Publication

Thursday - 12th February, 2026
Cover of The Corkman

Snooker legend breaks off to help support little Aoife’s (7) plight

Former snooker world champion Ken Doherty said he was delighted to help raise awareness of the plight of little Aoife Fleming (7) who is in urgent need of a life-saving heart transplant. The beautiful Ballydesmond girl was to the fore in everyone’s...

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Thursday - 5th February, 2026
Cover of The Corkman

McSweeney backed by Starmer in wake of storm

British prime minister Keir Starmer has given his full confidence to Macroom native Morgan McSweeney who came under intense political pressure following the latest revelations on Peter Mandelson this week. Mandelson resigned from the House of Lords on...

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Thursday - 29th January, 2026
Cover of The Corkman

Communities rocked by tragic farming accident

The local community in North Cork and West Limerick is in mourning following the tragic death of a man in his 30s in a farming accident over the weekend. TJ Sweeney (pictured right) from Coon Bridge, Milford, and formerly of Broadford in Limerick,...

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Thursday - 22nd January, 2026
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‘Worst case of animal cruelty I’ve ever seen’

A Mid-Cork farmer has been banned from keeping livestock for 15 years and handed a three-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to cattle neglect and cruelty described by a vet as ‘the worst she had seen’. Denis O’Regan (49) of Dromaculling,...

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