Pre-tax profits surged by nearly 300% at engineering firm PM Group last year, latest annual accounts filed by the Dublin and Cork-based company show.

Irish-owned international project management and engineering firm, PM Group, has announced the creation of 250 new jobs — 100 of which will be located at its operations in Dublin and Cork.

A Cork teacher is behind a very popular garden festival, writes Colette Sheridan.

Pre-tax profits at PM Group — the Cork- and Dublin-based international engineering services and project management business — plummeted by over 71% last year to €2.1m, according to newly published accounts.

Dave Murphy had worked continuously for most of his adult life until the end of 2010.

This Wednesday, the normally quiet streets of Kinsale will echo to an unusual musical happening as a “Battle of the Pianos” takes centre stage at a local restaurant.

Kanturk booked their place in the fifth round of the Munster Junior Cup as Presentation defeated Newcastle West in the final of the Munster Junior Shield in what was a very quiet weekend on the junior front.

LEINSTER made a great start to the defence of their Junior Interprovincial title with a 30-24 victory over Munster at Charleville.

SNOW and subzero conditions are expected to return in the coming days, but they will not be as severe or prolonged as over the holiday period.

THE Government “deliberately and cynically” allowed unemployment to rise in order to drive down wages, Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) president Jack O’Connor told a group of protesters yesterday.

THE news that Luke D’Alessio had been appointed head coach of UCC Demons caused a stir throughout the basketball world.

LIMERICK LIONS will be without their coach, Sasa Punosevac, for the remainder of the season after their partnership ended by “mutual consent” at Christmas.

Mardyke UCC Demons 76 Dart Killester 67

Wexford 2-15, Cork1-17