ALREADY, in its relatively sort life, the new Thomond Park has hosted some wonderful occasions.

MUSICIAN Jim Corr, he of the lovely singing sisters, sometimes uses a helicopter to fly in and out of his private home in Leinster Wood, the requisite residential section of the Carton House Demesne.

CORK can be more than proud of its newest public spaces, civic leaders said yesterday, as they officially handed them back to the people after two years of disruptive building work.

ON time. And within budget.

PLANS for a €40 million development in Limerick city centre will be lodged with council planners later this week, it was announced yesterday.

RESIDENTS of one of Limerick’s oldest communities have accused Limerick City Council of keeping them in the dark with regards to a massive regeneration programme for their area.

FOUR years late and after public rows and protests, the country’s most advanced music college finally opened its doors for classes yesterday.

So many have mused this week ... ‘if only the Thomond Park pitch could talk’. Now, with the help of Diarmuid O’Flynn, it can.

A STYLISH city centre bar was toasted at Cork’s top building design awards ceremony yesterday.

AN Bord Pleanála is to hold a second oral hearing on a long-running planning application for a 17-storey tower block in Cork City.

IT was one small job for the builders - one giant leap for science.

Donal Hickey, Killarney

YOU mightn’t have to cook the books to see a tax advantage in an East Cork holiday home development — it plans to make the adjoining Ballymaloe Cookery School a source of rental income.

TWO of the country’s strongest architectural practices have merged in a move which will up the input of Dublin design firms in Cork’s future development.

A RADICAL plan should change the face of Killarney, Co Kerry, over the next 15 to 20 years.