The sound of a bottle popping may be a familiar harbinger of good, but the humble material behind the pop has more uses than ...

At least half of the four Cork East seats will be filled by new representatives after this election, as two long-standing TDs have opted not to stand this time around. Pat Buckley (SF), Seán ...

Given the voting history of Cork North-West, Aindrias Moynihan (who won 9,628 first-preferences in 2020) and Michael Moynihan (who won 8,651) are likely to retain their seats.

Environmental activists who failed in their bid to try and save over 1,820 protected cork oaks from being cut down to make way for a wind farm project in Sines say they will not give up their campaign ...

A pair of status orange weather warnings have been issued Cork, Clare, Galway, Limerick, Tipperary, and Waterford, with Met Éireann forecasting "significant snowfall accumulations" on Thursday.

A mini-earthquake was detected in Cork in the early hours of Tuesday morning, according to the Irish National Seismic Network (INSN). The quake, which had a magnitude of 1.6 on the Richter scale ...

If your home is listed, or in a conservation area, planning rules may not allow external wall insulation. The most thermally efficient EWI systems typically use plastics such as expanded polystyrene ...

Spray foam insulation is applied with a spray gun and expands to fill a given area, setting to form an insulation layer Homeowners with spray foam insulation are struggling to sell or remortgage ...

A quarter of the UK's biggest mortgage providers refuse to lend to homes fitted with spray foam insulation, a new report reveals The BBC reported that five of the 20 largest mortgage lenders in ...

Homeowners with spray foam insulation are struggling to sell or remortgage as some major lenders are rejecting properties with it fitted, the BBC has found. A quarter of the UK's biggest mortgage ...

cork is actually the bark of the cork oak tree. Bark naturally splits periodically – around every nine to 15 years – and can be safely harvested without harming the trees. The bark regrows and the ...

Fianna Fáil is quietly hopeful of making gains across Cork on the back of the popularity of leader Micheál Martin, and in Cork East they will run Fermoy Councillor Deirdre O’Brien in the hope ...