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How long will it last? </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sat, 14 Sep, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41470912" data-article-link="/news/arid-41470912.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41470912.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8561/4280863_11_teasersmall_1536741.jpg" alt="Brothers of Charity apologises for sexual abuse suffered by almost 300 schoolchildren" title="164870749" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41470912.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class=premium-tag title="Subscriber only">S</span> Brothers of Charity apologises for sexual abuse suffered by almost 300 schoolchildren</h5><div class=card-text>The Brothers of Charity said that they have 'co-operated fully' with three abuse investigations, namely, the Inquiry into Holy Family School in 2007, the 2009 ‘Ryan Commission’ and the more recent Scoping Inquiry</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 06 Sep, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41444194" data-article-link="/news/spotlight/arid-41444194.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/spotlight/arid-41444194.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8444/4222087_12_teasersmall_iStock-2055844146_1_.jpg" alt="Two injectors / dosing pens for subcutaneous injection of antidiabetic medication or anti-obesity medication hovering over a bl" title="iStock-2055844146.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/spotlight/arid-41444194.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class=premium-tag title="Subscriber only">S</span> Terry Prone: Forget 'skinny jabs', these drugs are changing everything</h5><div class=card-text>No previous medicine has ever challenged international culture, jolted the food industry into radical change, rattled the future prospects of the alcohol industry, threatened Big Tobacco or promised the possibility of cheaper air travel, writes Terry Prone</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sat, 27 Jul, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41424895" data-article-link="/news/spotlight/arid-41424895.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/spotlight/arid-41424895.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8360/4180183_35_teasersmall_1245161_1245161.jpg" alt="RTE Gaelic Games Commentator Micheal O Muircheartaigh commentates on his last All-Ireland Senior Championship Final" title="190910BM0717" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/spotlight/arid-41424895.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class=premium-tag title="Subscriber only">S</span> Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh’s greatest skill was allowing the blind to see</h5><div class=card-text>The commentator and broadcaster died that rarest of things: a man more beloved than most of the heroes who played the games he called, writes Colin Sheridan </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 28 Jun, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41411600" data-article-link="/news/spotlight/arid-41411600.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/spotlight/arid-41411600.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8303/4151510_8_teasersmall_2.55952032.jpg.jpg" alt="England v Wales - International Friendly - Wembley Stadium" title="55952032" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/spotlight/arid-41411600.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class=premium-tag title="Subscriber only">S</span> Colin Sheridan: The Colossus of Roy Keane will keep doing his own thing</h5><div class=card-text>That superstar Roy Keane has remained relevant so long after his display in Turin is nothing short of remarkable, writes Colin Sheridan</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sat, 08 Jun, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41409854" data-article-link="/news/munster/arid-41409854.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/munster/arid-41409854.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8294/4147322_18_teasersmall_HSELogo_1_.jpg" alt="File Photo The Health Service Executive has said it is working to establish how many patients may need to have their medical tes" title="HSELogo.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/munster/arid-41409854.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class=premium-tag title="Subscriber only">S</span> 'Unfit' Cork mental health facility reopens despite €1.3m spend on replacement property</h5><div class=card-text>Ten residents moved to Millfield House in Blackpool from rented facility</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 06 Jun, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41407982" data-article-link="/news/munster/arid-41407982.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/munster/arid-41407982.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8287/4143836_11_teasersmall_1261958_1261958.jpg" alt="Bid to build 42 homes on historic Montenotte site is refused" title="honan.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/munster/arid-41407982.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class=premium-tag title="Subscriber only">S</span> Bid to build 42 homes on historic Montenotte site is refused</h5><div class=card-text>Cork City Council has shot down the plan for the former Honan Home, citing 'detrimental impacts to the special character of this 18th century house'</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 03 Jun, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41407271" data-article-link="/news/munster/arid-41407271.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/munster/arid-41407271.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8284/4142240_21_teasersmall_Navillus.jpg" alt="Now released from jail in the US, Irish Navillus executives will fight to clear their names" title="Navillus.png" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/munster/arid-41407271.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class=premium-tag title="Subscriber only">S</span> Now released from jail in the US, Irish Navillus executives will fight to clear their names</h5><div class=card-text>New York construction kingpins Dónal O’Sullivan and Pádraig Naughton will bid to have their fraud convictions overturned</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sat, 01 Jun, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41404160" data-article-link="/news/spotlight/arid-41404160.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/spotlight/arid-41404160.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8269/4134860_32_teasersmall_dan_20pres_201.jpg" alt="Elaine Loughlin: Just like his office, Michael D Higgins's mind is overflowing with ideas" title="Elaine Loughlin: Just like his office, Michael D Higgins's mind is overflowing with ideas" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/spotlight/arid-41404160.