IDA Ireland has said Brexit will affect job levels at client companies this year, despite early signs suggesting a promising start to 2017 on the investment front.

A notorious Limerick killer, has awoken from a coma after he was found last Thursday "unresponsive" in his cell at Mountjoy Prison, following a suspected drugs overdose.

A man was found “unresponsive” in his cell at Mountjoy Prison following a suspected drugs overdose yesterday.

The Wilton Shopping Centre purchase pairing (as part of the Hazel Portfolio sale) of Irish property development and investment company Clarendon Properties, with US-based York Capital Management, bodes well for Wilton’s future, say market observers.

Ownership of Irish property will continue to go overseas in 2015, according to estate agents, DTZ, who this week hosted regional briefings in Cork and Limerick.

On the 50th anniversary of the repatriation of Roger Casement’s remains, Ryle Dwyer contends that perfection is not a requirement of patriotism.

The leader of the Irish who fought against fascism in Spain sent 25 men home fearing more loss of life, records from Russia revealed.

A dual market scenario is emerging in Cork’s offices sector, according to a just-released report by agents DTZ.

After years in abeyance, Cork harbour’s infrastructural asset Marino Point may be poised for new uses and employment, subject to its multi-million euro sale being ratified by Nama in coming weeks.

The sale at public auction this week of a 1.25 acre house-building site in Cork for €845,000 shows builders are back to town — and bidding for sites.

CORK harbour and port amenity with a deep water jetty at Marino Point is to be sold after a ‘Best Bids’ process in October, with a price expectation of up to €7m indicated.

One of the best sited bars in Ireland for views, especially from its roadside seating, is up for sale — it’s the Glandore Inn.

I recently attended a family First Holy Communion in Cork. I went to meet my sister, who was coming down from Dublin by train, at the station.

A first-hand account of the league final

A mixed commercial and business property portfolio with an annual income of €650,000 is being offered to Irish and overseas investors, carrying a €6.5 million price guide.

Cork’s recovering property market is being driven by international forces: FDI new arrivals, the expansion of presences like Apple and EMC, and by foreign investors.

IDA-affiliated companies created over 7,000 net new jobs during 2013 — the highest level of job creation seen for more than 10 years.

An Aldi store is being proposed for the ground floor of Ireland’s tallest building, the Elysian, next door to Cork City Hall.

A stronger emphasis on broadening the regional spread of incoming multinational jobs and investment will be a key focus for IDA Ireland next year, its new chairman, Frank Ryan, said yesterday.

A middle-aged woman was jailed yesterday for contempt of a court order requiring her to leave a house in a Cork suburb that she was occupying unlawfully.

In November, Julie Sinnamon will succeed Frank Ryan as chief of Enterprise Ireland, the body charged with promoting the development of indigenous enterprise and job creation.

Enterprise Ireland has a new Chief Executive.

LIAM KEANE’S two-fingered insult to the nation almost 10 years ago was one of those landmark moments in Irish crime.

It’s only when you trawl through the number of Limerick gangland heavyweights holed up in prisons that the scale of the Garda’s success reveals itself.

Irish exports grew to record levels last year breaking the €16bn point for the first time.

Enterprise Ireland companies posted a record €16.2bn in exports last year and created 12,861 new jobs, according to the state agency’s latest annual report.

UCC hosted 350 delegates from all over Europe looking to draft the ‘Cork Declaration’ which will be used to help design the legislative process for the EU’s next research and development programme, Horizon 2020.

Up to 1,600 jobs are to be created on the back of a new dairy production facility by leading food firm Glanbia.

Over 80% of companies would rather partner with other firms in areas such as entering new markets and improving products rather than going it alone, a new survey has revealed.

Enterprise Ireland is forecasting another record year of export growth for its client firms in 2013, after values exceeded €16 billion for the first time last year.

Enterprise Ireland is beginning the search for a new chief executive after announcing yesterday that current chief Frank Ryan is to retire in November, after 10 years in the role.

THE former Lovetts’ Restaurant in Cork City’s suburbs is back for sale as a development opportunity with planning for 19 units: it is priced at €500,000 with Savills agents, Isobel O’Regan and Sam Daunt.

Irish banks are ill-equipped to deal with companies touting new business and exporting abroad and are facing stiff competition from foreign lenders, Enterprise Ireland has admitted.

According to the pundits it’s time to do some heavy lifting.

Ireland’s reign as the destination of choice for foreign direct investment is coming to an end, according to Enterprise Ireland CEO Frank Ryan, who believes the country’s new reputation will be as the comeback king of Europe.

A two-day summit featuring some of the world’s most influential technology figures is set to position the Cork region as Ireland’s answer to Silicon Valley.

Enterprise Ireland supported the creation of 3,804 jobs in 2012, the agency’s most successful year since 2006.

Some 80% of Foreign Direct Investment inquiries coming to the IDA and this country are focused solely on the Dublin and D2 market, posing challenges for other Irish cities and regions like Cork, DTZ director Frank Ryan told the first southern gathering of a new representative body, Property Industry Ireland, this week.

If indigenous firms increase their share of the €80bn supply chain market for the multinational sector then it would generate €500m in added revenue and create 1,000 extra jobs.

Cork-based firm Lincor Solutions was among the companies to win new business on the Enterprise Ireland trade mission to Canada led by Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton.