The HSE is planning to dispose of a huge, fire-damaged former hospital on the open market, despite calls from a local authority for the site to be used for housing.

Cork city does not need European funding to bankroll development, with some €365m worth of private sector projects underway in the city, writes Eoin English.  

A local authority’s ability to meet housing demand could be “fundamentally compromised” unless Cork’s city boundary is extended, top city officials have warned.

Cork’s docklands and the major Chinese city of Shanghai currently consume the mind of Cork City Council’s director of economic development, Pat Ledwidge.

Councillors refused last night to rezone a former pitch and putt course in Cork city for a housing project.

One of Ireland’s longest- running film festivals has requested a €200,000 loan from a local authority to save it from financial collapse.

Trader in historic part of city says the area still has ‘huge potential’ but ‘is like the land that time forgot’

A local authority has initiated planning enforcement action on itself over a car park planning case in Cork.

The City Hall official who has been the “common thread” in Cork’s sister city agreement for 10 years with Shanghai has been honoured by the Chinese.

Cork delegates hoping to attract significant investment to the city at a major conference tomorrow are presenting a unified front despite harbouring fundamental disagreements on the best way to ensure the city’s economic prosperity.

Cork’s city planners have sought ministerial approval for the major extension of a tax break scheme designed to promote regeneration and city living, and to include the city’s main shopping and office districts.

Kerry beat the Dublin District Schoolboy League (DDSL) 1-0 in yesterday’s SFAI Kennedy Cup final at the University of Limerick.

The multi-million Cork event centre project has cleared a major funding hurdle as contract talks on the massive piece of infrastructure reach a critical stage.

More than 250 derelict or ‘at risk of dereliction’ sites and buildings have been identified in Cork City following a major survey.

A development plan for Cork has identified land in the city that is suitable for the production of nearly 20,000 houses. The bulk of the land is available in the redeveloped docklands and Port of Cork area in Tivoli.

Councillors have blocked zoning changes which would have facilitated further development in the Mahon area of Cork pending major upgrades to the area’s roads network.

A groundbreaking plan to transform one of Cork City’s most historic streets into a vibrant Victorian quarter has been unveiled.

Home insurance costs fell 16% last year as cash-strapped consumers reassess their insurance needs to ensure they are not paying over the odds.

INSURERS are restricting the number of homes they are offering flood cover to as the industry paid out in Europe €1 billion in the last 14 months on weather-related incidents.

HOME insurance premiums could rise again in 2011 following the adverse weather conditions experienced in the last 12 months.

CONSULTANTS have been appointed to design the public spaces in Cork’s docklands region, earmarked for massive regeneration.

PLANS for the largest district heating scheme in the country, which could slash domestic energy costs by 15% and reduce carbon emissions, will be unveiled this morning.

CORK’S business leaders will sign a new agreement with one of China’s biggest and most influential business groups this week, which could lead to a surge in trade between the two countries.

FUNDING of €50 million announced this week by the HSE for one of the country’s biggest providers of disability services would have to be at least doubled to cater for all who need the facility, say bosses.

SOME of the country’s most vulnerable children may be left without vital healthcare and support services as a result of HSE budget cutbacks.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court will today set a date for a trial over the Navan bus crash which claimed the lives of five schoolgirls almost three years ago.

Gardaí in Dublin have arrested a 26-year-old man in connection with a fatal shooting in the Finglas area of the city last year.

A YOUNG man gave himself up to gardaí yesterday after detectives investigating a gun murder carried out raids across four counties.

GARDAÍ investigating the gun murder of a north Dublin man yesterday recovered a submachine gun, ammunition and drugs after a series of local raids.

A LOCAL authority was accused yesterday of failing to provide enough hard evidence to support its decision to compulsorily acquire 22 acres of prime land in Cork docklands.

CORK needs to be more like Boston, according to the chief executive of the Irish Management Institute, Dr Tom McCarthy.

ABUSE and misuse of over-the-counter medicines has become widespread and out of control, says the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern will once again be besieged by protesters of parents with disabled children today when he opens a new facility in Dublin.

IF Rosie Byrne’s prospects were glum last week, they’re even bleaker now.

ROSIE BYRNE’S eyes say it all. They have to. She can’t speak.