When it comes to environmental issues, from single-use plastics to water wastage, consumers are regularly told the solution is in their own hands, Gráinne McGuinness..

Former UCC lecturer Derry Cotter has written Leeside Story, a tale of love in Cork city, says Colette Sheridan.

A young woman claimed her ex-boyfriend threatened to slice her face and rip her in two, during an alleged incident last weekend. But the accused denied being present, denied making threats, and insisted he was never her boyfriend.

Cork city centre is at the other, bottom end of the street — but in some ways, the knock-out private home and eyrie that is No 160 Blarney Street might as well be out in the pure countryside, writes Tommy Barker.

A fierce fire-breathing dragon is set to reawaken from its lair and prowl the ancient spine of Cork City tomorrow night as part of one of the country’s largest Halloween festivals.

When Colm Cronin hopped, skipped and jumped 15.89 meters on June 26th 1977, little did the Leevale man realise his Irish triple jump record would remain peerless some 40 years later.

Questions have been asked about the whereabouts of a missing antique fountain which once stood at the end of Shandon Street in Cork city centre.

Writers are gathering in Cork this week to launch a monthly event bringing local authors and budding writers together, writes Marjorie Brennan.

Henry Ford paid an emotional visit to Cork in 1912 and here, Denis McSweeney imagines the scenario that unfolded.

Agood number of enthusiastic New Year viewers was expected to show up yesterday for an open viewing of this spacious terraced property off Cork city’s Shandon Street.

A pensioner died after a fire at his home on the northside of Cork City yesterday.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Gardaí were last night working to identify three men who died when their car burst into flames following a two-vehicle collision in Waterford yesterday.

A landmark building on Cork’s famous Shandon Street is to be covered in ‘butter wrappers’ as part of a striking public art project.

Lena Gourley said: "It was like having my sight taken away."

Tommy Barker says this three-storey five-bedroomed family home on Cork city’s Blarney Street offers excellent convenience to the city centre.

Renovation work and affordability draws the players, Trish Dromey finds.

€135,000 Shandon St house has ground-floor shop, says Tommy Barker.

A former French soldier who was caught dealing heroin from his flat in Cork was jailed for six months yesterday as the sentencing judge referred to the devastation the drug caused to people’s lives.

There are lots of options for buyers of this venerable, characterful home, No 112 Shandon Street, in the heart of Cork City.

TWENTY Years a Growing, or Fiche Bliain ag Fás, is a classic memoir of 20th century Irish literature — but, in the case of a Cork city office building, it’s more like a case of Five Years, and no Fás.

A young woman who stopped to give a young man directions in Cork was attacked and dragged up a lane. He ordered her to kiss him as he prised her legs apart and she feared she was about to be raped and murdered.

Hundreds of thousands of euro have been invested in cycle lanes and in Cork another €2m has been invested in the Coca Cola bike scheme. But why do potholes still abound, asks Caroline Delaney.

Two men have been remanded in custody after being charged in connection with a spate of robberies in Cork City last week in which people were attacked with a machete.

The rise of ISIS has been uncomfortable for Muslims in Ireland. Ellie O’Byrne met up with some including a 16 year old who can’t chat to friends about his early years in Iraq and Syria

They were generous with gardens, back in the day when houses were built along CorkCity’s Cathedral Road, up above Shandon Street. 

A cyclist has been seriously injured after he fell from his bike while travelling in Cork city centre this evening.

A motorist has been stabbed in Cork after confronting a number of youths who may have thrown something at his car.

Comedian Tommy Tiernan has a great skit about NASA, and about the space race that culminated in the moon landing in 1969.

WE were all new to this country once. My people sailed into Cobh and built their churches on the hills of Cork. There weren’t too many Congregationalists round the city in the early years of the last century, but my grandfather integrated quickly.

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Imagination, energy and a whole lot of Sellotape are key to the Halloween celebrations in Cork, writes Noelle McCarthy

It’s 50 years since Kerrygold was first exported — the ultimate success story of an industry once driven by the Cork Butter Market, says Robert Hume

We are all familiar with the wastage of funds that was rampant in Fás in the past.

Gardaí are to mount extra patrols in Cork City next Saturday in an attempt to quell any trouble sparked by bonfire night celebrations.

There was growing pressure on the Harley Medical Group last night to agree a deal on the removal and replacement of PIP breast implants from the 1,100 women affected by the defective products.

Residential investments with 9% to 11% yields are on offer in two Cork locations via separate receivers and for separate distressed vendors.

A giant banner which hid a derelict hotel in the heart of Cork City for almost a year has been taken down for health and safety reasons.

ITALIAN Prime Minister Mario Monti has announced he will not take a salary for next year as part of his austerity plan for the nation.

SEEKING to invoke an atmosphere of street carnival that is often absent from more conventional parades in the city, the Dragon of Shandon takes advantage of the towering church, narrow lanes and particular multi-ethnic ambiance of the city’s most famous area to create an event full of noise and spectacle.

A MILLIONAIRE with a background in global travel found a second home on Cork’s Shandon Street as an undercover benefactor.