Ireland Hurling Final Special: Joe Hayes on a wonderful rivalry between Cork and Tipp

At the very least the cup will pass through Tipperary after Sunday, says Joe.

Listen | Wed, 16 Jul, 2025

Kerry v Tyrone - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

S Eight Gaelic football championship observations: David Clifford has mastered sport's new hat-trick

The introduction of the two-pointer to Gaelic football means players can now score a new hat-trick: A one-pointer, two-pointer and a goal. David Clifford has already done it three times. The question now is, what do we call it?

Wed, 16 Jul, 2025

Hidden Munster: 30 great eat, stay and play experiences in the province

S Hidden Munster: 30 great eat, stay and play experiences in the province

From all-weather golf, Littleton Labyrinth and a thatched outdoor hot-tub; to a wealth of foodie fare, there's plenty to discover on our own back doorstep

Wed, 16 Jul, 2025

Josh van der Flier, Hugo Keenan, Jac Morgan, Darcy Graham and Duhan van der Merwe 15/2025

S Donal Lenihan: Potential Lions tour to France would capture the imagination

Maybe it’s because I’m not used to watching the Lions from a distance, having missed just two test series, both against New Zealand in 1993 and 2005, since my first Lions tour to the same country in 1983. However, for whatever reason, this latest expedition has failed to grip me in the manner I expected.

Wed, 16 Jul, 2025

Maurice Brosnan asked to shadow Limerick’s Tailteann Cup prep, warts ’n all. Here’s what happened…

S Maurice Brosnan asked to shadow Limerick’s Tailteann Cup prep, warts ’n all. Here’s what happened…

So we’re upstairs in the Ennis Road venue, above the home dressing rooms in the recently-developed gym. Over four days of phone calls, coffees, video analysis meetings, pitch sessions and Zooms, we’ll see what it truly takes to compete in the modern game

Tue, 15 Jul, 2025

All-Ireland Hurling Final Special: Keepers' view with Ger Cunningham and Ken Hogan

S All-Ireland Hurling Final Special: Keepers' view with Ger Cunningham and Ken Hogan

A look at Sunday's final between Cork and Tipperary through the eyes of the goalkeepers

Listen | Tue, 15 Jul, 2025

Scott Tallon Walker Architects unveils new board appointees

S Scott Tallon Walker Architects unveils new board appointees

Respected firm of architects strengthens its board with new appointees Paul Connolly, Rachel Dudley and Chinwe Kane

Tue, 15 Jul, 2025

Meath v Donegal - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

S Kieran Shannon: Jim McGuinness showing what counties like Mayo are missing

The Donegal manager is the greatest one-man band and all-rounder known to man.

Tue, 15 Jul, 2025

Tipperary v Cork - Munster SHC Final

S Fogarty Forum: Cork and Tipp's dirty dozen

Cork and Tipperary have not always been the best of enemies.

Tue, 15 Jul, 2025

Limerick v Cork - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

S Seánie McGrath: Tipperary yet to prove they can live with destructive Cork trio

Cork’s hunger meets Tipp’s resurgence in a final full of fire, history, and high-stakes match-ups across the field

Tue, 15 Jul, 2025

Paul Rouse: A special hurling rivalry began in Cork city in 1886

S Paul Rouse: A special hurling rivalry began in Cork city in 1886

The Leahys of Boherlahan accumulated many All-Ireland medals. Of Cpt Johnny Leahy, they say that when he was brought into the county hospital in Thurles in his later years, they threw straw on the street outside his window so the hooves of passing horses wouldn’t disturb his rest.

Mon, 14 Jul, 2025

Meath v Donegal - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

S Éamonn Fitzmaurice: Kerry forewarned as relentless Donegal blow Meath away

Donegal's workrate is extraordinary, their discipline so impressive. Meath were off it, but not many teams will survive the Ulster champions' sheer relentlessness

Mon, 14 Jul, 2025

The Gaelic Football Show: how Kerry and Donegal set up an All-Ireland final reunion

S The Gaelic Football Show: how Kerry and Donegal set up an All-Ireland final reunion

James Horan, Maurice Brosnan and Paul Rouse are joined by special guest, Rory Grugan of Armagh, to reflect on a weekend of All-Ireland semi-final action.

