CORK-based Healy Brothers has been acquired by the Lagan Group as it aims to increase its presence in the south.

A GROUP awaiting a Bord Pleanála ruling on a controversial super-quarry is poised to launch an EU campaign to halt quarrying in their area.

A QUARRY company will close with the loss of almost 300 jobs if it cannot develop a site in east Cork.

RAMPANT quarrying is threatening to overwhelm an east Cork community, a lobby group warned yesterday.