The long-awaited Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy (CMATS) document has arrived.

Courcey Rovers are considering appealing their expulsion from the Cork ladies football junior B championship.

No 45 Lindville, Ballintemple, has a Victorian architectural architectural design right up your street, says Tommy Barker

When Paudie Murray stepped into the role of Cork camogie manager in the winter of 2011, he had his sister Aoife in one ear telling him there were All-Irelands in this group, while in the other he had people outside of the squad remarking that Cork “would be down for 10 to 15 years”.

WE’VE been here, to this very house, before. And, on this ‘House of the Week’ page also.

Castle Road Blackrock setting is the type of location to inspire lyrical splendours, as Tommy Barker discovered at curvaceous Bayswater.

A teenager appeared at Cork District Court yesterday accused of spraying insulting comments about a garda in graffiti on four different schools in the Blarney area, leaving them with a total bill of €1,200 to remove the paint.

Gardaí will throw a traffic cordon around the revamped Páirc Uí Chaoimh GAA stadium in Cork this weekend amid warnings that illegally parked cars will be towed and parking fines will be issued.

The decision of the Cork Camogie County Board not to open the dressing rooms at their Castle Road ground for yesterday’s Cork colleges senior camogie final has led to strong criticism from the two schools involved, with one team forced to tog out on a bus.

There’s a very special open garden this afternoon, from 1pm to 6pm.

Brian Olden and Jackie Cohalan of Cohalan Downing Auctioneers (CDA) say “it’s a high-quality property, with a wonderful flow to it, ideal for family living or entertaining.”

At last count, Paudie Murray’s backroom team numbered 16. That’s a fair number of lieutenants to have in your corner. Then again, it’s a fair operation he’s running.

More than 200 pupils from 24 secondary schools graduated from Cork’s largest school-based youth leadership programme run by the Redemptorist Youth Ministry Team in Scala. The programme, in its 26th year, saw the biggest-ever number of students graduating.

Menloe House is a noble historic home in one of Cork’s most affluent locations, writes Tommy Barker.

Tommy Barker revisits the one-time home of UCC maths professor George Boole as the 200th anniversary of his birth is celebrated.

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.

Four men arrested after a 10km high-speed pursuit in Cork have been charged with theft offences.

A County Louth father says his faith in the justice system has been tarnished after his son's killer had his jail sentence cut.

It’s wonderful to see that the people of Ireland have finally woken from their slumber. 

THERE’S been any amount of work done to No 5, Castle Road, since it last changed hand , 15 years ago: today, it’s almost a new build.

Sq m 475 (5,100 sq ft)

Gardaí have ruled out a link between a shooting on the southside of Cork City early yesterday, and a family feud elsewhere on the southside.

Blackrock, Cork, €585,000

Sq m: 167 (1,800 sq ft)

Sq m: 370 (4,000 sq ft)

Garden size is an added bonus at Castle Road, Cork, property, writes Tommy Barker

Architect’s ownership has helped ensure this fine Blackrock home has been minded and not mucked up, writes Tommy Barker

We scan a selection of trading up homes around the country.

Taking on this intriguing Cork project will call for some courage, says Tommy Barker.

A stunning Victorian home is back on the market after 27 years care. Tommy Barker finds some divine inspiration in the Old Rectory.

Milford 5-15 St Catherine’s 0-5

Milford and St Catherine’s face tomorrow (3pm) to decide the destination of the Cork 2012 senior county camogie championship title.

The trial of two men accused of taking part in an attempted armed robbery has today heard evidence of garda surveillance of cars allegedly involved in the heist.

Bah humbug — Cork’s city officials have been forced to slash the number of Christmas tree recycling sites after a spate of arson attacks.

Analore on Cork’s Castle Road, will need some work, but it does have its attractions, writes Tommy Barker

Camogie President Joan O’Flynn returns to her native Cork tomorrow to officially open the new county grounds in Blackrock.

THE turkey is finished. All the presents are opened.

A CORK centre widely known for its exemplary care of the elderly is now offering an outreach programme for those who look after senior citizens in their own homes.

A man is due in court in Co Louth this afternoon in connection with the murder of Niall Dorr in Dundalk last year.

A ROUTE has been unveiled for the inaugural Bord Gáis Energy half marathon which will be run in Cork city on bank holiday Monday, June 6.