OVER 200 years after it was first laid out, Clonakilty’s Emmet Square is back with a bang, and historical resonances.

Global consulting engineering company, Arup, is to move into new Cork City offices, at One Albert Quay, in time for its 70th anniversary.

Cork’s Academy Street and its adjacent Huguenot Quarter is coming out of recessionary doldrums — and is becoming a foodie quarter: a slew of new restaurants has arrived, with more to come.

Since the story broke of the ebola virus, we’ve all learned it is spread [in part] through close contact with infected bush meat. According to the Born Free Foundation, every year, 7,500 tonnes of bush meat is imported into Britain, often wrapped in plastic and kept in holdalls during flights. How much is coming into Ireland?

Dramatic video footage of the moment a car sped past unsuspecting motorists on the wrong side of a busy dual-carriageway earlier this month has appeared online.

One of Munster’s best known bar/restaurant premises, which was sold in 2006 for around €3 million, is back on the market with a guide price of €875,000.

It is believed a car involved in last night's multi-vehicle crash on the M50 in Dublin was being trailed by gardaí.

Several people were feared dead today after a crash on a busy motorway in England.

SKEHARD ROAD, CORK €175,000

Tommy Barker scans a selection of trading up homes around the country.

The arctic weather conditions are hitting public transport services with many bus routes not operating today.

IN CORK city, a six-unit investment property, with good income stream right now, is on offer at number 15 Hardwick Street, near MacCurtain Street, St Patrick’s Hill.

A WHOLE bunch of space is offered at Villa Elena — a four-bed semi-d, with older style rear and side extensions, for a sub-€300,000 price guide.

THE expression ‘keep your friends close, and your enemies closer’ — used in the Godfather movies but originating centuries ago in China — might well apply when it comes living closely with loved ones. Witness the proximity, or otherwise, of the ‘granny flat.’

TAKE the long view and see what this house at 15, Towering Heights, Tower, Co Cork offers.

Two people have died and dozens have been injured after a National Express coach overturned near Heathrow Airport.

UNTIL a few years ago one could argue that Ireland was facing into the 21st century with a 19th century prison system.

IF it was a Traveller site, a superdump or a succession of mobile phone masts that was proposed for the Tara/ Skryne valley, you can rest assured that Navan chamber of commerce and Meath county council would protect the historical landscape of Tara.

PRESIDENT Bush can’t genuinely expect us to believe that he is pro-life while he continues to urge his army on to kill for America and die for freedom.

SMOKERS unhappy with the ban argue they should have the right to choose when and where they can smoke. Their argument holds no sway because as addicts they have no choice.

THE days of mock-stone cladding are just about passed, but for those who can see past it at 15, Temple Vale in Cork, there's quite an attractive house to be discovered.