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Cork City has Ireland’s fastest-growing bus service
CORK City has had the fastest-growing bus service in the country over the past four years. Passengers spent €20m in fares. New figures from the National Transport Authority (NTA) show the number of...
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Plans published for new Togher houses
PLANS for 65 new social houses at Deanrock mark an end to an almost decade-long saga over the Togher site. One of the complex of flats that were demolished at Deanrock.Picture: Richard Mills. More...
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Homeless in Cork: Getting people off the streets
In the fourth instalment of our five-day series on homelessness in Cork, Kelly O’Brien goes out to check on rough sleepers with the Cork Simon Outreach Team. They explain what they do, how they do it,...
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Sophie eligible but still denied college grant
A CORK teen who was denied a college grant, despite meeting the eligibility criteria of the means test, has started a protest campaign. Sophie Wright, a 19-year-old St Patrick’s College graduate is one...
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Inquest of N-Bomb victim is adjourned
AN INQUEST into the death of a young Cork man, who died after a house party earlier this year, was adjourned yesterday to facilitate criminal investigations into three people. Alex Ryan Alex Ryan was...
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Son of A Bun reopens
BURGER restaurant, Son of A Bun, reopened to the public today. The HSE had imposed a closure order on the popular restaurant on Wednesday. Son of a Bun on MacCurtain Street. The closure notice was...
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UCC graduate becomes first female Colonel
A UCC graduate has become the first female to be promoted to the rank of Colonel with the Defence Forces. An Taoiseach congratulates Colonel Maureen O’Brien on becoming the first female to be promoted...
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Incinerator decision now due in October
A DECISION on the future of the proposed Ringaskiddy incinerator has been delayed until October. Ringaskiddy where the planned new Indaver incinerator will be located. Picture: Denis Scannell An Bord...
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Micheál Martin: I won’t get carried away with latest poll
MICHEÁL MARTIN has said finding the right local representation will be the key to making his party the biggest in the country at the next General Election following a stunning poll showing Fianna Fáil...
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Teen awarded €61,500 after his bike hits a pothole
A THIRTEEN-year-old boy, giving his cousin “a backer” on his bicycle, hit a pothole and suffered injuries for which he was awarded €61,500 compensation yesterday. The Personal Injuries Assessment...
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Homelessness in Cork: An interview with Housing Minister Simon Coveney
In the final instalment of our five-day series on homelessness in Cork, Kelly O’Brien speaks to Housing Minister Simon Coveney about the current crisis and his plans to alleviate the situation. Simon...
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Accused made threatening gestures towards passing cars
AFTER midnight on Christmas Eve was the occasion for a drunken man to walk out in the middle of Forge Hill and make threatening gestures towards passing cars. Garda Donal O’Connell said at Cork...
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Gardaí object to bail being granted after house gutted by fire
GARDAÍ objected to bail being granted yesterday to a man accused of setting fire to a Cork City Council house where he was a tenant. Front of the premises at 23 Hollywood Estate, that was extensively...
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VIDEO: Páirc redevelopment beginning to take shape
HURLING and football supporters, music lovers and those who want Cork to have an international-class sports stadium are beginning to get excited about what is unfolding at Páirc Ui Chaoimh. Following...
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Minister Raises Hope of Funding for Stalled Cork to Limerick motorway
THE long-desired €800m motorway between Cork and Limerick could finally become a reality after the new Minister for Transport committed to looking at reviving the project next year. In a complete...
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‘Miracle’ recovery for tarred dog
A DOG that was coated in tar when it was handed to the Cork Dog Action Welfare Group has made a “miraculous” recovery. The terrier, who has been named Evie, was handed into the animal welfare...
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Paralympian warns of gun violence in Rio ahead of Olympic Games
A CORK athlete has issued a warning to spectators about gun violence in Rio after competitors training there for the Olympics and Paralympics were mugged and assaulted. Cork Paralympic John Twomey has...
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War of words among Cork’s political left
A WAR of words has erupted among the political left in Cork after Labour’s Sean Sherlock accused anti-austerity parties of feeding off the “politics of chaos”. Mr Sherlock has now come under fire for...
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Record-breaking cruise liner numbers arrive into Cobh
MORE than 100,000 cruise ship passengers visited Cork last year — the highest figure the area has ever recorded in a single 12-month period. The new figures mean Cork has now overtaken Dublin in terms...
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Anti-Austerity Alliance: Water charges commission has ‘agenda’ and must be...
The Anti-Austerity Alliance has criticised the decision to replace the head of the water charges commission rather than abolishing the commission altogether. Former chair of the Labour Court, Kevin...
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