An online project has attempted to document — via a series of personal stories — how the recession and austerity has affected ordinary people.

A documentary series which gives a unique insight into the brutal regime on what was once one of Europe’s largest penal colonies will premiere on irishexaminer.com today.

On a visit to Ireland this week Ben-Dror Yemini, a former political adviser turned Israeli journalist, agreed to a questions and answers session with the Irish Examiner on Israeli/Arab relations and events in the the wider middle east.

The Social Newsmakers conference — scheduled for University College Cork on Tuesday, Mar 5 — will officially mark the death of the traditional press release.

The challenges facing journalism in a changing media landscape and an increasingly partisan society were addressed at a weekend conference.

The Irish Examiner and Mediacontact.ie have joined forces with UCC to launch Cork’s inaugural Social Newsmaker conference.

IRISH Examiner journalist Conall Ó Fatharta has won one of the highest accolades on offer at the Justice Media Awards for his outstanding exposé on Ireland’s illegal adoption scandal.

THE Irish Examiner and the Irish Times have been found to be in technical contempt of court following the publication of court reports which led to the collapse of the trial of former GP, Dr Paschal Carmody.

WHILE most were huddled up inside during the big freeze, quite a lot of you had cold snap-happy fingers and were out capturing the beauty of December and January’s winter wonderland.

UP to 50 people gathered last night for the launch of a groundbreaking book on prostitution in Ireland, written by one of the Irish Examiner’s leading journalists.