A suspected drink-driving case was dismissed yesterday because of the handcuffing of the motorist while he was in the Garda patrol car.

A well-known art gallery and one of the country’s most iconic gift shops have been announced as joint winners of the Cork Business Association’s fourth quarterly awards.

ZONED development landbanks assembled by the Fleming Group over the past decade is coming up for sale in Blarney, Mallow and Clonakilty — and some may sell for little over farm value, and quite possibly to previous farmer owners of the lands.

Terry Sexton completed an amazing three-in-a-row for East Cork when he beat Jerry Murphy in the Munster Junior B final at Waterfall on Sunday.

Some of the most valuable paintings in state-owned AIB’s vast corporate art collection were unveiled to the public at Cork’s Crawford Art Gallery yesterday.

The Crawford Gallery in Cork needs more government funding to open on Sundays and bank holidays.

ONE of Ireland’s most successful firms during the Celtic Tiger era, which once had an annual turnover in excess of €300 million, has gone into liquidation.

UP TO 800 bikers are set to hit the road this weekend to raise funds for Ireland’s conjoined twins.

HEALTH care will be taken to a new level today with the opening in Cork of the country’s largest primary care centre – a ‘one-stop-shop’ for health services.

BOWEN, the Cork-based construction company, made a loss of almost €10 million in its last financial year.

Bowen Construction which has been involved in some of the biggest construction projects in the country in recent years is one of the lead firms in two deals worth €125m.

A PRIZED and significant collection of Irish art was unveiled at its permanent home in Cork’s Crawford Art Gallery last night.

A MAJOR collection of work by sculptor Seamus Murphy was unveiled yesterday by the country’s newest national cultural institution.

BOWEN Construction, the Cork-based building and engineering firm, notched up an 18% rise in profits in the year to end March.

WATERFORD boasts massive, unexploited potential as a major hub for the financial services industry, a key economist has claimed.

WATERFORD’S appeal as a hub of industry and commerce as well as a great place to live and work is to be promoted at a conference next month which is the brainchild of the local county council.

The owner of one of the country’s leading construction organisations has been appointed to the board of Cork Chamber of Commerce, according to the Evening Echo.

CORK’S business community yesterday stepped up a gear to give it positive ‘Second City’ status — after Cork has slipped behind investment levels and disposable income in other Irish cities.