The Kerry-based hotel group behind the last-minute legal challenge to the €50m state-funding package for Cork's event centre has been accused of lodging a “nasty, vexatious, commercial ambush” on the stalled project.

Tributes flooded in yesterday for “comic genius” Niall Tóibín who has died after a lengthy illness.

There is sufficient scope within the Junior Cycle framework to see History become a mandatory subject again, according to the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI).

Nearly all of the damaged vehicles which can be removed from the multi-storey car park at Douglas Village Shopping Centre have been taken out of the building, but some remain in the section which will be demolished.

Two men, including the grandson of former Lord Mayor of Dublin Christy Burke, have received sentences totalling 14 years at the Special Criminal Court after they were caught with four kilograms of the explosive TNT and a hand grenade in a densely populated area of Dublin city.

Páirc Uí Chaoimh GAA stadium in Cork will have a full house of 45,000 for the Liam Miller benefit soccer match on September 25. The fixture is now sold out.

Bob Geldof has urged Sinn Féin to "grow up" after claiming members made insulting comments about his decision to return the Freedom of the City of Dublin.

A book of condolence will be opened today at Cork City Hall for the family and friends of those who died in the Las Vegas shooting.

Dublin has been chosen to host the Euro 2020 qualifying draw, which will be televised live in December 2018.

There was genuine warmth in the way councillors congratulated the new Mayor of Co Cork, knowing he was at rock bottom four years ago.

An infant had a miraculous escape when a car went out of control, ploughing into another car which was, in turn, shunted into the child’s buggy, pinning it up against a wall.

Cork City Council have announced that Olympic rowing heroes Gary and Paul O’Donovan will switch on the Cork city Christmas lights.

Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr Des Cahill took to Twitter to post a video discussing the speculation while standing outside said venue, Pairc Uí Chaoimh.

Under glorious blue skies, the St Patrick’s Day parade snaked through Dublin, led by disability campaigner Joanne O’Riordan.

When it comes to being historic, charismatic and full of vibrant business life it’s simply streets ahead of the rest: Oliver Plunkett St in Cork has been declared the greatest street in Ireland and Britain by academics who study urbanisation.

Telecoms firm Eir has been accused of “corporate vandalism” after a landmark public art project was blocked out by one of its rebranding banners.

Another queen is due to arrive in Cork today — but this one’s on a mission to sell the region to American tourists.

Up to 3,000 community arts, sports. and music groups from across Cork and beyond will take part in this year’s St Patrick’s Day Parade, the centerpiece of what will be a four-day celebration of the county’s cultural diversity.

Scores of well-wishers have been visiting a petrol station in Cork to show solidarity with members of staff who have mounted a sit-in to get their outstanding wages, sick pay, and other entitlements.

Two Dublin Mayors have confirmed that they will ask the Environment Minister to set a date for a referendum on a directly elected mayor.

President Michael D Higgins has received the Freedom of Cork City.

Cork has topped a list of under-rated cities that tourists should see in their lifetime.

A major fundraising concert is to be held for a mother of two children who helped collect €1m for various charities but who now needs help herself after suffering a debilitating stroke.

Put the date in your diaries: Sun Jan 26 is the afternoon to anticipate as Cork City Hall sways to the good old days with Evelyn Grant and the Cork Pops Orchestra.

The former Lord Mayor of Cork John Murray has been sentenced to 12 months in jail for the sexual assault of a teenage girl.

A successful mental health promotion initiative for schools and clubs which was launched in Cork earlier this year is going nationwide.

Big celebrations are planned in the city tonight following Dublin's All Ireland Football Final win yesterday.

Children from disadvantaged backgrounds will be among 500 Cork youngsters who will get a free day out at the circus next year thanks to solicitor to the stars, Gerald Kean.

A boy has died in a suspected farming accident in the North.

Cork city centre is on course to become one of the most wifi-enabled cities in the country, it emerged yesterday.

With just over a month to go on his contract, Robert Splaine received a glowing endorsement from the Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) chief executive yesterday.

They’re normally on the end of the phone providing a reassuring ear, but now the Samaritans in Cork are embarking on an outreach pilot project which the charity hopes to roll out nationwide.

As she languished under house arrest for almost 15 of the last 21 years, Burmese political leader, Aung San Suu Kyi could scarcely have dreamed of days and foreign lands where her cause would be championed.

Travellers who take over roads for sulky races should be evicted from halting sites and have their ponies and carts seized.

The Bon Secours nuns marked 150 years in Ireland with the launch of an exhibition last night which highlights their contribution to Irish society.

The Labour MEP Proinsias De Rossa has announced that he is stepping down from the European Parliament next month.

THE Lord Mayor of Cork has appealed for the family of a man killed in a violent feud to be given the space to mourn at his funeral Mass, which takes place this morning.

IN less than two weeks, dad Ger O’Flynn will be the father of twins.

A NEW HSE programme in Cork which helps to reduce self-harm is to be rolled out across the county.

AS a senior citizen with an unquenchable love of my country and my city, I welcome the upcoming visit of Queen Elizabeth and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh to the Republic of Ireland, and specifically to the Peoples Republic of Cork, in the full knowledge of the historic connotation between both countries.

THE traditional festive greetings of peace and goodwill were added to by business leaders in Cork last night as they urged shoppers to preserve jobs by spending locally.

A well-known Cork radio personality issued a heartfelt apology on-air this morning after newspaper reports that he is to be referred to gardaí for having committed an alleged sex act on an Aer Lingus flight.

A NEW food movement has launched a website to help connect consumers with local food producers.

A lord mayor in Britain apologised today after his trousers fell down during a visit to a local library.

The funeral of RTÉ broadcaster Gerry Ryan will take place on Thursday.

The Lord Mayor's Commission on Employment - which was established to tackle rising unemployment in Dublin - will hold its final conference in the capital today.

RYLE Dwyer’s article headlined “Brutal Separation” (Irish Examiner, March 24) is a mixture of innuendo and fact.