The death has occurred of former Heineken managing director and Musgrave commercial director, Padraig Liston.

Restructuring costs totalling €371,099 contributed to losses at Cork Opera House almost tripling last year to €825,282, new figures show.

FORMER Cork footballer John Miskella is to make a speedy return to GAA after his retirement through injury.

CORK Opera House and the Vibes and Scribes store were yesterday named as the third quarter winners of the Cork Business Association/Heineken Ireland business awards.

KILCUMMIN just about survived one of the most dramatic comebacks witnessed in the Kerry SFC over the last few years when they edged out Ardfert in a second round thriller last night.

THE enforced summer closure of Cork Opera House saved the theatre some €200,000.

CORK Opera House has appointed a new chief executive to spearhead its revival.

CORK Opera House recorded a €286,346 loss for the financial year ended last March but has agreed an ambitious business plan to secure its future.

THE biggest shareholder in the troubled Cork Opera House — Cork City Council — voted full confidence in the theatre’s board of directors last night.

FORMER Kerry star forward Mike Frank Russell scored 1-4 as Laune Rangers booked their place in the third round of the AIB Kerry SFC at the expense of Spa.

SCORES of people, mainly from the arts community, protested outside one of the country’s largest theatres which is set to close its doors for three months tomorrow.

ONE of the country’s largest theatres is to close for three months as part of a cost-cutting survival plan.

CORK’S Opera House needs to attract more high-profile acts and a wider audience to secure its commercial future, a prominent member of the board said last night.

THEIR recent county championship exit may have brought dejection for Kerins O’Rahilly’s, but the Tralee club salvaged something from their season with victory in yesterday’s Kerry Senior Club Championship final at Austin Stack Park.

A MASS protest is due to take place in Cork next week over proposed cuts to the city’s bus service which has become a major local election issue.

A LOCAL election candidate was left devastated last night after it emerged that she has been registered to stand for election in the wrong area.

A HISTORIC building — a symbol of one of the country’s top hurling schools, which produced an All-Ireland-winning taoiseach — is to be transformed into a cultural centre.

PLANS to build a special 100-bed community care unit for the elderly in Cork city are in doubt because of planning oversights almost a decade ago.

CORK’S city councillors were under fire last nightafter they voted againstrezoning a site for a new gaelscoil.

RECKONED to be the first private house scheme in the heart of Cork’s northside for several years, Coppinger’s Acre is a development which has already done its neighbours many favours.

RETAIL giant Lidl has apologised to three politicians it accused of interfering in the planning process for political reasons.

RETAIL giant Lidl sparked a bitter row yesterday by accusing three councillors of interfering in the planning process for political reasons.

CORK’S two local authorities are on a collision course over plans by the city to extend its boundary for the first time in 40 years.

THE new chairman of the Southern Health Board has warned the falling age profile of drinkers will result in huge problems for society.