Up to 200 business in Cork have signed up to a campaign to support the €150m redevelopment of the former Beamish and Crawford site into an events centre, according to the campaign organisers.

Funding has been released for vital emergency conservation works that will help keep the doors of a landmark cathedral open.

VITAL conservation work on one of the country’s finest cathedrals could grind to a halt within weeks after savage cuts in heritage funding.