Efforts to sell a publicly-owned landbank in Cork — which have been mired in controversy since 2011 — look set to be scrapped again.

Councillors embroiled in contentious plans to sell a publicly owned landbank in Cork must agree the wording to seek legal advice before they can seek that legal advice.

A publicly owned landbank which has lain idle for six years is finally set to be sold, paving the way for the development of a primary healthcare centre.

Tommy Barker looks back at a year when pubs adapted to the smoking ban and the arrival of new competitors.

NEWS of the sale of one of the biggest southside Cork bars, the Ardmanning, has gone public.