Michael Moynihan examines what other cities are doing to counteract the increasingly frequent heat extremes and suggests what Cork can replicate

Translating placenames into Irish appears to be inordinately hard for authorities — but four different Irish translations of Bishop Lucey Park within a brief walking distance is ludicrous, writes Michael Moynihan 

Are people really considering what AI is going to mean for them? The Chinese example is instructive

Evidence from Dublin's pilot and Cork's rising drug deaths strengthens the case for faster delivery of supervised injection services

Is the demand for vapes in Cork so high that all of these stores are profitable?

What could be more Cork than turning down the life of a god in order to just go home?

With heatwaves no longer exceptional events and with cities typically experiencing much hotter temperatures than rural areas, Cork needs to develop a plan to reduce heat exposure for citizens

An Coimisiún Pleanála's decision to uphold planning to build apartments at Bessborough rids us of all those petty considerations like sensitivity or appropriateness, writes Michael Moynihan, who suggests other places in Cork we can build on like the River Lee, Páirc Uí Chaoimh and cemeteries

Sinking quays, thriving heavy industry and — quelle surprise, conflict about public transport — all made the news for Cork in 1976

Michael Moynihan contrasts the respect for the children and babies buried at Bessborough to that of the human remains found during building work five years ago elsewhere in Cork