Work has begun on an €80m upgrade of the Port of Cork’s container-handling facilities at Ringaskiddy, which are expected to be fully operational within the next two years.

Plans for the first urban residential development in Cork’s docklands have been hit by a last-minute appeal from a commercial semi-state company.

It’s time to cough up the cash and get on with it.

ENGINEERS have installed massive piles into the bed of the river Lee to support a €250,000 pontoon which will allow leisure craft berth in the city centre.