Tony Twomey’s family felt abandoned by hospital staff in the wake his sudden death. They spoke to Catherine Shanahan in the hope of generating a debate about what hospitals can do to improve the supports available to traumatised next of kin

Tucked away in a cul-de-sac off the ever-popular Blackrock Road, No 1 Sunnyside in Barrington’s Avenue is a recently modernised end-of-terrace two-bed house.  

Sinéad O’Halloran is a 22-year-old cellist from Blackrock, Cork. She is the co-founder and artistic director of the Ortús Chamber Music Festival, which is taking place in Midleton, Cork city and Cobh this weekend. She is currently based in Düsseldorf where she is studying for her Bachelor of Music.

A 21-year-old Cork man put his own parents in fear at the family home and attacked a man at a nearby off-licence to grab his beer.

RCI (Resort Condominium International) primarily provides a holiday exchange service to timeshare owners who are RCI members.

Because properties with a guide of €155,000 are pretty rare in Blackrock, this one bed apartment at 22 Dunraven Downs is getting quite a bit of attention.

As if its prestigious address, spacious, well-proportioned rooms and private back garden weren’t enough to attract a buyer, Almaville on the Blackrock Road also offers up a little mystery for extra measure.

THROW the word ‘detached’ into the equation with a recognisable address like ‘Menloe Gardens’ and, really the hearts of the upwardly mobile and aspirational home hunters will go aflutter.

THERE’S been quite a spread of prices paid in the last few years for homes in Cork’s Marian Park, where houses range around a green and a grotto or Marian shrine, grouped like beads on a necklace or a Rosary.

An architect whose family were effectively evicted from their rented home after five years has called for improved legislation to give tenants greater long-term security.

WHEN superfit Clodagh McKenna started spinning classes in a Manhattan high-octane studio she was floored by the speed.

West Cork artist Marie Brett hopes the time she spent with patients exploring their mental deterioration will give the rest of us a better understanding of their predicament, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

A two-month makeover has transformed No 3 into an affordable, comfortable home close to Blackrock village, says Trish Dromey.

A drink driver with heroin and cocaine in his pocket tried to walk away from gardaí but when one officer caught and handcuffed him on the ground the culprit shouted: “I know where you live. I will get you.”

There’s lots of rooms up over this shop/cafe, finds Trish Dromey.     

Des O’Sullivan reports on a sale that includes gold medals celebrating the Battle of Hastings by Spink, London.

Mahon Community Development Project on the amenity walk in Blackrock, Cork.

Blackrock village setting by a rail line amenity walk add to offer at unusual terraced layout, says Tommy Barker.

There’s always a cachet to the Blackrock Road address of Menloe Gardens — and, it’s been a few years since a house came up for sale here.

A spacious and modern Cork city suburban semi-d is ticking all of the ‘Trading Up’ and relocation boxes.

A historic convent in a Cork suburb which has been converted into 27 apartments, including five penthouses, is for sale as one lot guiding €3.75m price tag — nearly 14 years after it left religious order hands.

Trish Dromey says a duplex on Cork city’s Blackrock is finding suitable for interest from first-time buyers but it could also suit an investor portfolio.

Sq m 475 (5,100 sq ft)

The Ballylickey botanist; the Skibbereen astronomer; the Cloyne caterpillar collector, Madame Dragonfly. Robert Hume highlights the lives and achievements of three female scientists from Co Cork, and the obstacles they faced to achieve recognition of their work

Blackrock, Cork, €585,000

Sq m: 167 (1,800 sq ft)

Size: Sq m 140 (1,500 sq ft)

Sq m: 370 (4,000 sq ft)

Sq m: 110 (1,175 sq ft)

Meet the queens of the Stone Age, who’ve proved they just don’t build them like they used to anymore.

Size: 130 sq m (1,400 sq ft)

Sq m: 190 (2,050 sq ft)

Food safety chiefs shut down nine businesses last month over public health fears.

As an author of several books on 1916, I’m seeking your readers’ help in researching my next effort.

A mother who went into politics in a bid to improve the life of her young child got the news she desperately wanted yesterday — that a cystic fibrosis wonder drug will be available to patients in Ireland from next month.

It’s now class to wear glass. More and more people are eyeing up the fashionable possibilities spectacles offer, says Deirdre Reynolds

Gardaí at Blackrock, Cork investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal fire at a house at Nutley Avenue, Mahon have today appealed to the public for their assistance.