Plans for the development of almost 300 new homes in Carrigtwohill have been put on hold following an objection from the village’s community council.

Undeveloped, underused and untenanted — the country is littered with vacant IDA sites seeking to attract foreign direct investment. The situation is particulary stark for rural areas. Pádraig Hoare investigates,

More than a decade after Amgen announced a €1bn investment in Cork with the promise of 1,100 jobs, the chosen site remains idle after the promise failed to materialise.

The Mackinnon report’s recommendation of an extension of the Cork City boundary is “nothing more than an attempted rates and land grab”, residents in a Co Cork town have complained.

Considerable opposition to the proposed extension of Cork city’s boundary is expected to be aired at a meeting tonight, in Carrigtwohill.

A €12.3m upgrade to an ageing sewage treatment plant will facilitate more housing and industrial development in and around East Cork’s pharma hub.

MORE than 140 jobs at a US-owned medical devices plant in Cork are being moved to China and Malaysia because of competitiveness and cost issues.

A MAN in his 50s was beaten and kicked in the face, losing the sight of one eye, in what gardaí describe as a vicious and totally unprovoked attack.