This week’s picture from our archives shows an angler being rescued from floods at the Lee Fields, Cork in April, 1928.

The Land Development Agency (LDA), established two months ago by the Government, has confirmed it is in talks with the Health Service Executive (HSE) to transform a former psychiatric hospital in Cork City into a major housing project.

Cork City Council is close to acquiring 106 acres and a period house near the Lee Fields and the Model Farm Road for possible use as a greenway amenity, in a deal valued at more than €2.2m.