I appeal to the incoming Government to continue investment in education, research and development, and the provision of broadband across the State, particularly in East and West Cork, which, has been starved of industrial development over a long period of time.

Pedestrian safety is a priority in three heavily vehicular-congested villages, in major industrial hubs, close to Cork City.

Laurie O’Flynn visits this Carrigtwohill cottage transformation by an enthusiastic engineer owner.

Youths armed with slash-hooks and machetes were among a group of 100 people gathered at a housing estate in Cork during a violent feud in the early hours of yesterday morning, as bottles and stones were thrown at gardaí.

IF Aidan O’Brien can get St Nicholas Abbey to win the Epsom Derby on June 4 then he can surely be mentioned in the same breath as Merlin - and we all know what his profession was.

PLANNING permission was granted yesterday by Cork County Council for a 204-house development in Crosshaven, while an application was received for an equally large development in Castlemartyr.

A NUMBER of schemes earmarked for small villages have been refused planning permission by Cork County Council.

THE largest company to locate in Cork in modern times has cleared its first planning hurdle on the way to constructing a massive biotechnology plant.