A major expo, conference, and workshops are planned as part of a drive to help businesses on Cork’s northside overcome the recession.

Frank Hederman’s Belvelly smokehouse is also a hard-working, food- producing and tasty family home. Tommy Barker goes to visit

ONE of Cork city’s best designed new apartment complexes is hiding its light under a bushel - you’d need a helicopter to realise just how successfully it has been squeezed into its quayside site.