Cork city’s Clancy’s bar is set to rise again, in time for its 195th birthday, part of a c€3.5/€4m total investment by its new consortium of owners.

Cork’s Oliver Plunkett Street is 850m metres long.

The annual Irish Pubs Global Awards recognise every aspect of running a pub, from the food and drink experience, to entertainment and marketing.

A defibrillator was smashed in the centre of Cork City yesterday morning and the young man charged with the offence was arrested and remanded in custody for a week.

A serial shoplifter, who was convicted yesterday of carrying out more than 30 thefts, declared from the dock at his sentencing hearing: “I ain’t very good at shoplifting, am I?”

Up to 40,000 people are expected to jive their way through the 40th Guinness Cork Jazz Festival this bank holiday weekend, with free open-air gigs, a jazz parade, and an open top jazz bus among the highlights.

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Jimmy Crowley has started a new folk club in his native city, writes Pet O’Connell

One of the big highlights for day four of the Cork International Choral Festival is The Big Sing, where everyone gets the chance to take to the stage. Check out some of Saturday's highlights here. 

Day three of the Cork International Choral Festival sees plenty more exciting events happening across Cork City. Check out some of Friday's highlights here. 

A 77-year-old woman is recovering in hospital after she was shot in the leg at her home in Dublin last night.

First South Africa, then the Rockefeller Centre, New York – and, now Cork is about to be hit by Rain.

A man who viciously assaulted a garda, punching her in the face and spitting in her mouth, has been jailed for 11 months.

A writer of more than 35 horror novels as well as crime fiction tells Caroline Delaney of the chilling moment when art imitates life — sometimes on the streets of Cork.

The 37th annual Cork Folk Festival will showcase some of Ireland’s best folk and traditional acts in 12 venues around the city from Wednesday through to Sunday.

Cork City is due to get a significant new, branded Italian restaurant and deli — a Carluccio’s.

A primely-set Patrick Street retail unit, being vacated by long-established fashion chain French Connection, is up to let with a reverse premium incentive offered to a new occupant.

A man whose mother reported him to gardaí when she discovered child pornography on his phone has been remanded on bail pending sentence.

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Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

The historic Victoria Hotel on Cork city’s St Patrick’s Street has been sold, 18 month after it went to market for sale by tender.

An aggressive man who taunted a guard to “go on and arrest me” and then took off on a lap around a block in Cork city centre got his wish when the guard knocked him to the ground and arrested him.

The judges who will crown the best street in Ireland or England believe the country’s only finalist  — Oliver Plunkett Street in Cork — has everything needed to win.

Pedestrianisation, its diversity and vibrancy, and an outdoor summer dining event have helped Cork’s Oliver Plunkett St become the only Irish street to be shortlisted for a prestigious urban award.

The investment arm of the Davy Group has made a further retail swoop on Cork city’s Patrick Street, having bought the Moderne last year for circa €4-5 million in an off-market deal.

A MAJOR UK-based retail expo comes to Dublin next month for the first time, as the Irish retail market shows signs of recovery from the economic slump.

GLOBAL coffee giant, Starbucks, is to open its first Cork City centre store, at no 39 Princes Street, a few doors away from the famed English Market.

FILM TIPS: There’s no doubt which film will be filling the cinemas this weekend, with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 already attracting huge crowds since its opening yesterday. Away from the big cinemas, Triskel Christchurch in Cork has Nightcrawler from Sunday, and Irish film Out of Here.

Opera legend José Carreras has promised a magical midsummer night when he performs his first concert in Cork next year.

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Hail, rain, or snow climate change is on the way, so says a RTÉ series covering our fascinating relationship with the weather, says Jonathan deBurca Butler.

Sometimes opportunities appear from the most unexpected places. And sometimes they can vanish as quickly.

A decade on, vintners now figure strongly among the more avid supporters of the smoking ban, as Catherine Shanahan discovers

The Kilkenny Shop is home to Ireland’s largest collection of Irish designers, with a range of quirky keepsakes and quality designs, perfect for last-minute present-hunting.

Flood waters swept over Cork city centre again last night after another Atlantic storm battered the city and the city was subject to a status orange wind warning.