Washington St is closed due to the unsafe building, according to the AA.

Garda Nigel Desmond risked his own life to help the man who was seen entering the southern channel of the river at Lancaster Quay just before 1pm.

A baby was taken to hospital last night after the second petrol bomb attack on homes in a Cork housing estate in two nights.

Gardaí and the fire service are responding to a road traffic collision on the N40 South Link Road in Cork.

"Crews are currently dealing with an incident in St Patrick’s Street in the City Centre," the Cork City Fire Brigade said this lunchtime.

One person was taken to hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation after a grill in a popular city-centre restaurant caught fire.

A woman has been rescued from the River Lee this evening after she jumped in to save her dog.

The chief executive of Cork City Council has ordered a review of the city’s multi-storey car parks in the wake of the devastating Douglas car park fire.

Fire officers described the damage to Douglas Village Shopping Centre as “a major structural failure” as plans for partial demolition were announced.

It took up to 50 firefighters almost four hours and millions of gallons of water to bring the massive car-park inferno in Cork City under control on Saturday night.

It is always unwise and dangerous to exaggerate the threat posed by an accident or a fire.

So that’s nearly Sunday 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.

Cork City Fire Brigade has released the first images this morning showing the extent of damage caused by last night’s huge blaze in a multi-storey car park in Douglas.

Latest: At least 60 cars have been damaged, many beyond repair, in a major blaze at a multi-story car park on the southside of Cork city tonight.

Garda forensic investigators have examined the site of a significant fire at the Sunbeam Industrial Estate in Cork to see if the blaze was started deliberately.

Cork City Fire Brigade were called to a crash in Glanmire where the people in the car had to be cut out using hydraulic cutting equipment.

The fire crew from Cork City Fire Brigade was forced to withdraw from the entrance to Spring Lane halting site in Ballyvolane at around 11pm for health and safety reasons.

Gardaí were last night awaiting the results of an autopsy before deciding what direction their investigation would take in relation to the death of a toddler who sustained critical injuries in a Cork city apartment.

Business leaders in one of Cork's most historic city areas have called for a tougher approach and more government funding to tackle long-term vacancy and dereliction following a partial building collapse.

Cork City Fire Brigade tackled a fire at a restaurant in Washington Street this morning.

A Cork City Council election candidate who has campaigned against illegal dumps and anti-social behaviour has been subjected to vandalism at her home.

The fire at the Commons Inn in Cork has been brought under control.

Update: A gas leak at a Cork City housing estate has been made safe.

He may have been too small to see the parade as a child but Olympic medal winner Rob Heffernan was walking tall as he led the St Patrick’s Day parade through his native city.

The alarm was raised at around 8.30am when smoke was seen billowing from the roof of L’Atitude 51 wine bar on the junction of Anglesea St and Union Quay.

Gardaí are searching for the driver of the second car who left the scene on foot.

Cork Airport’s use of social media and digital channels saw it declared the overall 2018 Cork Digital Marketing Champion at the Cork Chamber Skillnet Digital Marketing Awards.

There was a tragic ending to the story of the dolphin rescued in the River Lee last night.

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A busy junction where an American couple died in an accident last September and where another US couple were injured in a smash in April could be closed permanently, Cork County Council has said.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been asked to investigate illegal dumping activity on a site on the northside of Cork City after a spate of suspicious fires in recent days.

Cork City faces a potential €250,000 bill for the clean- up of a notorious illegal dump site — again.

Firefighters in Cork City are set to ballot for industrial action, up to and including strike action, this weekend in a dispute over back-money linked to pay restoration.

Firefighters in Cork City are set to ballot for industrial action next week in a dispute over back-money linked to pay restoration.

Firefighters were pelted with stones and concrete blocks as they fought illegal bonfires at the same location on the northside of Cork City two nights in a row over the weekend.

The Canadian woman who, along with her brother, helped save a homeless man from drowning in the river Lee said their lifeguard training played a key role in the daring rescue.

Two young men whose car was almost sliced in half, when it struck a pole in Cork city, are lucky to be alive.

Talks are taking place about safety upgrades at a death-trap junction on the N20 Cork to Limerick road.

Gardaí have launched an investigation after a firefighter was injured during a tense standoff at a Traveller halting site.

Fundraising efforts are underway for a young student who is paralysed from the chest down after he fell while out in the snow with friends prior to the red alert for Storm Emma earlier this month.