There’s a crane right on the doorstep of the country’s Maritime College: it’s a sign of upward trajectories for Cork harbour, at the site of UCC’s new Beaufort Research Centre, as it prepares to host a conference Friday week on the harbour’s future.

A period house with multiple features is a real beauty, writes Tommy Barker

Despite being in the Dáil til after midnight as the abortion debate rumbled on, a bright-eyed Taoiseach found himself within hours riding the high seas in a powerboat on Cork harbour on one of the most beautiful days of the summer.

Shipping and other companies from the Middle East and beyond will be sending more workers for expert training in Cork over the next year.

I refer to your article “Exporting waste — opportunity squandered” which appeared on Tuesday.

THE HSE has requested that a baseline health study be completed around Cork Harbour before An Bord Pleanála consider sanctioning a toxic incinerator in Ringaskiddy.

AN BORD PLEANÁLA has refused Cork harbour residents — who have spent nine years fighting against the construction of a €150 million Indaver incinerator — further time to investigate new documentation supplied by the waste management company.

COMPANIES that produce ocean-generated electricity will get guaranteed returns under a government plan to boost the use of renewable energy.

A FLOATING pub and restaurant on Dublin’s River Liffey has been granted a seven-day licence in the Circuit Civil Court.

Esat BT have been awarded the ICT services for the National Maritime College in Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork.

STRANGE as it may seem the world’s richest bank uses words like sustainability, creating employment, preserving the environment and improving the quality of life.

Construction of a National Maritime College is to get underway in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, today.