A talented chef who ran a barbecue stall died of carbon monoxide poisoning after he loaded his propane cylinders into his van after a long day and went for a few hours sleep before his next shift.

An eclectic mix of music at this year’s Guinness Jazz Festival is drawing in the crowds and making the festival a hit with fans of all genres of music.

The historic Woodford bar in Cork city centre, with a licensed and drinks trade link stretching back to 1750, has been bought out of receivership for c €1.25 million.

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 consortium that owns some of Cork’s best-known pubs has been refused High Court injunctions stopping IBRC’s special liquidators selling its performing loans to Nama or other entities.

Funding for food projects

UP TO €1m is to be invested in a new micro-brewery in the old heart of Cork city, the Coal Quay.

“WE’VE enough on our plate for the moment,” says foodie Conrad Howard, one of an entrepreneurial trio that opened its third Cork eating house this week.

The High Court has granted orders for the winding up of four companies in the Thomas Read group on grounds they have no reasonable prospect of survival.

THE HIGH Court will be asked on Monday to make orders for the winding up of four of the 14 companies in the Thomas Read group on the grounds they have no reasonable prospect of survival.

CHANDELIERS from the White House, inspiration from the Gaudi House, a deposit from Gurranabraher Credit Union and the redevelopment of arguably Cork city’s best known night spot.

THE examiner appointed to a company which owns 21 of Dublin’s best known pubs and restaurants has been given High Court approval for “schemes of arrangement” for possible investment on the basis they will be separate but interdependent for each of the 14 companies which operate the hostelries.

CORK’S Bodega bar is being sold on by developer Owen O’Callaghan, with purchaser Benny McCabe lined up to take the premises in a deal valued about €8 million.

THE Bodega Bar in Cork city has been bought by developer Owen O’Callaghan, in a €7 million swoop, and is set to be redeveloped as a shop.

The Bodega Bar in Cork city announced today that it will reduce prices of all soft drinks, juices and mixers by 25% from Monday, August 9.