THE first phase of a significant €15million motor trade investment on Cork city’s Bandon Road opens next week, indicative of the recovery in the Irish economy, the motor trade and a forerunner of other developments to follow on Cork’s western fringes.

OVER €100m has been invested off-market, across three low-key retail deals, in the heart of Cork City, at Opera Lane, Merchants Quay/Marks & Spencers Shopping Centre, and St Patrick’s St.

The centenary of the birth of Jack Lynch is clearly an event worth marking, not least because he embodied the centrist consensual approach to politics and economic management which on the whole has served the country pretty well.

Pre-tax profits at Cork-based motor group Johnson & Perrott increased by 7% to €5m last year, as revenues also soared.

The global business elite, each coughing up over €20,000 each, are gathering for their annual shindig at the up-market Swiss resort of Davos.

WERE he alive, the extremely influential civil servant TK Whitaker, who died aged 100 just last week, would certainly have an opinion on the weekend assertion by HSE chief Tony O’Brien that we will need, over the next decade, to spend an extra €9bn on our health services to end hospital over-crowding.

Arlene Foster has long been disliked by Sinn Féin, but the breakdown in government brings an election that could be the most bitter in many years, writes Brian Murphy

TK Whitaker, dubbed the “architect of modern Ireland”, wanted to be remembered simply as a civil servant who did his best, mourners at his funeral Mass heard.

T.K. Whitaker has been remembered as a joyful man and a patriot.

President Michael D Higgins will attend the funeral of one of Ireland's most influential civil servants today.

President Michael D Higgins led the tributes to TK Whitaker — dubbed the architect of modern Ireland — who has died, aged 100.

ANY appraisal of the life, times, work, and achievements of Dr TK Whitaker could just as easily be judged as an appraisal of the life, times, and development of this Republic and, to a lesser degree, modern democracies everywhere. 

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has been labelled the “ultimate Star Wars fan film” amid international reception ahead of its release.

As TK Whitaker celebrates his 100th birthday this week, Ryle Dwyer examines his phenomenal contribution to Irish life and politics

Pre-tax profits at one of the largest car dealerships in the country, the Cork-based Johnson & Perrott group, last year increased by 28.5% to €4.68m.

A firefighter has been charged with aggravated manslaughter in connection with the death of his 23-month-old son who was left in a pick-up truck for eight hours.

In a Chicago case involving mistaken identity, LSD, and jail time, artist Peter Doig had to prove he did not paint a landscape.

A double clear from Wexford show jumper Bertram Allen and Izzy By Picobello ensured Valkenswaard United their third win of the season in the Global Champions League team contest in Monte Carlo yesterday.

Show jumper Billy Twomey pocketed €30,000 yesterday when he won the Hamburg Derby in Germany on Diaghilev.

Irish show jumper Bertram Allen last night said he was “devastated’ after winning the grand prix at London’s Olympia, only to be disqualified when a spot of blood was found on the right flank of his mount Quiet Easy.

HEWLETT-PACKARD is to cut another 25,000-30,000 jobs worldwide due to falling demand for its products and the move towards cloud technology. The latest wave of cuts comes on top of the 55,000 layoffs previously announced by the company.

Greg Broderick was basking in the sunshine yesterday at Millstreet International Horse Show... and the fame.

Ray Kinsella says Central Bank governor Patrick Honohan has made a big contribution but political forces and other interests were too strong to reinstate the principle of public service.

On April Fool’s Day, 1986, a survey of 404 Irish students was published in a national newspaper.

The RTÉ television audience voted TK Whitaker “Irishman of the 20th Century” in 2001. 

An unhealthy culture of secrecy surrounds our civil servants despite the fact they are a valuable source of historical information, writes Ryle Dwyer

NORMALLY, when biographies cause problems for the subject, it’s because of something included in the book.

If controversy is the best publicity, then Anne Chamber’s upcoming book on TK Whitaker has got off to a good start — thanks in no small part to Charles Haughey.

Millstreet in Co Cork will resound to the hoof-beats of more than 1,200 equines this week, as the Cork town stages its annual international horse show.

A mother-of-one who cleaned up the scene of a murder carried out by a “recidivist criminal” has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.

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The imprecision of Dr Piaras MacEinri (Irish Examiner, Sept 27), who headed a UCC study into recent Irish emigration, is strange. He “warned against using the findings to back the idea that emigration was mainly a lifestyle choice, as Finance Minister Michael Noonan claimed”.

It was a father/daughter affair for Britain’s legendary Whitaker family in the €50,000 Grand Prix at Millstreet International Horse Show yesterday, with Ellen winning the class and Steven taking the top prize in the Great Britain and Ireland Tour.

A 24 year old woman has appeared in court in Dublin accused of impeding a murder investigation.

Villiers gave Ashton a good test before succumbing 5-1 in an entertaining Munster Senior Schoolboys Cup final at Garryduff yesterday.

Robert Zemeckis is a blockbuster director at heart. Action has never been an issue for the man behind ‘Back to the Future’.

Women’s Aid has said it was seeing trends similar to the “loverboys” phenomenon abroad where vulnerable young girls are groomed and coerced into prostitution by older boys.