Suzanne Harrington returns home with a boyfriend who has never visited Cork and finds there have been many changes over the years to a city which has embraced the new but hung on to the best parts of the old.

Residents on Cork’s northside are to meet next Tuesday week to decide whether or not to co-operate with the construction of a new prison.

Organisers of a jobs fair in Cork today say they are disappointed with the turnout.

One Canadian province estimates it will have 20,000 construction jobs which Irish people can fill over the next five years.

Some of the world’s top magicians have been pulled out of the hat for a major international festival of magic in Cork later this month.

Joseph Kennedy III is to follow in the family tradition and contest the race for a Massachusetts congressional seat in the 4th District.

THERE are many organisations dedicated to helping cancer survivors manage the various challenges they face.

NOT even wind and rain could dampen spirits at the first civil marriage ceremony at Cork City Hall yesterday.

LOCAL residents opposing the use of part of the Tank Field on Cork’s northside for a school are to hold a public meeting next week.

WEDDING bells will soon be ringing out in Cork’s City Hall after one lucky couple netted their dream big day in the “Win your Wedding” competition.

GARDAÍ have confirmed they have received a report that more than €208,000 of Cork Athletic Union League (AUL) funds is unaccounted for.

PAROLE board members have refused to free Robert F Kennedy’s convicted assassin after ruling that he had not shown enough remorse and did not understand the severity of a crime that was mourned by a nation four decades ago.

Parole board members have refused to free Robert F Kennedy’s convicted assassin after ruling that he had not shown enough remorse and did not understand the severity of a crime that was mourned by a nation four decades ago.

LOVE was in the air in Cork City Hall yesterday at the launch of a special competition which will see the historic building host its first civil wedding ceremony.

Seán Óg Ó hAilpín says he is coming to terms with the end of his 14-year Cork senior hurling career and that he has departed the inter-county game content with the contribution he has made.

SEAN Óg Ó hAilpín says he is coming to terms with the end of his 14-year Cork senior hurling career and that he has departed the inter-county game content with the contribution he has made.

Former US senator Edward M. Kennedy became a magnet for extremist rage in the decades after his brothers were gunned down, living under constant, chillingly specific assassination threats targeting him, according to newly released FBI documents.

POLITICIANS last night condemned a spate of graffiti attacks in an historic urban village criticising plans for its regeneration.

PHARMACISTS in Cork are to cease dispensing drugs to medical card holders after December 1.

THERE’S a bit of a surge of relocation house hunters from Dublin on the prowl in Cork right now, and many in particular favour ease of access to the city centre, and a period home in the right setting.

Somalia’s government is holding up vital aid to tens of thousands of people as car bombs and street fighting brought the death toll to nearly 1,500 in less than a month, sending the country lurching towards catastrophe, it was warned.

THE Brothers of Charity are planning a multi-million euro project to relocate people with disabilities into the community.

LIVING with Aileen is hard, her mum Siobhan admits.

Bobby Kennedy’s assassin today lost a bid to overturn his conviction an and subsequent life sentence.

The first State supergrass to give evidence against murder accused John Gilligan has taken the witness stand.