Listen | Mon, 14 Jul, 2025

Philip Lee promotes four lawyers as part of its growth plan

S Philip Lee promotes four lawyers as part of its growth plan

Law firm strengthens its projects and construction and media and entertainment teams; new roles for Jessica Gorman, Finola Igoe, Aoife McBennett and Jean-Anne Young

Mon, 14 Jul, 2025

Meath v Donegal - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

S Talking Points: Donegal make a statement, Kerry go green

The championship comes down to Donegal and the Kingdom once again.

Mon, 14 Jul, 2025

Wimbledon 2025 - Day Twelve - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club

S Colin Sheridan: Federer was grace personified, Djokovic is triumph of discipline

Roger Federer will remain the more beloved tennis player but Novak Djokovic will be studied by every future pro as the model champion.

Mon, 14 Jul, 2025

The Gaelic Football Show: how Kerry and Donegal set up an All-Ireland final reunion

S The Gaelic Football Show: how Kerry and Donegal set up an All-Ireland final reunion

James Horan, Maurice Brosnan and Paul Rouse are joined by special guest, Rory Grugan of Armagh, to reflect on a weekend of All-Ireland semi-final action.

Listen | Sun, 13 Jul, 2025

Joanne Cantwell 29/6/2025

S TV verdict: Mulkerrins and Cantwell manage sizeable herds of experts with aplomb

No way are you going to be allowed accuse us of sexism, no siree; Damian Lawlor, likewise, is bubbly and engaging and well informed and easy on the eye.

Sun, 13 Jul, 2025

Kerry v Tyrone - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

S Tony Leen: Maybe Kerry do get taller in Croke Park - now can they go higher?

Jack O'Connor saw his side move up the gears against Tyrone on Saturday and advance to another All-Ireland final against either Donegal or Meath

Sun, 13 Jul, 2025

G7 summit

S John Whelan: Another tariff escape for Ireland's pharma companies

Pharma firms will have up to a year and a half to shift production to US before facing crippling tariffs but consequences for manufacturing here could still be dire

Sun, 13 Jul, 2025

Pictures & review: Richard E Grant in Bantry for the West Cork Literary Festival

S Pictures & review: Richard E Grant in Bantry for the West Cork Literary Festival

Author/actor Richard E Grant was joined by Ballymaloe chef Rory O’Connell at the Maritime Hotel for one of the highlights of the opening weekend of the Bantry event

Sun, 13 Jul, 2025

Restaurant review: Familarity and attention to detail makes Dublin's Delahunt a must

S Restaurant review: Familarity and attention to detail makes Dublin's Delahunt a must

"Tables have white marble tops which add to the atmosphere and there are booths, and private dining rooms, bar seating (yes, it too was made from lovingly polished dark wood), and high bar tables which are reserved for walk-ins."

Sun, 13 Jul, 2025

Inclusive bank uses the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower symbol

S Inclusive bank uses the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower symbol

Bank of Ireland signs up to Sunflower symbol along with introducing accessible ATMs, simpler customer communications and new supports for customers with hearing impairments

Sun, 13 Jul, 2025

Meath v Tyrone - 1996

S Christy O'Connor: Ulster teams torture Royals, except on semi-final day

Meath are underdogs against Donegal, but they don't lose semi-finals to Ulster sides

Sun, 13 Jul, 2025

Pádraic Fogarty: There are signs of positive change at Wild Nephin

S Pádraic Fogarty: There are signs of positive change at Wild Nephin

Far from being ‘unspoiled’, the landscape has been seriously degraded over many decades by a combination of sheep grazing, turf-cutting and plantation forestry — but now there are encouraging signs of renewal notes ecologist Pádraic Fogarty

Sun, 13 Jul, 2025

Kerry v Tyrone - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

S Player ratings: how Kerry and Tyrone fared in their All-Ireland SFC semi-final

The Kingdom impressed as they sealed their return to the championship showpiece.

Sat, 12 Jul, 2025

Kelly is promoted to new global trade role at Deloitte

S Kelly is promoted to new global trade role at Deloitte

Louise Kelly brings 20 years advising global and domestic businesses on complex cross-border investment strategy to her new role

Sat, 12 Jul, 2025

What a Difference a Day Makes: I was given a second chance after a stroke at 47

S What a Difference a Day Makes: I was given a second chance after a stroke at 47

Cauvery Madhavan’s latest book is The Inheritance - she’s at the West Cork Literary Festival tomorrow at 11.20am in Bantry Bookshop.

