Generations of professional athletes have struggled with the transition from a life in lycra or gaudy nylon to civvies, but a glance at Claire Lambe’s diary would suggest that the former Olympic rower has negotiated it with ease.

Major design changes to Cork’s €140m flood defence scheme have been unveiled that will see demountable flood defences, rather than walls, used to protect the most historic city centre areas.

Some of Ireland's leading companies have agreed to significantly cut their carbon emissions between now and 2030.

Plans have been unveiled aiming to ease traffic gridlock in one of the country’s industrial powerhouses — and work should get under way in September.

Technology advances will lead to electric and hybrid vehicles “dominating” Irish roads in the future, an engineering expert has said — despite a survey showing uptake among drivers still remains low.

Girls have been inspired to take up science, tech, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects and consider careers in the sector thanks to the largest showcase of its kind in Ireland.

Focus on providing an urban framework that injects life to our city centre, writes Peter O’Flynn.

Ireland’s tallest building, the Elysian Tower in Cork city, is expected to fetch more than €100m when it goes on sale in the coming weeks.

Ireland’s tallest building, the Elysian Tower in Cork city, is expected to fetch more than €100m when it goes on sale in the coming weeks.

DEVELOPMENT worth €160 million, spanning eight buildings and to include 237 apartments, a 136-bed hotel, 400,000 sq ft of offices and an acre of open plaza is coming on track on Cork city’s Horgan’s Quay.

Hundreds of residents will be evacuated from their high-rise flats after an investigation revealed their homes may not be safe.

US-based IT semi-conductor and wireless communications firm Skyworks Ireland has moved into the ground floor of Cork city’s tallest building, The Elysian.

Details of the most complex flood prevention scheme to be undertaken in County Cork will be made public next week.

Indaver has rejected Air Corps safety fears over the proposed incinerator for Cork Harbour and said existing regulations and flying behaviours would mean little or no risk to aircraft.

There were angry exchanges and at least three calls for an adjournment at the opening day of An Bord Pleanála’s oral hearing into proposals by waste management company Indaver Ireland to build a €160m incinerator in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork.

Two different property offers, one to let, the other to buy, are on the market at 6 Lapps Quay, in the heart of Cork city, next to the Clarion Hotel, bus station and near the rapidly developing One Albert Quay.

Global consulting engineering company, Arup, is to move into new Cork City offices, at One Albert Quay, in time for its 70th anniversary.

Limerick City people are more likely to prefer to walk to work, school, or college than residents in other parts of the country, according to a new report.

A Cork-based architecure firm has won accolades for its work on the stunning dlr Lexicon Library in Dun Laoghaire, writes Carol O’Callaghan with the prospect of more to come on the world’s stage.

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.

Nama is to redeem a further €1bn worth of senior bonds ahead of maturity this week; a move which will see it comfortably beat its original target of paying off half of its entire debt mountain by the end of next year.

The design heads at Cork IT’s Architecture Factory can hardly contain their excitement — their converted factory, with studios fashioned from old shipping containers, has been short-listed for a world design award.

A CORK-based ICT site is knocking 20% off its annual energy consumption through the use of ground- breaking energy-saving technologies.

ACCORDING to Eileen McCarthy of Arup (Irish Examiner, July 9), the Cork-Limerick motorway will save 70 lives over a 30-year period, based on 35 fatalities in 20 years on the roads which it would replace. But this simplistic calculation works out to 52.5 lives saved, not 70, and assumes no one will be killed on the motorway.

ENGINEERING experts have told a Bord Pleanála oral hearing up to 70 lives could be saved over the next 30 years if a motorway is developed between Cork and Limerick.

Richard Branson and other business leaders will warn this week that the world is hurtling towards an "oil crunch" to match the financial crisis within five years.

Tommy Barker highlights a double offering overlooking Cork’s vision of future.

A €6 MILLION deal to save Thomond Park will be struck tonight.

A report which could decide the future of Limerick’s famous rugby ground, Thomond Park, is not expected to be completed before Chistmas.

THE old racecourse on the south side of Limerick city is favourite to become the home of rugby in Munster.

LIMERICK is to remain the home of Munster rugby after the IRFU Munster Branch last night revealed it is to look at three alternative sites for Thomond Park - but all in the Treaty city.

THOMOND PARK’S future as the home venue for Munster’s Heineken European Cup matches isn’t a whole lot clearer after yesterday’s statement by the Munster Branch Development Committee.

The new owners of MG Rover today announced a deal with a British team of designers to develop a new range of cars.

Workers at MG Rover were today hoping more jobs would be created at its Longbridge, UK factory after Chinese firm Nanjing bought the collapsed carmaker.