An English Market butcher staked his claim to being local peacekeeper when he caught a man in a bear-hug as he tried to snatch a handbag hanging from a baby’s buggy.

It’s fast food in more ways than one — Cork Asian street food company Ramen has opened its second Cork outlet at Dennehy’s Cross, doing a key restaurant unit deal with UK-based Comer brothers.

A BIT of renovations and No 45 Farranlea Park off Cork’s Model Farm Road could be a bit of a banker for a shrewd buyer.