Fifteen closure orders were served on food businesses in October for breaches of food safety legislation.

No 11 The Crescent in Cobh has spectacular views of cathedral, town and harbour, Tommy Barker reports.

The family of a man who took his own life have settled their High Court action for €105,000 against the estate of a vet, who they alleged gave the man a chemical, believing it was to treat a dog, but which he used to kill himself.

SELLING at €400,000-plus a couple of years ago, No 1 The Crescent in Urlingford, Co Kilkenny is now on offer at €200,000.

A Kildare man with a gambling debt who in "a moment of weakness" stole €9,500 from his employer has been given a one year suspended sentence by Judge Patricia Ryan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

THERE’S already an offer of €685,000 on 18 The Crescent in Bishopstown, Cork, but it’s still not close enough to the asking price of €700,000, says Johnny O’Flynn of Sherry FitzGerald.

THE JESUITS have received a number of offers which match or exceed the €4 million asking price for their church and residence in Limerick, according to well placed sources.

CAN it get any worse? Is there a better plan? I use the train regularly and tried to book club class on the Cork/Dublin line, but I gave up phoning after an hour.

The home of the Beatles, Echo And The Bunnymen and The Coral was today named Britain’s top musical city.