A Cork City cinema building, which had screenings from 1913 to 1964 spanning silent movies, black and white films, and the shift to colour before reopening as a leisure and entertainment complex, may be about to have a very different sequel — as a 171-bedroomed four-star hotel.

A Kinsale man was arrested yesterday and charged with assault causing harm to a woman at an address on Lee Rd in Cork last week.

A Cork city retail investment up for sale on St Patrick’s Street is topped and tailed by two interesting features – it has a limestone drinking stone trough for dogs, done by renowned sculptor Seamus Murphy down at street or paw level, while overhead it now has planning secured for a three-bedroomed apartment, with River Lee and bridge views.

Gardaí have arrested a woman as part of their investigation into the murder of Timothy Hourihane in Cork.

Latest: The body of a man has been recovered from the River Lee in Cork City.

An indication of what we'll see, and the new urban core vantage points, by the end of 2020 comes in this stunning timelapse video of a sunset over the city centre and River Lee

A CORK city house that has been a life-saving, holistic home-from-home for many hundreds of persons given cancer diagnoses now looks set to return to private, family accommodation and ‘domestic service’ once more.

Save Cork City’s plan is to build a tidal barrier now... instead of waiting for the sea to claim the city, writes Victoria White

The rebirth of ‘Barracka’, or Barrack St, as a local hospitality hotspot on the narrow, vertiginous, cobble-stoned street began with the late, lamented publican, Tom Barry’s eponymous pub, halfway up the hill.

A giant ape attacked Shandon and there’s a sea monster in the Lee — pure dynamite, like, and guaranteed true stories, we swear.

An audit of the drinking water supply to Cork city was initiated this summer after a consumer complained of worms coming out of a tap.

All the latest food news with Joe McNamee.

The developers of one of Cork’s largest docklands projects has secured its first tenant - with more announcements in the pipeline.

Work to dismantle Cork's famous Shakey Bridge has begun as the first section of Daly's Bridge has been removed and placed on a barge in the River Lee.

Work to dismantle Cork's famous Shakey Bridge has begun.

The relic of a human heart is to be part of a floating art installation honouring migrant peoples in Cork.

Curragh House was brought back to life with blood, sweat and toil, says Tommy Barker. Pictures: Denis Minihane

Cork’s love affair with dining out, music, and coffee is driving a retail expansion throughout the city and suburbs.

Richard Reed Parry of Arcade Fire is happy to scale down for a more intimate musical experience at a Cork event he knows well, writes Ed Power

A human heart found deep within a city centre crypt in the 19th century is to be returned to Cork next month as "sacred cargo".

The €1.7m repair and restoration of the famous Shakey bridge in Cork is set to start within days.

The recent Irish Open in Lahinch was a powerful reminder that a community working with both private and public institutions can deliver a world class success.

Ambitious housing plans are being prepared for a former asylum building on the northside of Cork city which has been boarded up since it was gutted in a suspected arson attack just over two years ago.

IT was good to see the other side of cycling in Ireland. Two weeks after the Velo-city cycling conference, I was in need of a different news-cycle.

DEVELOPMENT land on the grounds of the five-star Fota Island Resort, with full planning in place for 88 houses, half of them pitched at the “executive family market” goes to market this week for Fota’s owners the Kang family, via agents Lisney, guided at €4m.

So that’s nearly Wednesday wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Two young children had to be rescued from a sinking car when their drunken father parked on a slipway beside the River Lee to listen to music and stepped out without putting on the handbrake.

With an ambitious new €3.5bn transport plan unveiled for the expanded metropolitan area of Cork, I am surprised to see the obvious overlooked.

Swimmer Ned Denison has become the first person to swim around Cork city.

Planning permission has been granted for a landmark 15-storey skyscraper that is set to transform Cork city's skyline.

Chris Moody, the first person to film otters on the River Bride in Cork City, argues that we should be protecting the biodiversity of urban waterways, writes Ellie O’Byrne

Engagement in voting, and civic leadership are vital to ensuring that Cork in future offers its citizens the sustainability on which the city is currently failing to deliver, writes Shane Clarke.

The revamped Cork City South East local electoral area represents a daunting challenge for any single

Cork City South Central was previously a small electoral area but it represents a very different proposition after the expansion of the city boundary.