A close look at Sean Sherlock, Alan Kelly and Michael McCarthy

A large secondary school in Co Cork is to undergo a €5.5m extension which will enable it to more than double its original intake of pupils.

With a rate of €55.88 Mallow Town Council put out its stall as the cheapest place to set up business in Co Cork — and it has paid dividends even during the recession.

Key survival strategies for small businesses will be outlined at a showcase for businesses based on Cork’s northside later this month.

Traffic tailbacks of several kilometres resulted as more than 500 people blocked a town centre in protest at the condition of its main street’s road surface and footpaths.

County Cork VEC secured more than €430,000 in unauthorised borrowings from Mallow Credit Union and signed up to a long lease with no permission.

REVIVED just three years ago, tomorrow’s Tyre Stop Kerry Rallysprint has already found a perfect niche in the motorsport calendar.

THE Irish contingent in Rally Estonia, that begins today, has been whittled down to two drivers following the withdrawal of Kris Meeke and his co-driver Paul Nagle in their Mini John Cooper Works WRC.

CORK County Council has purchased the historic Mallow Castle and its 30 acres of grounds for a knockdown price of €1.7 million.

MOVES are under way to provide 24-hour monitoring of CCTV in a North Cork town – instead of the current system whereby video footage from cameras is surveyed only after a crime has been committed.

A CORK town is set to become a national centre of excellence for the teaching of maths and science as part of a major recession-busting initiative.

Mallow in Co Cork would be the perfect location for a new superstore for IKEA in Ireland, the Swedish furniture giants have been told.

TEARS filled the eyes of a Mexican teacher as she fulfilled the wish of her late father, Captain Ruben Ocaña.

RESIDENTS who were evacuated after a landslide are afraid to return home despite assurances that the area is safe.

DOCTORS will go public today to highlight how funding and staffing cuts are threatening their town’s hospital.

WE had another example of the Government’s disdain for the electorate recently at the signing of the contracts for the second phase of the flood relief plan in Mallow.

The town of Mallow in Co Cork is in line for up to 400 jobs after a €100m retail development was given the green light.

A FORMER equerry to Princess Diana and his brother have still not disclosed how much they want to hand the freehold of Mallow Town Park to the town council.

A 20-YEAR development blueprint for Mallow, which includes major rezoning, will go on public display from December 4.

A LOCAL authority may have to seek a compulsory purchase order to prevent Mallow losing its town park to two brothers, one of whom is a former equerry and private secretary to the late Princess Diana.

GREENCORE has offered to look at any economic proposition for the location of biofuel production in Mallow, but has firmly ruled any direct involvement in the sector.

A TOTAL of 400 jobs are to be created by a €100 million retail scheme which was approved yesterday by Mallow Town Council.

THE Government has been urged to implement a European Parliament resolution calling for at least 10% of the sugar reform restructuring aid to be reserved as compensation for the workers who will lose their jobs in the industry.

A CASTLE may be converted to a municipal headquarters as Cork County Council and Mallow Town Council are expressing interest in the historic building.

Mallow Athletic Club will hold their annual Mayday ‘10K’ road race on Monday. The event, jointly sponsored by SIPTU and Mallow Town Council, commences at 11.30am.