Once upon a time, Greg Coughlan was on top of the world with successful businesses and millions to his name. Then the recession hit, writes Dan Buckley

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

20 year development time-frame for 31-acre docks site

Acts due to perform at the Marquee in the coming weeks include Hall and Oates, Kris Kristofferson, Toto, David Gray, Tommy Tiernan, Bros, Christy Moore and Nathan Carter.

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.

Gardai have encouraged Cork city centre workers to plan their transport to and from work tomorrow in a bid to minimise traffic congestion around the Liam Miller tribute match.

Concert promoter Peter Aiken says he plans to stage Live at the Marquee in Cork city for the next few years despite the concert site being up for sale.

A rising development tide, a housing shortage, plus the Government’s 2040 National Planning Framework, may aid the planned sale by Nama and receivers of a pivotal Cork docklands site.

Tommy Barker takes a short stroll from Cork city centre to visit an attractive, substantial home overlooking the Marina.

A row has flared over the GAA’s bill for public lighting upgrades around Cork’s revamped Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Peter Dowdall on the devastating aftermath of Ophelia on our tree population.

Latest: ESB Networks has continued to restore electricity supply following Hurricane Ophelia but approximately 19,500 customers remain without supply, a number of which are due to Storm Brian.

CORK City is on flood alert as the country braces for another massive storm.

A massive clean-up operation is under way across Cork City after Ophelia left a trail of destruction.

Update - 2.55pm:A man has died in Cahir, Co Tipperary while attempting to move debris brought down by Hurricane Ophelia.

GAA chiefs are expected to take the lessons learned from Wednesday night’s opening game in the new Páirc Uí Chaoimh and apply them at this weekend’s All-Ireland SHC quarter-finals.

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.

A visiting party from German Insurance company R+V Insurance were driven in Ford Model T 's along Centre Park Road from St Anne's Church in Shandon to Blackrock Castle.

The Ford operation in Cork nearly came a cropper just two years after the production line began operating, says Kevin O'Brien.

The annual awards of Cork Business Association — which is celebrating its 60th birthday in 2017— has heard rousing calls for Cork people to embrace what they have in their city if it is to thrive to its full potential.

Any of you petrolheads out there with any bit of rose-tinting in your spectacles will undoubtedly have fond memories of one of the greatest hot hatchbacks of all time — the Peugeot 205 GTi and particularly the cracking 1.9 litre version of same, writes Declan Colley

In hindsight, the name Phoenix House has proven particularly apt: rising from the crash, Cork’s €20m-plus Phoenix House third generation office building a mile from City Hall has secured its first, sizeable tenant, Regus — almost 10 years after it was built.

Tommy Barker reports on quay deals for future dock developments.

Demonstrations by local residents living near the Country Clean recycling plant in Churchfield call into question the effectiveness of the planning department of Cork City Council and also the Environment Protection Agency.

The GAA is to set up a traffic website, make more use of shuttle buses and seek special rates for parking in Cork City to cut down on gridlock when big matches resume after the proposed €70m upgrade of Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

A large fire has been brought under control by Cork City Fire Brigade at two industrial units near the city centre.

It’s sandbags at the ready in Cork city again after the local authority once more warned of tidal flooding today and tomorrow.

The New Year won’t bring any let-up in the stormy weather in the south of the country as flood alerts have been issued in Cork city and county.

The weather was about as mixed as the standards as thousands of women and wannabe women pounded out the route of the Evening Echo Cork Mini-Marathon.

I have attended many stadium events, both here and abroad, and I have never witnessed something as shambolic as the Bruce Springsteen concert at Pairc Uí Chaoimh on Jul 18.

A 32-year-old IT worker won her second consecutive Evening Echo Women’s Mini Marathon in Cork yesterday, just one week after she added the Killarney Mini Marathon to her belt.

Gardaí say they are closely monitoring traffic flows in Cork City in a bid to manage rush-hour bottlenecks caused by two major projects.

Business leaders in Cork City have called for emergency talks with the city’s transport chiefs after it emerged that two major projects are set to cause traffic chaos for over a month.

Householders and businesses are braced for the risk of further flash floods and crippling clean up costs as weather forecasters tonight warned of more heavy rain.

Power has been restored to all customers in the Cork suburb of Douglas following major flooding overnight, the ESB has confirmed.

ESB Networks is appealing to residents all over Cork to conserve electricity today, as they try to get customers back online after power outages caused by flooding.

More than 50 homes and many businesses were flooded and several thousand left without power after 50mm of rain fell in a seven-hour period across Cork.

One of Europe’s largest travelling fun fairs threw open its doors for free yesterday and gave exclusive access to more than 1,000 very special people.

GENERALLY viewed as deceased the world over, it turns out romance is actually alive, and may be seen, living and breathing, in a small town off the main Cork-Waterford road.

CORK’S Live at the Marquee festival, which kicked off with The Frames on Saturday, is expected to bring a cash boost to the local economy of some €30 million.

ROBERT HEFFERNAN got 2011 off to a record breaking start on his home turf when he smashed the national 30k walk record with a sizzling 2:07.48 in the Woodies DIY national walk championships around the Monahan Road/Centre Park Road circuit in Cork yesterday.