The cancellation of this year’s interpros looks to have sounded the death-knell for a once-great GAA competition, writes John Fogarty.

One of the most beloved Cork family businesses of the past two decades, the Alternative Bread Company (ABC) in the English Market, celebrates its 20th birthday on Saturday -- with Cork Simon Community taking the day’s proceeds.

Comments by a local authority official, that homelessness takes “years of bad behaviour”, showed no awareness of the role trauma plays in people’s lives, according to the director of Cork Simon.

There will be more deaths of homeless people on the streets this winter, a noted academic has warned.

Homeless charity Cork Simon has launched a campaign to identify vacant homes it can buy or lease as part of its response to the housing and homeless crisis.

A radical approach is helping to manage the the homeless situation as far too many people have waited far too long, says Dermot Kavanagh

Landlords need to change their attitude to tenants in receipt of State rent supports, the housing minister has said.

Three champions of Cork City’s poor and homeless were among those honoured with civic awards last night.

Twenty people slept rough in Cork City on two consecutive nights this week. That is one of the highest figures in recent years.

A US expert on homelessness has urged the Government to scale up a pioneering ‘Housing First’ approach which he said could end chronic homelessness here within a year.

Cork Simon, experiencing a doubling of numbers sleeping rough in the city, has issued a special appeal for support ahead of its biggest annual fundraiser.

The double tragedy in Cork at the weekend highlights the lonely and troubled existence of those living on the margins, the head of Cork Simon has said.

The full extent of Cork City’s escalating rough sleeping and homelessness crisis has been laid bare.

Homeless charities have warned that Cork is facing a rough sleeping crisis this winter because of a chronic lack of housing.

The head of Cork Simon has disclosed his annual salary of €89,800 in an effort to promote full openness and transparency.

NOBODY in Cork is denying that heroin is gaining a steadier foothold in the city.

Cork Simon has called on the Government to protect the homeless budget after a trebling in the numbers of people sleeping rough as its state funding was cut.

It’s best practice to ignore the self-serving agendas of sporting organisations. But the comments of Tipperary’s county chairman, Sean Nugent, on the rivalry between his county and Kilkenny, in a recent interview with Jackie Cahill, deserve a response.

Six Cork-based companies are giving homeless people work experience as part of a new strategy to help them rebuild their lives.

Four voluntary homeless agencies, frustrated with the Government’s inaction, have launched a radical initiative to tackle the “sleeping rough” crisis.

Cork Simon has called for urgent action after the number of people sleeping rough in the city trebled.

Long-term homelessness among young people in Cork has increased four-fold since 2008 and among women it has increased three-fold, according to the latest annual report from the Cork Simon.

THE North Pole is preparing for a large delivery of Santa Stamp Envelopes from schoolchildren across Cork.

HEROIN is now one of the single biggest problems facing homeless women in Cork.

An Irish group which helps drug addicts and the homeless has said any further cuts to its funding in the upcoming Budget would be disastrous.

UCC DEMONS won’t be taking any chances with Tolka Rovers at the Mardyke Arena on Sunday afternoon (3.15pm) while Waterford Crystal will be hoping to salvage their season when they play host to the raging hot favourites, Sx3 Star, at the WIT tonight (7.30pm) as the remaining hopefuls in the ESB national cup battle it out.