The sister of a baby boy who died in Bessborough only found out that he was buried in a former famine grave via the Commission's burials report.

The Mother and Baby Homes Commission has said it is “very difficult to comprehend” how the Order which ran Bessborough has no information as to where over 800 children who died in their care are buried.

The burial place of well over 800 children who died in the care of Bessborough Mother and Baby Home is unknown - despite "very extensive inquiries and searches".

Cork County Council said it will now consider the next steps with a view to ensuring that it can progress to construction on the €220m Cork-Ringaskiddy motorway “as soon as possible”.

Objectors to the proposed €180m Cork-Ringaskiddy motorway say it would split communities, cause increased physical and mental health problems, reduce life expectancy, and significantly devalue their properties.

Two people are in hospital following what Gardaí are calling "a serious road traffic collision" in Cork today.

No 1 Berkeley is a suburban showstopper with one-of- a-kind craftsmanship, says Tommy Barker

Residents in a Cork City suburb have said they may ultimately seek a judicial review over plans to develop a motorway from the outskirts of the city to Ringaskiddy amid claims they were not properly consulted.

ONE cannot help but feel that Jane Housham is a fan of Kate Summerscale’s best selling The Suspicions of Mr Wicher, in which Summerscale takes a mid-Victorian murder and attempts to create a fictionalised murder mystery story. 

Judgment will be given today in a civil case taken to the High Court against Cork County Council arising out of the death of a workman during a tree-felling operation in 2012.

Brambles beauty should fly out the door in Heron’s Wood. Trish Dromey hears this well-maintained three-bed could well make a happy New Year purchase for one young couple in Carrigaline.

It is hoped that revised plans for a €180m road between Cork and Ringaskiddy will ease the fears of some residents’ associations who expressed major concerns with the initial blueprint when it was launched in October.

A colleague of a Cork County Council employee who died after he was hit by a falling telegraph pole has told an inquest he shouted to him three times to run out of the way, but the deceased did not hear him.

Tommy Barker says when it comes to quality, Kendal ticks all the boxes for master-craftsmanship.

APPROPRIATELY, there’s a view still to be had down from the wooded grounds of 2, Carrs Hill, to the exquisite spire and grounds of St Luke’s Church in Cork’s Douglas — the in-spired view is relevant, because this house was for most of its life the rectory that housed the various clergy and their families.

Trish Dromey says a rare opportunity for a superb family home has come to the market outside Douglas in Cork, with woodland to the rear.

The sale has closed on the former Lovetts’ restaurant in Cork’s suburbs, for 20% over its guide. 

Cork County Council appeared as a defendant in court yesterday in a health and safety prosecution arising out of the death of a workman during tree-felling more than two years ago.

Two apartment complex offers in Cork city, and both strongly let, are being offered to investors at sums of €5.5m and €6m-plus apiece.

A music student who suffered a devastating brain injury after her car was rear-ended on the way to a school Christmas carol service has settled her High Court action for €6.8m.

No 15, The Vicarage is a high-spec five-bed reduced to €425,000, says Tommy Barker

A DEAL worth around €16m has been reached on the first bank/receiver sale of an entire apartment and retail scheme in Cork, at suburban Dennehy’s Cross.

The families of two men killed in separate workplace accidents in Cork within days of each other may have to wait up to two years for inquests to be heard.

Carrigaline Road, Cork €280,000

A father of one who was crushed by a tractor and trailer in a workplace accident will be laid to rest today.

Two separate investigations are under way after a man was crushed to death in a workplace accident in Cork City yesterday.

A local authority has banned its employees from tree felling and using chainsaws until a number of investigations into the death of one of its workers are concluded.

Gardaí, the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) and Cork County Council are set to launch separate investigations after a worker died after being hit in the head by a pole which was felled by a digger.

A council worker died yesterday after he was struck by a falling pole.

Lots of building potential may generate bidding interest for these sites, writes Tommy Barker

These smart contemporary homes in an attractive location are on offer for less than 40% of their original price, writes Tommy Barker

TRALEE, KERRY €325,000

27 Wheatridge in Cork’s Maryborough Ridge development.

ARMED raiders who stole over €100,000 from a cash delivery van in Cork disguised their getaway car as an unmarked Garda car.

MASKED robbers armed with sawn-off shotguns stole up to €140,000 from a G4 security van in Cork yesterday afternoon.

A LIMERICK man is in a serious, but stable, condition in hospital in Australia following a road collision that claimed the life of his US girlfriend.

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

THE owners of Ballybrack can predict the response of first-time callers to their family home. “It’s ‘I had no idea this was here, it’s like being in the countryside’,” they say.

IRELAND is expected to experience its first official ‘white Christmas’ since 2004 with temperatures set to rise slightly today but with no thaw until St Stephen’s Day at the earliest.