As an unemployed person, I’d like to congratulate Mr Jim Ronayne on his attitude to recruitment (“400 hopefuls compete for 60 McDonald’s jobs”, Irish Examiner, July 9).

More than 400 jobseekers were interviewed for just 60 positions at the country’s newest McDonald’s restaurant which opened in Cork yesterday.

Its demise has been repeatedly forecast but each time, McDonalds fights back by adapting quickly to changing times. It’s the Madonna of the food industry says Jonathan deBurca Butler

A development company in Nama has objected to a massive office block project in Cork City which has the potential to deliver 2,000 jobs.

FORMER Dublin midfielder Paul Bealin has called on Ciarán Whelan to shelve any plans of retirement for the sake of the Blues’ future development.