Sat, 12 Jul, 2025

Armagh v Kerry - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final

S Éamonn Fitzmaurice: Kerry may need the energy of anger to counter dangerous mood swing

Since that win against Armagh there has been a volte-face in an entire county's mood, flipping from pessimism to elation. Dangerously so.

Sat, 12 Jul, 2025

Mack Hansen shakes hands with Cameron Orr after the game 9/7/2025

S Lions Letter: Canberra has regrets about the ones who got away

The struggle of Mack Hansen's former club Gungahlin Eagles to retain young players in the face of intense competition from better resourced local Aussie rules and rugby league clubs reflects what is happening nationally with rugby union in Australia.

Fri, 11 Jul, 2025

Verizon Turns To Inside Fixer To Pull Mobile Giant Out Of Slump

S Profits at Verizon Irish unit increase to $1.44bn

US telecommunications giant has been active here since 2006 and employs about 1,000 workers in Dublin

Fri, 11 Jul, 2025

Win a break away to Cork on a Fork Festival

S Win a break away to Cork on a Fork Festival

As a proud media partner, we have teamed up with Cork on a Fork Festival to give Irish Examiner subscribers the chance to win a break away to the festival, which takes place from August 13-17.

Fri, 11 Jul, 2025

The Waterboys review: Marquee sees the whole of the moon on a sizzling night in Cork

S The Waterboys review: Marquee sees the whole of the moon on a sizzling night in Cork

After Roy Keane's three nights, an old-school rock'n'roll show is just what the Marquee needed — and Mike Scott and the Waterboys delivered

Fri, 11 Jul, 2025

Tyrone v Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

S Paul Rouse: Why Tyrone are late arrivals at football's top table

Tyrone's modern success all the more admirable for the depth of the disappointment that preceded it.

Fri, 11 Jul, 2025

Noel McGrath looks on after a late shot was counted on the scoreboard but was adjudged to be wide by the umpires 6/7/2025

S Jack Anderson: Would Kilkenny have had legal grounds for a replay?

There are three Newton-type laws that apply to GAA appeals.

Fri, 11 Jul, 2025

Ballpoint pen in person's hand showing electricity meter readings.

S Neglected meter readings and smart meter issues: The complaints made to Ireland's energy regulator

Consumer Interests: Despite the impact rising energy bills are having on households, the number of complaints is falling, writes John Hearne

Fri, 11 Jul, 2025

Jamison Gibson-Park and Finn Russell celebrate after the game 2/7/2025

S Ronan O'Gara: Armchair generals - how Gibson-Park and Russell put Lions in box seat

Wherever and whenever it’s been doable this past week or so, I’ve squeezed in chats with interesting rugby folk while south of the equator.

Fri, 11 Jul, 2025

My Job: You must look at periods of disruption as an opportunity

S My Job: You must look at periods of disruption as an opportunity

Keara Geary on helping firm to navigate change

Fri, 11 Jul, 2025

How the purchasing power of the ‘silver economy’ boosts Ireland’s cruise tourism

S How the purchasing power of the ‘silver economy’ boosts Ireland’s cruise tourism

The global population of seniors aged 60 and over is expected to reach 1.4 billion by 2030

Fri, 11 Jul, 2025

Business movers: People starting new jobs in Ireland

S Business movers: People starting new jobs in Ireland

New appointees with Lugus Capital, TEKenable, My Legacy, Octabuild, Crowe Ireland and Marsh

Thu, 10 Jul, 2025

Advertising Standards Authority appoints new board advisors

S Advertising Standards Authority appoints new board advisors

Claire Butterly and Eimear Cosgrave bring their experience to advisory roles with the Advertising Standards Authority

Thu, 10 Jul, 2025

Register To Attend: Dalo's Hurling Show All-Ireland Final Preview

S Register To Attend: Dalo's Hurling Show All-Ireland Final Preview

We want you to join us for a very special Dalo's Hurling Show All-Ireland Final Preview, this Wednesday, July 16 in Sarsfields Hurling Club, Glanmire.

Thu, 10 Jul, 2025

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