Retailer Lidl is the first of two German discount chains to make a strong foothold in Cork city centre, opening today in Cornmarket Street, ahead of Aldi’s plans to locate in the ground floor of the Elsyian tower.

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

Tourism company Paddywagon Tours is about to open a second Cork city base, in rapid succession to its first base which opened last August.