CORK County Council it emerged yesterday is facing swingeing cuts of almost €17 million in its road maintenance grants.

A MAN whose father was one of the main movers behind the first Swansea-Cork ferry link is hoping to resurrect the service and use its former name, the B&I (British & Irish) Line.

Luxury clothing brand Burberry came under attack today when workers heard from the media that they were losing their jobs under plans to close a factory.

CORK County Council is to take legal action in an attempt to move on a group of Travellers, some of whom have been involved in a violent feud.

CORK County Council was “hoodwinked” into believing there was no EU funding for a tourist ferry to Britain, it has been claimed.

CORK county manager Martin Riordan has called on private investors to “climb onboard” a council plan to help promote the marine tourist industry.

CASH-RICH property developers repeatedly dashed a junior rugby club’s ambitions to secure a proper pitch and the club, it has been claimed.

FORMER Attorney General David Byrne and ex-rugby international Oliver Waldron are among a group which has just been granted planning permission for a €20 million marina in Schull, Co Cork.

THE successor to Maurice Moloney, manager of the largest local authority in Ireland, Cork, will be known next week, and it’s down to a two-horse race.

ROGUE tenants who deliberately vandalise council houses in the West Cork region are set to face increased rental charges as the county council seeks to recoup money for repairs.

PROPOSALS have been made by Cork County Council officials to increase refuse charges by 5% next year, the first time it has upped charges in two years.

THE Third World condition of the Bandon-Clonakilty road has led councillors to demand that the National Roads Authority explain why it is so neglected.

PLANS by a voluntary housing association to build 20 homes in West Cork were virtually scuppered yesterday by Cork county councillors.

DEVELOPERS in County Cork will soon be forced to provide amenity and recreational outlets scaled to the size of their projects.

A LOCAL authority is prioritising single people on its housing lists in west Cork.

AN innovative pay parking utility will fly the flag for Cork at the National Enterprise Awards final next week.

THE Minister for Agriculture is to be asked if the development of a 41-acre site for 100 local authority homes will compromise an agricultural college.