The death of a school principal in the River Lee earlier this year bore all the hallmarks of an accident, Cork’s City coroner said yesterday.

CORK’S 19th century Ursuline Convent is going to be a trophy buy — for whoever gets to buy and finish it out — with a ready market afterward for both sales and rentals.

A historic convent in a Cork suburb which has been converted into 27 apartments, including five penthouses, is for sale as one lot guiding €3.75m price tag — nearly 14 years after it left religious order hands.

Work is under way to refurbish and extend one of Cork’s oldest secondary schools — but it will still retain many historic features remembered by generations offormer schoolgirls.

Ever wondered what became of all those bright young minds who collected the Young Scientist title over the years? Well wonder no more.

One of Cork’s busiest tech and retail hubs can take more development despite its chronic traffic problems, a major new report claims.

One of the country’s top hurling coaches who took his own life was “lonely” following the breakdown of his marriage a year earlier, an inquest heard yesterday.

Rare letters linked to Ireland’s struggle for independence, including a handwritten note by the British prime minister, which were found in a collection not seen in public for almost a century, will go on display in Cork today before the collection goes under the hammer.

If this was an All-Ireland, both Tipperary and Cork would each be celebrating three-in-a-row right now.

A long back garden with organic vegetable section with fruit beds, in a cul de sac setting off the Blackrock Road by the grounds of the Ursuline Convent, plus the Marina for walks — the arrival of No 3 Glandore Avenue for sale makes for an attractive property purchase for singles or couples.

A GIRL will be allowed attend an all-boys second level school for the first time, following a Department of Education decision to overturn the board’s refusal to enrol her.

A 26-YEAR-OLD Kilkenny woman rescued by two men who later drowned has been described by neighbours in the quiet country village where she lived as “a kind, intelligent and free-spirited young girl” who they fear will be deeply impacted by the tragedy.

AN east Cork school produced another generation of young entrepreneurs yesterday.

PROPERTY developers in Waterford are to be given a chance to invest in protected structures in the city and transform them, where suitable and appropriate, into thriving commercial hubs.

LEEWARD is one of a select few homes on Cork’s Marina. Set at the Blackrock village end of the scenic waterside amenity area, Leeward, a detached 1960s home, hit the market a fortnight ago and already has the wind in its sale.

Michael O’Mahoney

STUDENT-FRIENDLY short questions with no twists or snags eased Junior Certificate students into what were very well received business studies papers yesterday.

A 13-year-old with a passion for food was yesterday declared the cream of Ireland’s crop of young cooks.