Anheuser-Busch InBev, which will soon make almost 30% of the world’s beer, wants to serve more low and alcohol-free brews to drinkers trying to live a healthier lifestyle.

A grieving father told an inquest yesterday that he has a real problem with the control of alcohol after hearing that his 20-year-old son fell to his death after an all-day drinking session.

Peter O’Dwyer casts an eye over the nominated firms in the emerging category in the Cork Company of The Year Awards 2016.

Peter Dowdall muses on the harbinger bloom, the delicate-looking, but tough-as-old-boots, Galanthus.

Apart from the unsettled weather, there was a distinct Down Under feel to the first night of the 59th Cork Film Festival at Cork Opera House.

The management of Cork Film Festival is gearing up for its 60th anniversary in 2016, engaging with new partners and hopeful of securing a title sponsor, despite incurring extensive financial losses last year.

THOUGH she’s working at top gear, sometimes seven days a week, there is no other job TV presenter Glenda Gilson would rather do.

Sales of fake tan and Corona cigars in tuck shops around the country’s prison system contributed to revenues of more than €7.5m.

Irish prisoners, including their latest addition, John Dundon, will soon be wearing “Hollywood smiles”, sporting fake tans and smoking Hamlet cigars after retail giant BWG scooped a multimillion-euro contract to supply tuck shops across Irish prisons.

The decision to lay off key Cork Film Festival staff has sparked ire, writes Dan Buckley

A well-known art gallery and one of the country’s most iconic gift shops have been announced as joint winners of the Cork Business Association’s fourth quarterly awards.

ONE OF the most popular home grown acts over recent years, there is a definite feeling that The Coronas are a band whose star is very definitely in the ascendancy.

They have spent years developing facilities and services for their autistic children.

CARBERY Group was crowned Company of the Year last night at Ireland’s largest corporate entertainment event outside of Dublin.

Drinks distribution firm Barry & Fitzwilliam is now planning to do a deal to take over Galvin’s Wholesale, which earlier this year announced that a tax fraud perpetrated on it had put it into financial difficulties.

CORK-based drinks distribution firm Barry & Fitzwilliam saw pre-tax profit rise 6% to €3.4 million last year but it said 2009 is proving much tougher.

CORK drink distribution firm Barry & Fitzwilliam is planning an expansion into the North.

CONOR MORTIMER is unlikely to face any disciplinary measures from the GAA following his unorthodox goal celebration in Sunday’s Connacht SFC final.

Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch is planning a defence as speculation grows over a takeover approach from rival and Stella Artois firm InBev, according to reports today.

Singer/songwriter James Blunt is lobbying his favourite beer brand for a sponsorship deal.

INTERNET firm Google has again pipped Apple to the top spot in a global brand ranking which sees YouTube and Wikipedia enter the top five for the first time.

GAA chiefs have warned they will not delay investigations into the controversial deal which saw Cork hurlers Kieran Murphy and Niall McCarthy wearing boots with the Corona beer logo in Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC quarter-final.

AMBUSH or guerrilla marketing as utilised by Corona at the weekend is becoming the method of choice for many companies looking to maximise exposure at minimum cost, according to an industry expert.

THE two Cork hurlers at the centre of controversial boot advertising deal with a beer company may escape a ban because of a loophole in the GAA’s rules on gear endorsement.

The Gaelic Players Association (GPA) has admitted tonight that they played no part in the player endorsement which saw Cork hurlers' Kieran Murphy and Niall McCarthy come under fire in the aftermath of Sunday's All-Ireland SHC quarter-finals.

The GAA and hurling sponsors Guinness could be about to launch an investigation after two Cork hurlers were seen to sport advertisements on their boots on Sunday.

THE public relations company which put together the controversial Corona “boot deal” with two Cork hurlers has launched a stout defence of their tactics.

A US-based consortium was today given an ultimatum to bid for drinks giant Allied Domecq within the month or walk away.

A rival to Pernod Ricard has moved closer to launching a counter-bid for drinks group Allied Domecq, it emerged today.

The London market trod water below its opening mark today as high oil prices continued to take their toll on equities.

Drinks distributors Maxxium Ireland and Barry and Fitzwilliam Ltd are to partner and form a new company which will operate in the Irish wines and spirits market.

His personal zoo has lions, cheetahs and a bear. His store has a million dollars worth of fine wines, liquors and heroin. His house has Cuban cigars, cases of champagne and downloaded pictures of prostitutes.