A MEDIEVAL flashmob organised to highlight Cork’s origins as a town founded by Norwegian Vikings in 915AD was among the highlights of the city’s annual Heritage Day which took place on Saturday.

COUNCILLORS enjoying junkets at the taxpayers’ expense caused consternation in the cabinet which was concerned at the bad publicity spendthrift local authority members were generating.

Cork: The rooms of Custom House are to open to the public offering visitors the opportunity to view the boardroom and committee room as well as the collection of maritime artwork owned by the Port of Cork Company.

Up to 200 SIPTU members picketed the Custom House in Dublin city centre this morning as part of a dispute involving cleaners.

ICONIC buildings across Ireland turned their lights off and prevented the release of an estimated 30 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere during Earth Hour.

A 17-year-old boy, who has allegedly burgled schools, a college and the offices of a government department, during a recent crime wave, has been remanded on bail, by the Dublin Children’s Court.

A teenager who took part in a burglary of the offices of the Department of the Environment, in the Custom House in Dublin, has been remanded on bail pending sentence.

YES, Matt Cooper (July 20) is spot-on. Dublin, of course, gets everything. It gets Government offices that contribute no commercial rates at a cost of more than €27 million to Dublin City Council last year alone.

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell yesterday rejected Green Party claims that he intended to vote against the inclusion of incineration in the Government’s new National Development Bill.