Business leaders in Cork have called for the immediate delivery of "quick win" public transport upgrades contained in a landmark €3.5bn transport strategy for the metropolitan region.

The Kerry-based hotel group behind the last-minute legal challenge to the €50m state-funding package for Cork's event centre has been accused of lodging a “nasty, vexatious, commercial ambush” on the stalled project.

Stephen Teap from Carrigaline, a leading campaigner of those impacted by CervicalCheck screening, has been announced as the latest winner of a Cork Person of the Year award.

Work on the stalled Cork event centre could begin within months after it emerged that the State is poised to more than double its original investment to €50m.

Glanmire’s Ballinglanna 600-home development has extra incentives under LIHAF initiative, finds Tommy Barker

Farmers are protesting outside the Dáil this afternoon against what they see as the "annihilation" of family farms.

What kind of country do people want, and how do they want politicians to deliver it? The questions arise in light of some of the clown-acting this week in local authority chambers.

Cork city councillors have voted not to change the rate of Local Property Tax in the city.

Consultants are to be appointed soon to prepare a report on how to open a gate to provide pedestrian access to Cork’s newest public park.

Traders affected by the Douglas carpark inferno in Cork have called for a rates reduction and urgent short-term action on parking.

The chief executive of Cork City Council has ordered a review of the city’s multi-storey car parks in the wake of the devastating Douglas car park fire.

There are no immediate plans to ease the on-street parking regime in Douglas village in the wake of the weekend fire which destroyed a 1,000-space carpark and closed a shopping centre.

Fire officers described the damage to Douglas Village Shopping Centre as “a major structural failure” as plans for partial demolition were announced.

“It’s a disaster for the village,” is how the owner of Falvey’s pharmacy, Conor Falvey, summed up the fallout from the weekend fire in Douglas Shopping Centre that has forced its temporary closure.

Almost 200 cars remain inside the structure. A process to remove this will begin this week, management confirmed.

A major recovery operation is being planned to remove almost 200 cars — up to 45 of them completely gutted — following a car park blaze which is set to cost millions.

Key figures in Cork’s business and hospitality sectors have asked to meet developers, BAM, to seek reassurances about the stalled event centre project.

The owners of buildings facing demolition on Cork's North Main Street have been warned it could “take years” to reconstruct the buildings if they are knocked, due to the potential medieval materials on the site.

Three buildings at risk of collapse in a historic part of Cork city could be saved from demolition works.

We're open for business is the defiant message from traders and residents on Cork's North Main Street who used the street's closure to hold a pop-up street party over the weekend to highlight the area’s vibrant culture.

The controversial Cork city flood defence proposals and the ambitious Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Study (CMATS) are to be reviewed by a new ‘climate action committee’ which is to be established by the city council.

A GP on Cork’s northside is set to be elected Lord Mayor of the expanded city tomorrow night even as last-minute talks on a voting deal continue.