IN the first five months of 2015, office activity in Cork has been dominated by the FDI sector, with five substantial transactions completed.

Canary Wharf owner Songbird Estates Plc has told shareholders to take no action on a Qatari-led $4bn (€3.28bn) takeover bid, reiterating that the 350p per share cash offer undervalued the company.

THE top floor of City Quarter, the Cork City quayside office block facing the ambitious, new One Albert Quay €45m office site, has finally been leased.

Three people have been killed and four wounded in a shooting at a spa outside of Milwaukee in the United States according to police.

Authorities in New York City have postponed the clean-up of a Manhattan park where anti-Wall Street protesters have been camped out for a month.

Wall Street protesters are poised for an ugly confrontation with police and New York authorities trying to end the month-long occupation of a park that has spawned similar gatherings across America and is going global.

THE owners of a private nursing home were forced to reprimand staff after confidential files belonging to 30 elderly nursing home patients were dumped.

By Tommy Barker

THE main house, Brookfield, made headlines in a major sale in the 1990s, and now the lodge looks to follow suit.