The Main Stories Making The Headlines Across Cork
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The Minister For Mental Health has said that the closure of the Owenacurra Centre in Midleton will not be reversed.
The long-stay mental-health centre on the grounds of Midelton Community Hospital has been slated for closure by the HSE, however families say residents should not be moved and are calling for a new centre to be built on the hospital grounds.
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The Sinn Fein leader says a vote on Irish unity could happen in the next five years, following its historic showing in the Northern Ireland election.
Counting continues this morning in the Assembly elections.
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Homeowners are facing the biggest hike in mortgage costs for more than a decade.
Reports in today's Irish Independent say the country is facing as many as three interest rate increases by the end of the year.
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Hundreds of thousand of people in Ireland and around the world have taken part in Darkness into Light.
This year the event took place in a number of locations across Ireland and the world to raise funds for suicide charity Pieta House.
