Shocked locals struggled to comprehend how a promising athlete and engineering student had his life cut short in a "senseless, heartbreaking" incident.

Sorting out Cork people for ages...

The developer of a proposed new, European-style co-housing apartment development in Cork city centre says that such projects are needed to attract long-term residents back into Irish cities and strengthen urban communities.

Gardaí are describing the incident, which happened at Barrack Street yesterday morning, as 'a deliberate act of endangerment'.

Gardaí are investigating a serious hit-and-run road collision in Dundalk today.

There's a grand stretch in the evenings.

A small Republican march went ahead in Cork this afternoon despite criticism of the staging of a similar display in Dublin yesterday.

The final phase of a revamp of one of Cork’s most historic streets is poised to start almost four years after the bulk of the work finished.

As the Metropole Hotel unveils its own new snug, Donal O’Keeffe takes a leisurely stroll around Cork and visits some of the city’s cosiest pub corners.

A girl in Cork is in a serious condition after an incident involving a firework in Cork city.

The news filtered through in dribs and drabs last week, but the bottom line was consistent in all versions of the story. Redmonds GAA club is to close down.

"There are great projects being put forward and signed off on by Cork councils and they’re being hamstrung by the bureaucracy in the Housing Department."

Thirty years on from David Gray’s original release of White Ladder, Ed Power traces the slow-burn success of Ireland’s best-selling album back to gigs at Nancy Spains in Cork and a push by RTÉ show No Disco.

A man has died in a car accident in Co. Galway.

Quite some years ago, I took a stroll up the vertiginous incline of ‘Barracka’ (local parlance for Barrack St) with ‘The Money’, a potential investor seeking guidance.

Ask Audrey has been sorting out the people of Cork for years.

Amazingly, this is not Mr Dempsey’s first time coming to the rescue of a kitty at risk with his cherry picker.

Another 109 more social housing units are scheduled to be developed in the Cork city centre following a special City Council meeting last night.

Plans for more than 100 social housing units on four inner city sites are set to breathe new life into the heart of Cork city.

Valentine’s Day may have become an excuse for commerciality and excess, but there is worse these days than having a day that celebrates love in whatever form.

They were always known for being cute but lately the people of Cork are getting crafty. Jillian Naughton looks at the growing trend of making it yourself.

Superdry, which was forced to reinstate the famous ‘The Moderne’ sign over its premises in Cork last year following the intervention of planning officials and a formal complaint from a member of the public, has won an award for its preservation of the building.

Fears have been expressed about the future development of Cork’s historic Elizabeth Fort as a tourism asset following confirmation that funding is being prioritised in the Shandon area.

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The Menu enjoyed a splendid repast, cooked by some of Ireland’s finest chefs, including Eurotoque Ireland General Commissioner, Graham Neville, of Dublin’s Restaurant 41, at Ballymaloe House this week. 

The centenary of the Easter Rising has given us an abundance of commemorative

Cork Midsummer Festival returns for 2016 with the announcement of a 20% increase in funding from the Arts Council.

It’s a new phase of a business cycle: a surge in cycling activity in Irish cities, fuelled by schemes such as Bike to Work and bike sharing City Bikes with multiple docking stations has prompted a four-year old Cork city cycles business to relocate, and expand.

A Cork City bar near UCC, complete with first-floor, 35-seat cinema, is for sale for €225,000, about the price of a three-bed semi-d, with or without a large flat-screen TV.

A Corkman seriously injured in an attack in Australia was due to come home on holidays next month.

A HEATWAVE was promised for this week - but, as much heat will be generated by a flurry of auction action. 

Our menfolk weren’t cutting muster

Cork City Council has allowed retention permission for the use of an old city-centre schoolyard as an ancillary to a pub.

New chapters beckon at the premises of one of Cork City’s longest-established bookshops, Connolly’s, as owner Adrian Connolly prepares to retire after decades dealing in old and rare books, new books, and records.

A NEW restaurant, Palmento, is opening in Cork City’s Douglas this weekend, as one of Kinsale’s best-known restaurants, Crackpots, is for sale as a 2015 trading opportunity. Crackpots is offered as a going concern for €700,000.