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Patrick Street traffic plan described as ‘absolute lunacy’ by traders
CITY centre traders have warned that proposed pay parking and traffic management arrangements will drive people out into suburban shopping centres. The fallout from the recently unveiled City Centre...
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Study aims to end traffic nightmare for 16,000 Little Island workers
TRAFFIC chaos may be set to ease in one of Cork’s busiest industrial hubs. A traffic study is set to be conducted in Little Island as part of a wider masterplan for the area, which currently hosts some...
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Youghal lifeboat tasked after man falls ill on fishing boat
Youghal RNLI volunteer lifeboat braved choppy waters this morning after an angler taken ill on board a chartered fishing vessel. The crew were tasked to launch today at 11.30am after reports that the...
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Expert: Expand city rather than merge with county
AN international expert in public service reform has backed recommendations to extend Cork city’s boundary rather than impose a full merger of Cork City Council and Cork County Council. Professor Tony...
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Subsidy undermines parents says Cork mum
THE new child care subsidy “completely undermines” parents, according to a Cork mum and parenting blogger. Lisa Ryan. Picture: Denis Minihane. Lisa Ryan, a mum-of-one from Douglas, and a prominent...
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Assaults on gardaí on the up in Cork
THE number of gardaí being assaulted in Cork is increasing, with new figures revealing more than 100 officers here have suffered wounds, fractures, bites and head injuries over the past five years....
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Stealing car keys results in man’s 100th conviction
A MAN, with a long list of convictions, reached into a van and stole the keys from out of the ignition and now he has been jailed for the crime. Rodney Haynes came before Cork District Court with 99...
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Man who flashed his buttocks at gardaí opts for community service over jail time
A MAN dropped his tracksuit pants and flashed his buttocks at gardaí. That was the evidence from Garda Kevin McCarthy against Stephen O’Brien of 25 Evergreen Buildings, Cork, at Cork District Court....
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Defendant ordered to pay his mother €400 in court next month after breach of...
A 46-year-old man who was convicted of putting his mother in fear was ordered to save up €400 in the next month and bring it to court for his mother. Judge Aingil Ní Chondúin said she did not want...
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€46k for incident in night club
A 36-year-old woman who was knocked down stairs as bouncers put an unruly patron out of a pub claimed €750,000 for future loss of earnings but a High Court judge did not relate her most serious...
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Bishop to man a stand at careers fair recruiting for the priesthood
THE Bishop of Cork and Ross will be manning an information stand at a careers fair in Cork today, in a new approach to recruiting to the priesthood. Bishop John Buckley will be attempting to persuade...
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Former Cork judge dismisses Citizens’ Assembly as daft
Former judge, Michael Pattwell. FORMER Cork District Court judge Michael Pattwell has slammed the “daft” Citizens’ Assembly and the “cowardly politicians” who set it up in order to avoid making a...
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Efforts underway to bring accident victims home
HUNDREDS of people have raised thousands of euro to help bring home the remains of two Cork men who died tragically in Canada little more than a week ago. Friends Cathal Murphy, from Kilbrogan in...
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Only 57 social houses vacant in the county
CORK County Council’s social housing stock in the southern region is almost at full capacity, with just 1.79% of houses vacant. However, County Mayor Seamus McGrath said that the figure could be...
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Bishop Buckley says celibacy is not the problem
BISHOP John Buckley doubts that allowing priests to marry would increase vocations, having spent yesterday seeking applicants at a careers fair. Bishop Buckley, and other representatives of the...
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Government Department concerned over brewery development
A GOVERNMENT department has raised concerns about the impact a planned student apartment development on the former Beamish & Crawford brewery site will have on archaeological remains of Medieval...
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Senator Tim Lombard: ‘Move the Seanad to Cork’
THE Seanad should be moved to Cork temporarily, according to Senator Tim Lombard. The Fine Gael Senator made the call after a row between the Oireachtas and the National Museum over where the upper...
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Cancer survivor urges sufferers to: ‘Stay tough’
A MOTHER-of-four who admits she had suicidal thoughts after being diagnosed with cancer has called for increased awareness of mental health issues arising from chronic diseases. Clonakilty resident...
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Pictures & Video: German ambassadors visit to Mount Mercy School
German language teacher Mary Loftus with pupils at Mount Mercy College, Cork with a welcome message for German ambassador H.E. Mr Matthias Höpfner at the school. It was the first visit of a diplomat to...
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Plans to redevelop Elizabeth Fort stall
PLANS to redevelop Elizabeth Fort as a tourist attraction have stalled and are likely to be shelved in the short term in favour of developing Shandon, a City Councillor has warned. The Council has...
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