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Way is cleared for Knocknaheeny houses
THE path has been cleared for significant progress with the Knocknaheeny Regeneration Scheme. Cork City Council confirmed that it received no objections to plans for an additional 47 houses in the...
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Concern on Douglas Street over drug-taking
TRADERS and residents of Douglas Street on the southside of the city have aired concerns about anti-social behaviour in the area. A number of people raised the issue at this week’s meeting of the...
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Cork dominates Young Scientist Awards
CORK won more awards than any other county at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition at the RDS in Dublin last night, picking up a total of 55 accolades. Coláiste Treasa of Kanturk were the...
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Waterford gang targeting Cork homes in a spate of burglaries
GARDAÍ are hunting for a Waterford gang responsible for a spate of burglaries in Cork. Five burglaries took place in the Fermoy area on Wednesday night and followed a series of others in the Kilworth,...
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Bishops on pilgrimage to Holy City
BISHOP John Buckley is in Rome this week, attending a 10-day pilgrimage to the tombs of Saints Peter and Paul. The Bishop is undertaking the “Ad Limina” visit, a trip which normally occurs every five...
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City’s asylum seekers crying out for a voice
Today we profile the community development members of the Cork Equal and Sustainable Communities Alliance (Cesca). Robert McNamara visits an immigrant centre, a family centre in Churchfield and Cork...
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Third road entrance to Little Island sought by up to 5,000 residents
A PETITION calling for a third road entrance to Little Island will be presented to Cork County Council to solve the suburbs traffic problems. Little Island, Cork. Picture: Denis Scannell Local...
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Height fears about Good Shepherd plan
BLARNEY STREET residents have raised concerns about ambitious proposals to develop more than 200 apartments on the former Good Shepherd Convent site. A computer-generated view of how the redeveloped...
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MEP thinks United Ireland back on agenda
A CORK MEP wants to get the issue of a united Ireland back on the agenda following Brexit and political instability in the North in the wake of the resignation of Martin McGuinness as deputy First...
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Donating breast milk can save kids’ lives
UP TO 20 Cork mothers donated their breast milk in the hope of helping seriously ill babies throughout 2016. EE LIVE NEWS (sarah horgan story re breast milk) 12/01/2017 …Fiona Collins, a breast milk...
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Woman thanked for coming to man’s aid
THE family of a man who died on New Year’s Day have thanked a woman who helped saved his life just days earlier in Cork city centre. Ciara O’Callaghan, a St John Ambulance volunteer. Picture: Eddie...
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Sophie’s son will continue to fight for justice
THE son of murdered French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier has vowed that the family will “fight for justice until our last breath”. Sophie Toscan du Plantier and her son, Pierre Louis...
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Looming RAG Week raises fear
RESIDENTS living near UCC say they are fearful of yet another out-of-control RAG week which last year saw drunken revellers jumping on cars, setting bonfires, urinating on the front doors of houses and...
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Heading up the queue for U2 concert tickets
DIE-HARD U2 fans queued in the cold at Merchant’s Quay overnight in an effort to secure tickets to the band’s highly anticipated The Joshua Tree Tour show in Croke Park this summer. Queue at the...
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Gardaí rule out link between two drug deaths days apart
Gardaí last night ruled out a connection between the suspected drugs-related deaths of a teenager and a man in his 20s in the same Cork city suburb in recent days, writes Eoin English, Irish Examiner...
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Father who raped teenage daughter jailed for nine years
A Cork father-of-nine who brutally raped his teenage daughter on a weekly basis when she was aged between 16 and 17 has been jailed for nine years, writes Isabel Hayes. Patrick O’Driscoll (aged 42)...
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Residents of busy Cork road, with 16 accidents a year recorded since 2003,...
Residents have called for the scrapping of a controversial bus lane on one of Cork city’s busiest roads after figures show there have been more than 100 accidents in the area since it was installed,...
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Roundabout to be removed on South Douglas Road
EFFORTS to ease traffic pressure in Douglas are progressing. If approved, proposals will see the removal of the roundabout at the South Douglas Road/N40 off ramp in West Douglas. Douglas Roundabout...
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€75m complex to provide accommodation for nearly 200 students
PLANNING permission has been granted for a major €75m student apartment complex on the Western Road despite objection from local residents and businesses, including the River Lee Hotel. A...
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New office plans for Cork as rents remain low
CORK could see an influx of new office development in 2017 as rents remain significantly lower than other cities. Office rents in Cork are almost half those of comparable space in Dublin, though a...
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