There is scope for further development on an eight-acre plot on Cork City’s new Mallow Road/old Commons Road, as the long-established Commons Express Inn comes up for sale.

An Irish company, which is a world leader in the provision of technology to broadband operators, has won a major new contract in South Africa.

A CORK-based importer and distributor of oil and coal last year increased its pre-tax profits by 53% to €4.4 million after increasing the size of its business by 30% to €94m, according to the directors’ report attached to the accounts filed by Inver Energy Ltd with the Companies Registration Office.

IBM has announced a multi-million euro investment in a new business centre in Cork.