HOLLYWOOD photographer Bob Willoughby, known for his iconic shots of Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Jane Fonda, passed away in Cork over the weekend.

ROY DISNEY, a son of one of the Walt Disney company founders and a regular visitor on sailing trips to Cork, has died in California.

Roy Disney, the son and nephew of The Walt Disney Company founders who twice led shareholder revolts which shook up the family business, died today. He was 79.

Tommy Barker says you can buy Belvelly Castle for €375,000.

Damien Enright revels in the beauty of a fine April day.

Derby executive chairman Adam Pearson today refused to confirm holding talks with a consortium headed by a member of the Disney family.

The Walt Disney Company is buying long-time partner Pixar Animation Studios, which made blockbuster films Toy Story and Finding Nemo.

THE siting was obvious - what better place to guard the access point to Great Island than at its narrowest point to mainland county Cork?

Walt Disney president Robert Iger is to succeed controversial Michael Eisner as chief executive, the entertainment conglomerate announced last night.

WALT DISNEY is expected to name its president Robert Iger as the successor to Michael Eisner, the entertainment company’s long-tenured chief executive.

FANCY living like a lord on the banks of the River Blackwater? — then here’s your chance. Mallow Castle comes on the market this week with a €7 million-plus price tag.

ENTERTAINMENT giant Walt Disney had a strong performance from its theme parks and cable TV channels to thank for a 20% surge in profits in the three months to June.

The bears returned to Wall Street today, sending stocks lower as oil prices rose, a downbeat outlook from Cisco Systems weighed on technology shares and investors started having second thoughts about this week’s interest rate hike.

TWO white-knuckle rides in two days are probably a bit much, but what’s the point in coming to Cork Week if you’re not prepared to take a couple of chances both at sea and ashore?

WHATEVER you do, don’t call Roy Disney a Mickey Mouse operator. The 73-year-old nephew of the famous Walt has heard all the bad jokes before and they don’t get any funnier in the retelling.

THE multi-billionaire owner of Chelsea FC, Roman Abramovich, was rumoured last night to be planning to drop the anchor of his 300-foot luxury yacht at Europe’s largest sailing regatta, which officially opened in Cork last night.

ONE of the world’s top hi-tech racing yachts is on its way to Cork this weekend, but it won’t be sailing under its own power.

FORMER US senator George Mitchell, who helped broker peace in the North, has been chosen to oversee the strife-torn Walt Disney Co as its chairman.

The Walt Disney board voted to strip Michael Eisner of his chairman’s post while retaining him as CEO, only hours after shareholders delivered a stinging rebuke by withholding 43% of their votes for his re-election to the board.

The Walt Disney Company chief executive Michael Eisner has been compared to the hunter who bagged Bambi’s mother, but he is also responsible for the firm earning $1bn in the first three months of its financial year. Kyran Fitzgerald reports.

WALT DISNEY chief executive Michael Eisner spent six weeks seeking support from the largest fund manager adviser in the US to stave off an attempt to oust him from the board.

Comcast Corporation astounded the financial world with its offer to buy The Walt Disney Company, yet the cable television giant now faces a daunting task in selling the blockbuster combination – and investors have already indicated the proposed price is too low.

THERE may be a palace coup afoot in the Magic Kingdom.

County Cork resident, Roy Disney, has resigned as a Director of the Walt Disney Corporation in a row over the direction of the company.

Investors sent US stocks surging today, propelling the Dow Jones industrials up more than 115 points and into the shadow of 10,000 after a pair of reports showed better-than-expected growth in the manufacturing sector and construction spending.

Destino, a collaboration between Salvador Dali and Walt Disney, has finally been completed – 58 years after work on it began.

WITH Ford Week getting the wind in its sails and with millionaires bobbing about ten a penny in and around Cork harbour, house vendors locally hope to switch sails to sales.