A controversial Cork city convent site, which has had five owners since 1996 and which was twice ravaged by fire, in 2003 and again 2012, is back for sale.

Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for ages

Audrey's been sorting out Cork people for years...

Cork city centre is at the other, bottom end of the street — but in some ways, the knock-out private home and eyrie that is No 160 Blarney Street might as well be out in the pure countryside, writes Tommy Barker.

Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for ages

A pint of Beamish stout is sometimes a cure for an injury on the northside of Cork City rather than a trip to hospital, a trial judge joked yesterday during a case.

Dozens of children from around Cork enjoyed a special treat today as gardaí from the Gurranabraher station volunteered their time to serve pancakes.

A young woman was struck on the head with a full 7-Up bottle by her ex-boyfriend in a shopping centre.

Tommy Barker scans the late poet Seán Ó Tuama’s family home on the outskirts of Cork city, mixing country living with city convenience, views of the Lee Fields, and a unique place in Irish literary history

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for ages 

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

This Blarney Street property has a patio, a garden and is close to city centre.

Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for ages...

A plaque is being unveiled to one of Ireland’s greatest Olympic coaches — Albie Murphy — at Bishop Lucey Park in Cork today.

When Ford opened a UK plant in Dagenham in 1931, so many men from Leeside got work in the Essex town that it became known as ’Little Cork’. Cork balladeer Jimmy Crowley remembers his family links to it.

Open viewings have just started at this stone-fronted three-bed end of terrace property at 4 River Lane, off Blarney Street in Cork city.

The business success of WheyHey, a high-protein, low sugar and healthy ice cream, was hailed at Cork Chamber’s monthly business breakfast.

SOMETIMES, you have to go backwards to go forwards and in the case of Emoh Ruo the hint is in the name— it’s ‘our home’ in reverse. 

Bidding on this three-bed townhouse at 2 River Lane, off Sunday’s Well Road has been brisk and has already gone €21,000 above the asking price of €150,000, via agent John Wiseman of DNG Murphy Condon.

Tommy Barker says this three-storey five-bedroomed family home on Cork city’s Blarney Street offers excellent convenience to the city centre.

This two-storey property was built in the mid 1950s, and so will be newer than many of the neighbouring homes, and it has an elevated deck, facing south. 

There is a strong likelihood that this three-bed semi at 6 Hollyhill Heights will sell either to a first-time buyer working in Apple, or to an investor who rents it to an Apple employee.

Irish and Argentina links run deep but when it comes to today’s big match, colours will be firmly nailed to masts, writes Billy Lynch

When Donal Donnelly escaped from a Belfast prison, 12,000 men were sent to capture him but despite their efforts he remained free for 36 years writes Jonathan deBurca Butler.

A 36-year-old Cork man who stole a €1,500 power-washer in Fermoy was freed from a jail sentence yesterday on his commitment to clean up his long-time alcohol problem.

A former Christian Brother has gone on trial in Cork on charges of indecently assaulting a primary school boy in the 1970s. The judge and jury were told yesterday of the complainant’s nightmares of ghosts of men in black.

I wish to thank Ray Ryan for his article ‘Chris Hadfield to recall a northside Cork boy’s links to the Space Age’. 

The hero neighbour who saved two elderly sisters from almost certain death from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning is to receive the Cork Person of the Month award.

The neighbour who saved two elderly sisters from almost certain death from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning has described them as "two miracles".

Two elderly sisters are recovering in hospital after suffering suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at their Cork home.

Hairdressers, healthcare operatives, shop assistants, and a council worker are among 19 lifesavers attached to a first responder unit covering the east Cork and west Waterford region.

Gardaí have launched an investigation after fire gutted a house on the northside of Cork City.

They might be lucky in love, but a gift from an even luckier uncle saw honeymooners Donal and Karen Desmond jet off on a second trip of a lifetime with just days to spare.

A 95% auction success rate was recorded at last week’s IAM Sold/Munster Property Auction sell-off of 20 lots, with all but one finding new owners, evidence of the strength of cash buying and investor interest.

From 1978 to 2003, generations of young people dancing like their lives depended on it — along with a host of roadies, rock stars and DJs — passed through the labyrinth of bars and dance floors that was Sir Henry’s nightclub in Cork city.

We scan a selection of starter homes from around the country.

A 64-year-old man has been awarded €10,000 in compensation for a back injury he suffered when a front leg broke off the chair he was sitting on.

Two gardaí have been treated in hospital following an assault on the northside of Cork city last night, the Irish Examiner has reported.