Speakers at the Cork County on the Rise event have criticised the lack of broadband infrastructure in rural areas of Cork.

To the unknowing passer-by, yesterday might have presented a similar appearance to Munster Final day as crowds streamed into Pairc Ui Chaoimh. Rather than the spectacle of a hurling or football encounter, however, the legendary venue instead hosted the PM Group’s 40th celebration of business in Cork.

One of the companies which makes new cancer drugs, under review by the HSE for possible approval, is extending its compassionate access programme for people with advanced lung cancer for one month.

Pharmaceutical giant Merck Sharp and Dohme (MSD) is to axe 90 jobs at its Co Cork plant — almost a fifth of its workforce — over the next six months.