Wednesday was a testing day for people living in the path of Storm Babet — and Cork got a particularly bad lash from it

Sunday and a stroll around the city. In the words of one of my research assistants, the vibe is good. On the stroll last weekend, though, I made a particular note as we wandered off Patrick Street at one stage.

Readers will remember the demonstrations outside Leinster House a couple of weeks ago when one of the great cliches was called into the breach (and not found wanting). Yes, we had unruly scenes.

Design Pop founder Amy McKeogh on the celebration of design and architecture and what we all can take from it

Here’s a trade secret when it comes to writing columns. Beginning with a definition is tantamount to waving a white flag. A bad sign. It suggests the box of ideas is empty, and the column-ideas shop has a ‘closed’ sign in the window.

Waterloo was a disaster for Cork, not just Napoleon. I’ve heard people say that Cork didn’t recover from Waterloo until Apple located here

When Crowley’s music shop on MacCurtain Street closed ten years ago the gloom was general around the city. Now his daughter Sheena Crowley has resurrected the family shop her late father set up in the old Badly Made Books premises

Those responsible should hang their heads in shame. They won’t, of course, but they have failed utterly in their duty to the people of Cork

The temporary closure of Cork city’s Gate Cinema on North Main St removes another reason to go into town and a lessening of the likelihood of interesting encounters once you get in there

Nothing stirs the city columnist’s blood like an enormous capital project. Large-scale building, procurement, legal issues, planning technicalities, opposition, support, pro and con. You can’t go wrong.