The Cork Business Association (CBA) says it will use "all resources at its disposal" to ensure that a €100m retail village project does not go ahead in the wider Cork metropolitan area.

A coalition of business leaders, hoteliers, publicans and restaurateurs in Cork say their focus remains on doing everything possible to ensure the delivery of the Cork event centre as it faces yet about obstacle.

Cork Chamber and the Cork Business Association (CBA) said the various agencies responsible for delivering the Lower Lee flood relief scheme should now “move the scheme forward as a matter of priority”.

Philip Gillivan said while he accepts the drugs issue is complex and requires a multi-agency response, something must be done to clean up the city centre.

Three sites, all in East Cork, have now been identified as potential locations for a proposed retail outlet centre (ROC) with much more detailed study required on each location before the development is factored into any development plans.

Proposals to develop a new Kildare Village-style retail outlet in Co Cork could undermine the fragile retail environment of the city centre, according to city representatives.

The 2019 Guinness Cork Jazz Festival was officially launched last night, with the 42nd incarnation of the event hosting a number of big names across the 70 city venues on the weekend of October 24-26.

City business groups have backed the development of a skyscraper hotel in Cork's docklands, but concerns have also been raised about retaining access to the river.

Key figures in Cork’s business and hospitality sectors have asked to meet developers, BAM, to seek reassurances about the stalled event centre project.

Argos says that it is working to minimise the job losses associated with the closure of its store in Cork city centre.

Planning permission has been granted for a landmark 15-storey skyscraper that is set to transform Cork city's skyline.

Retailers in Cork are planning a series of workshops with teenagers to find out how they can improve the retail offering to a vast untapped teenage market.

Traders in Cork city centre have called for “open, clear and honest consultation” before any decisions are made on the location of a supervised drug injection centre.

A new group set up to represent retailers in Cork city and county says it wants a seat at the table of decision-making on retail.

Retailers in Cork City who led opposition to the St Patrick’s Street car ban are ready to move beyond the controversy and embrace change, according to one of the organisers of a meeting tonight on the future of retail.

One of Cork Business Association’s top awards went to the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, which we are told now generates €40m for the city and the regional economy.

Investment in public transport is vital if Cork is to avoid crippling traffic congestion like that in Dublin, the Cork Business Association (CBA) has warned.

Almost €300,000 has been spent on developing the ‘We Are Cork’ brand and marketing the county as a business destination, the Irish Examiner can reveal — with the majority of the spend going on consultants.

A €1bn Texas-based cybersecurity company, Forcepoint, is to occupy two floors of Cork city centre’s new office block, 85 South Mall, intensifying the 21st-century tech corridor on the southern capital’s most traditional business, banking, commerce and services boulevard.

This month saw the latest move to enhance the offering of a business now run by a fourth generation of leaders — frozen storage.

Traders in Cork City say they hope a supports package worth at least €300,000 will help deliver the vibrant city everyone wants as the St Patrick’s Street car ban looms again.

Gardaí have made 36 arrests for begging in Cork City so far this month as part of a crackdown on a new wave of ‘commercial begging’ activity in the city centre.

It was a moment that stood out from the rest and caught people's’ attention.

A man who dipped his toe in the adventure boat business after beating cancer hopes to create waves with his new Cork Harbour tour-boat venture linking the city to Cobh.

Talks are underway in a bid to resolve traffic management issues in Cork city in the wake of the St Patrick’s Street afternoon car ban controversy.

The controversial afternoon car ban on Cork’s main street has been suspended until early August.

The controversial afternoon car ban on Cork's main street has been suspended until August 9.