Sarah Horgan

2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Sarah Horgan

At a time when most summer jobs entail pulling pints or serving 99s, schoolboy Cillian O’Toole is making parts for bomb disposal robots. Of course the 17-year-old, who attends Coláiste Choilm secondary school in Ballincollig isn’t one to brag. On the contrary, his humility has become a running joke within the school’s robotics team.

3 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Sarah Horgan

Denis Murphy’s powerful singing voice cuts through the stillness of St Catherine’s Cemetery on what might otherwise be an uneventful morning. He performs like nobody is listening, despite a slew of visitors to the graveyard on any given day. The devoted widower remains unperturbed by the puzzled glances from passing strangers. He had serenaded his wife Nora all her life and death is no different.

3 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Sarah Horgan

Lamb may be off the table this Easter and beyond for many families due to soaring costs, according to butchers. A number of businesses including butcher shops and restaurants have ceased offering lamb, an Easter tradition, in recent weeks. Some say it’s no longer profitable, while others say customers can no longer afford unsustainable price hikes. According to farmers, the demand for cull ewes at the marts is far beyond what is being supplied.

4 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Sarah Horgan

The son of John Mullins moved an entire congregation to tears with his moving eulogy in which he described his father’s “larger than life nature” and “unending ambition". Tanáiste Simon Harris and Taoiseach Micheál Martin were among the many who turned out to pay their respects to the former chief executive of Bord Gáis, and group chairman of clean energy firm Amarenco Solar during his Liturgy of the Word at the Church of the Holy Spirit, Dennehy’s Cross.

1 month ago | irishexaminer.com | Sarah Horgan

Raymond Davern still laughs at the memory of being handed a basin and sponge to clean his grandmotherā€™s shop window as a little boy who had big dreams for the future. It seems that not much has changed since those idyllic days. Even today, as the owner of Davern's clothing store in Cashel - who has put his shop up for sale in its 100th year in business - can be seen sweeping and collecting litter near his shop front. Pride, he explains, has always been an important part of the family business.