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class=premium-tag title="Subscriber only">S</span> Elaine Loughlin: Just like his office, Michael D Higgins's mind is overflowing with ideas</h5><div class=card-text>Political Editor Elaine Loughlin visited President Michael D Higgins in his study where he spoke about issues including food security and conflict in the Middle East — and reflected on what the future holds for him</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Tue, 28 May, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41403353" data-article-link="/news/munster/arid-41403353.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/munster/arid-41403353.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8266/4133258_7_teasersmall_Light_20rail.jpg" alt="Standoff delays publication of Cork's preferred light rail route" title="Light rail.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/munster/arid-41403353.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class=premium-tag title="Subscriber only">S</span> Standoff delays publication of Cork's preferred light rail route</h5><div class=card-text>'Difference of opinion' over a northside-southside route choice</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 27 May, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41401681" data-article-link="/news/arid-41401681.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41401681.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8257/4128736_15_teasersmall_Mandy_20Kelly_204.jpg" alt="Mandy Kelly" title="Mandy Kelly" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41401681.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class=premium-tag title="Subscriber only">S</span> State 'not doing enough', says mother of boys abducted by Egyptian father</h5><div class=card-text>Mandy Kelly's sons 'stranded in Egypt' ahead of her landmark case in the family courts there in September</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 24 May, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41401594" data-article-link="/news/munster/arid-41401594.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/munster/arid-41401594.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8257/4128664_11_teasersmall_LC_20harbour_2003.jpg" alt="Delivery of high-frequency rail service 'transformational' for Cork" title="Delivery of high-frequency rail service 'transformational' for Cork" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/munster/arid-41401594.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class=premium-tag title="Subscriber only">S</span> Delivery of high-frequency rail service 'transformational' for Cork</h5><div class=card-text>A contract for the work is due to be awarded next month, and the work completed by the end of 2026</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 24 May, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41400931" data-article-link="/news/arid-41400931.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41400931.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8254/4127044_6_teasersmall_2.74486109.jpg.jpg" alt="Israel-Hamas conflict" title="74486109" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41400931.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class=premium-tag title="Subscriber only">S</span> Israel warns Ireland of 'severe consequences' after Palestine move</h5><div class=card-text>Israel has warned there will be "severe consequences" following Ireland, Spain, and Norway's formal recognition of a Palestinian state. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 23 May, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41399467" data-article-link="/news/munster/arid-41399467.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/munster/arid-41399467.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8248/4124095_12_teasersmall_2.76052326.jpg.jpg" alt="Blackpool South by-election" title="76052326" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/munster/arid-41399467.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class=premium-tag title="Subscriber only">S</span> RTÉ sidelines Patrick Mulcahy from GAA coverage until after local elections</h5><div class=card-text>Mulcahy, who provides commentary on GAAGo and RTÉ radio, is running for election for Fianna Fáil in Midleton</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Tue, 21 May, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41399341" data-article-link="/news/munster/arid-41399341.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/munster/arid-41399341.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8247/4123852_13_teasersmall_UCC_20quadrangle.jpg" alt="UCC staff raise concerns over 'rationale' for exchange programme with Chinese university" title="UCC quadrangle.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/munster/arid-41399341.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class=premium-tag title="Subscriber only">S</span> UCC staff raise concerns over 'rationale' for exchange programme with Chinese university</h5><div class=card-text>Submission from academics said programme run by School of Digital Humanities had no 'rationale beyond making money'</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Tue, 21 May, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41398936" data-article-link="/news/munster/arid-41398936.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/munster/arid-41398936.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8246/4123174_8_teasersmall_2.18448062.jpg.jpg" alt="Housing stock" title="18448062" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/munster/arid-41398936.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class=premium-tag title="Subscriber only">S</span> Midleton planning row delays plans for 270 new homes</h5><div class=card-text>Castle Rock Homes Ltd have asked that An Bord Pleanála remove the condition that 22 of the homes at the northern end of the site be omitted</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 20 May, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41397094" data-article-link="/news/spotlight/arid-41397094.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/spotlight/arid-41397094.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8236/4118416_11_teasersmall_2812968.jpg" alt="Cork v Limerick - Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Round 3" title="20240511SMcC00075" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/spotlight/arid-41397094.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class=premium-tag title="Subscriber only">S</span> Colin Sheridan: Cork-Limerick game another GAA classic not on your 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