‘Builder on the Roof’: an ingénue comes to Cork and wonders aloud why the city is full of derelict properties in the middle of a housing crisis

The council wants additional research. That means more costs, and all to establish something we all know. They’re a waste of money

David Goldberg asks who remembers his parents, Gerald and Sheila. In Cork, we never forget our own

The event centre is an embarrassment, a farrago of missed deadlines and shameful photo-opportunities, an indictment of those responsible

Great to see dolphins in the Lee a few days back.

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.