A UNION criticised the managers of Cork Opera House last night after job cuts were announced just weeks after a staff pay rise was agreed.

CASH-STRAPPED Cork Opera House passed up the opportunity to stage the hit musical, I, Keano in the soccer star’s home town, the show’s producer has claimed.

DUNNES STORES bosses Margaret Heffernan and Frank Dunne have agreed to fund the restoration of their derelict former home, historic Ringmahon House in Cork.