Tripe + Drisheen is a quality ad-free newspaper for Cork city and county - delivered by email

Tripe+Drisheen is a reader-supported local journalism publication about Cork city and county. We started publishing in February 2021 and we publish a mixture of news, features and opinion pieces.

Our motto is “slow news is good news” - we believe people in Cork deserve detailed, in-depth reporting on the issues that impact on their lives. You can read our manifesto for local news here.

We cover a wide variety of topics including environment, local politics, culture, employment, social issues and arts. We’re also keen to add new voices to Tripe+Drisheen, such as the contributors to Our Cork 2040 series.

In the digital age we are inundated with information; we publish at a slower pace, which allows us the time to write and report and give you more in-depth journalism. Cliched as it is, quality rather than quantity is what we offer.

How it works:

If you like what you read on Tripe+Drisheen, and if you want to support us, there are three things you can do:

  • You can subscribe for just €8 per month or €80 per year (or just €1.50 a week). There’s even the option to become a founding member and donate any amount you want. Tripe+Drisheen members will receive everything we publish.

  • If you can’t or don’t want to subscribe, that’s totally fine! We’ll still keep offering you as much as we are able to, free of charge, with the help of subscribers. You can still help us, by using social media to share T+D articles that you find interesting. We’re on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. And you can recommend us to others who might be interested.

Get in touch:

If you have a story that you think needs to be looked into, please get in touch and email us at tripeanddrisheen@substack.com.

Your correspondence will be treated in the strictest of confidence and we will never reveal the identity of our sources.

The T+D logo of the old Irish half penny is by Martin O’Donoghue.

Read some of our stories:

Tripe + Drisheen
AirBnB in Cork: how big a role is it playing in the housing crisis?
Some facts: 1,548 active properties in Cork city and county are advertised on short-term letting platforms AirBnB and Vrbo today, March 31. 98% of these properties are on AirBnB 70%, 1,089 of these are entire homes that may be suited to long-term tenancies…
Read more

Read some of our stories

Follow T+D on Twitter, on Facebook, and on Instagram.

Contact

If you have a tip or a story that you think needs to be looked into, or you’d like to say hello, please get in touch and email us at tripeanddrisheen@substack.com.

Making a complaint

Tripe + Drisheen complaints procedure

Tripe + Drisheen staff and freelancers adhere to a code of practise as set down by the International Federation of Journalists code of practice.

If you believe we have breached this code, and wish to make a complaint, please write to us at tripeanddrisheen@substack.com

What can I complain about?

  1. You can complain about any article including words and images

  2. You can also complain about the conduct of an employee or a freelancer of thepublication in question, with reference to the specific breaches of the codes of conduct.

Who can complain?

  1. Complaints must be made on behalf of a named individual, including where businesses or organisations are involved.

  2. You must provide your full name, address, phone number and email

What to include in a complaint

If your complaint is about an article, please follow the following steps:

  1. You must include the name and date of the article in question.

  2. Please include a link to the article if possible.

  3. Please include a detailed description of the complaint, with reference to specific words,phrases, images, instances, dates and records that are relevant, and ideally include which clauses of the code of practice you believe have been breached.

If your complaint is about conduct, please following the following steps:

  1. Please include the clauses of the code that you believe have been breached.

  2. Please include as much detail as possible as to the alleged misconduct, including anysupporting documents or correspondence, and any dates and times.

Response process

  1. We will confirm receipt of your complaint by email.

  2. We will investigate the complaint to the best of our ability, and respond accordingly.

  3. If we decide any action is necessary or helpful, we will inform you that we have taken it.

4. If you are not satisfied with the resolution, and the complaint concerns an article published in the last three months, we will suggest filing a complaint directly with the Press Council of Ireland

Data protection

All data will be handled in line with data protection legislation.

User's avatar

Subscribe to Tripe + Drisheen

Slow news is good news! An independent, in-depth local journalism newsletter from Cork, direct to your email inbox. Subscribe to support us and help pay for our work.

People

Journalist. I founded and edit Tripe + Drisheen (T+D) based in Cork, Ireland. T+D is an independent, in-depth local journalism newsletter. Contact me at jj.odonoghue@gmail.com
Cork-based freelance writer, interested in art, music, theatre, social issues, and social media.
Noel Sweeney is a multimedia journalist who has been reporting on the maritime, human interest and religious affairs, across local and national media since 2016.
In 2019, I published a proposal for a light rail system in Cork City, and have gone on to be a founding member of the Cork Commuter Coalition, a group advocating for better public transport in Cork City.
Cork-based photographer and filmmaker.
Oral Historian with the Cork Folklore Project, with a focus on Community Oral History Outreach. Also keen a spotter of Ordnance Survey Benchmarks.
Dr Eoin Lettice is a plant scientist at University College Cork and a leader of the Science Foundation Ireland-funded “Irish Tree Explorers Network (ITEN)”. He and his colleagues run regular tours of the internationally-accredited UCC Arboretum
Cork-based freelance journalist. Interested in telling untold stories: environment, health, food, arts, local government.
Folklorist/Oral Historian But I am probably best known for standing at the back of free events with three bored children.
I'm a work experience student working with Tripe + Drisheen.
Andrew Horgan is a freelance journalist based in Cork, where he has covered both men's and women's local sports for over 10 years predominately for The Echo newspaper, but also for the Irish Examiner, RTE Sport, and Red FM.
Food and wine writer