CORK has got its opera back thanks to the Opera 2005 Company which recently staged three magical performances of Figaro’s Wedding. It played to packed, appreciative houses.

IT’S surprising that, in the Celtic Tiger boom, a town as historic and pretty as Lismore isn’t swamped with holiday home developments.

MEET Patricia O’Neill — the PDs’ secret weapon in the election campaign.

ONE of the country’s biggest credit unions granted almost €2 million in loans in breach of its internal lending policy, according to evidence produced before the High Court yesterday.

THE chairman of a credit union that fired its two managers for misconduct has been accused of orchestrating a campaign to blacken their names.

A CREDIT union board of directors that refused to resign against members’ wishes face a second threat to their positions in three months’ time.

IRISH sun-seekers worried about war in the Gulf will lose deposits for holidays booked unless their destination is on the Government’s ‘danger list’.

TWO senior managers of a Cork city credit union were yesterday fired by its board of directors following an independent investigation into management practices.