Gardaí had to work in potentially dangerous conditions in the station in Glanmire village for many years, in a building so old it once housed the RIC (Royal Irish Constabulary).

Anxious householders and businesses in a Cork satellite town will have to wait until the year-end before finding out if Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure, Paschal Donohoe, will approve an €8.5m spend on a flood prevention scheme.

The setting up of a life-saving community first responder (CFR) group on the outskirts of Cork City could become a template for the roll-out of similar groups across the country.

Four Cork girls will be among contestants from across Ireland, and indeed overseas, vying for glory at this year’s 46th annual International Miss Macra Festival.

Commanding views over Sallybrook and the wooded valley above Glanmire come with this split-level, large family home.

The OPW confirms it has finally purchased a building to replace a Garda station once described as “a deathtrap”.

Tommy Barker reports on a bungalow with a sense of space.

While householders and business owners have broadly welcomed the publication of plans for €8m worth of flood defences in Glanmire, they’ve also raised some concerns — primarily the need to see them completed in a timely fashion and with as little disruption as possible.

Pedestrian safety is a priority in three heavily vehicular-congested villages, in major industrial hubs, close to Cork City.

Most of the detailed design for a €7.7m flood prevention scheme in Glanmire, Co Cork, has been completed and it is expected construction will get under way next spring.

An Armagh who was caught with 20,000 cigarettes and 240 packets of loose tobacco in Cork without payment of excise duty was given a one-year jail sentence suspended yesterday.

An Armagh man accused of having 20,000 cigarettes and 240 packets of loose tobacco for sale at the weekend in Cork without payment of duty told gardaí he was in Cork for a stag night but later said he was in the area for a road bowling match.

It was brought to Europe in mid-19th century and was much-admired for its ornamental foliage, after being uprooted from its natural habitat on the slopes of Japanese volcanoes, but it has become our most challenging invasive plant.

Plans have been unveiled for a €10m flood-relief scheme to protect a Cork satellite town which suffered serious damage in summer 2012.

While white smoke is still awaited on just who has been the victorious bidder on a valuable Cork city six-acre suburban housing site at Cleve Hill, Blackrock Road, agents DTZ bring a larger, but lower profile, housing site to market.

More than 60 householders and business owners, whose properties had been severely flooded nearly three years ago, will this week examine proposed “preferred flood relief options” for their area.

With flood preventing works almost complete in Fermoy (see report below), the following is the situation in Cork City and other Cork county towns with their works timeline.

Elmgrove home has wonderful valley views, writes Tommy Barker.

Separate rush-hour accidents yesterday on either side of the South Ring carriageways almost forced the closure of the Jack Lynch Tunnel in Cork.

Nobody living in a leafy estate on the outskirts of a town in west Waterford expected an incident involving some rowdy, bottle-throwing youths to end up in the death of one of the gang.

A young woman who was caught in a taxi with €70,000 worth of cocaine was jailed yesterday for six years with half of the sentence suspended.

A woman who was caught in a taxi with €70,000 worth of cocaine against a background of drugs in her family home wept and spoke of her terror of going to prison yesterday.

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Consultants have been appointed to ensure hundreds of flood-hit houses and businesses in Co Cork are not put at further risk.

Details of a proposed €11m plan to combat flooding in East Cork will include the building of walls and embankments.

Businesses and householders in a Co Cork town are pleading with the authorities to carry out interim flood prevention works before a major scheme is put in place.

A YEAR after their lives were turned upside down by extensive flooding, residents and business owners across Cork still live in fear every time heavy rain is forecasted for their towns.

A man and a woman have appeared in court this evening charged in connection with the seizure of a kilo of cocaine in Cork.

Two people are being questioned after €70,000 worth of cocaine was seized on the outskirts of Cork city.

Gardaí in Cork have arrested a man and a woman following the seizure of €70,000 worth of drugs on the outskirts of the city this afternoon.

Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan has given a commitment that gardaí will continue to be stationed in Glanmire, Co Cork.

A man, who passionately believes people should have the right to be buried in the area they resided, is seeking planning permission for the first privately-run cemetery in Co Cork.

IT’S 12 years old, but inside it feels practically brand new, thanks to ongoing upgrades and investment in decor and design.

More than 22,000 books were lost at two libraries in Co Cork as a result of major flooding two months ago, Cork County Council officials have revealed.

A shop owner who sold a winning €500,000 All or Nothing Lottery ticket to a first-time player is hoping the win will brighten the life of a person, who may have been affected by the recent floods.

A solicitor offering his services free to flood victims in a Cork town said almost all claims for liability have been accepted by insurance companies.

OVER 150 houses and some 200 commercial properties were severely damaged in Co Cork during recent flooding.

Large parts of Cork City are now “uninsurable” due to the spate of flooding incidents in recent years — the most recent of which occurred just over a week ago.

Seven cars that were in for repairs at Aidan Midas’s garage have been written off after last week’s flooding in Glanmire, Co Cork.

President of the GAA Christy Cooney has challenged Glanmire GAA club to follow through on what he described as a “remarkable” strategic plan for development between 2012 and 2016.

GARDAÍ believe they have severely dented the operations of a significant drug gang following the seizure of over €600,000 worth of cannabis and cocaine in Cork.

WALKOUT threats by gardaí, based in an archaic station, have eased after the Office of Public Works (OPW) applied for planning permission to construct a new building in Glanmire, Co Cork.

PARENTS taking their children to and from school are among the worst offenders when it comes to speeding, according to a garda survey.

A TIDY builder might be needed at Beech House – this four/five-bed home, on grounds as pristine as the house itself, has full planning in place for a second dwelling to be built alongside, amid its flowerbeds.

THE steep and wooded valleys of Glanmire are a favourite spot for self-builders and it’s only when you get to the top of a hill that you see the full impact — there are many one-off houses tucked into its mature woodland.

NOT too much money would be needed to bring No 39 in Glanmire’s Richmond Estate bang up to date, says its selling agent.