Carrigaline has the lowest level of commercial vacant buildings among Cork towns while Youghal has the highest, according to research from Ireland’s only complete database of commercial and residential buildings.

The construction of new homes was up by a third in the 12 months up to June, but a substantial increase in building activity is needed.

The construction of new homes was up by a third in the 12 months up to June, but a substantial increase in building activity is needed.

People most likely to make a complaint about gardaí are white, male, aged 18 to 40, and highly educated.

Returning emigrants could provide a much-needed regional jobs boost as new research suggests a continuing division in the pace of recovery across the country.

A new online mapping tool by Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI) will allow users to access information relevant to buying house, planning a business, or even to check the soil quality in a particular area.

Organisers of the Cartell.ie Rally of the Lakes (May 1-3) will use the stages along the Beara Peninsula on the opening day of the event rather than the second and final day as in previous years.

The number of commercial units lying vacant across the country increased to just shy of 28,500 at the tail-end of 2014 despite the quickening pace of economic recovery.

A man has been airlifted to hospital after he was injured in a fall in Co Kerry this morning.

Ireland is recalculating its claim to potentially oil and gas-rich Atlantic waters — right down to the very last centimetre.

Hotels and guesthouses are struggling to find trained workers to fill entry level positions within their businesses the Irish Hotels Federation’s Annual Conference in Trim heard.

Irish house prices are rising faster than most in the EU, where prices continue to mostly fall.

Ordnance Survey Ireland has been strongly condemned over its decision to award bonuses worth €30,000 to four individuals in 2011, despite a Government ban on such payments.

Nearly 12% of Ireland’s commercial premises are lying vacant, with that number up by 0.5% quarter on quarter, according to latest findings.

WHEN one reaches the point of drawing up a bucket list for whatever time remains on this earth, there’s usually travel or learning; sometimes adventure, sexual or otherwise.

Forget the socks and smelly candles, Jonathan deBurca Butler picks some weird and wacky gifts to spice up your Christmas stockings

Almost 24,000 commercial units are vacant out of a total of about 226,500 business premises across the country.

HEIR Island in Roaring Water Bay is a magical place.

A LITTLE more than 75,300 people in Cork have a third-level degree while 31% of the county are aged 25-44.

THE slump in new building may be slowing, according to number-crunching figures released by An Post subsidiary GeoDirectory.

A total of 7,330 new residential and commercial buildings were identified across the country in the first six months of 2011, according to figures released today by GeoDirectory.

A survey has found that 17,587 new buildings were identified across the country in 2010.

HIKING and walking are now the most popular activity pursuits by tourists in Ireland, with upwards of two million people, including home and overseas visitors, taking part each year.

Dublin’s stylish Grafton Street was today revealed as the public’s favourite thoroughfare in the capital.

HAVING this modern family home built in two, angled embracing sections, allows it “to welcome visitors with open arms,” says its architect, Andrew O’Brien.

IRISH economic recovery could be boosted by the Government following its US counterpart’s lead in adopting geographical information (GI) technology as a tool with which to improve investment planning and monitoring, it was claimed yesterday.

THE decentralisation of thousands of public jobs from Dublin to around the country is being postponed until 2011, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan announced.

The decentralisation of thousands of public jobs from Dublin to around the country is being postponed until 2011, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan announced today.

THE men who own Ireland’s highest mountain have been praised for welcoming 25,000 climbers onto their lands every year.

The Government today sought builders for multi-million euro contracts to construct decentralised offices for a total of 720 staff in Dungarvan, Edenderry, Roscommon and Tipperary.

I MUST take issue with the myths repeated yet again in the letter headlined ‘Price we pay for loss of identity’ (Irish Examiner, April 13).

A WARNING from consultants that the building of houses, retail warehousing and leisure facilities could have a “fatal effect” on a weather station outside Caherciveen has been heeded by Kerry County Council.

FIANNA FÁIL’S two TDs for the Waterford constituency, including Environment Minister Martin Cullen, have been called on to “end the deception” and tell the people of Dungarvan whether or not the Government’s decentralisation package is going to be delivered for the town.

CONTAINING some of the most daunting stages in Irish rallying, this weekend’s Ordnance Survey Ireland/ Gleneagle Hotel co-sponsored Killarney International Rally of the Lakes, has several potential winners.

IDENTIFYING each other as their principal rival, Dermot Kelly and John McCarthy have justified the decision of the organisers to seed them in the top two positions for Sunday’s Mitchelstown-based Sean Conlon Memorial Tipperary Forest Rally — the second round of the KBB Doors National Forest Rally Championship.