The route of the first Irish Examiner Cork City Marathon to be staged on a Sunday has been tweaked to avoid clashing with morning Masses.

Gardaí are hoping an autopsy, to be carried out later today, will give them some indication as to how a young mother died in a squat in Cork City.

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A woman working at a pizza outlet in the early hours of the morning was put in fear when a man wielding a large knife jumped over the counter and robbed €1,500 in cash.

A man sued a pub over an injury he sustained after being refused entry but yesterday the Circuit Court judge hearing the compensation ruled that the man who brought the case was the aggressor and had brought about his own injuries.

Private cars could be banned from Cork City’s main street by the middle of next year under radical traffic plans due to be published tomorrow.

JOHN CREEDON presents a music show on RTÉ Radio 1 weeknights from the RTÉ Cork studios, and also the Fleadh Cheoil series on RTÉ One television on Fridays at 7.30pm.

I note the recent fuss regarding the arrival of a certain number of discount beer and expensive coffee chains to our city. I am reliably informed they are most pleased at the free publicity,

A woman was attacked by her ex-partner, dragged into an attic room, gagged and tied to a chair with tape — and feared she was going to be murdered — a garda alleged in court yesterday as he objected to bail being granted to the accused man.

From the People’s Republic to the Pedal Republic — Cork’s first public bike scheme went live yesterday, half-finished and six months late.

Terroir is one of those frustrating French terms that is beloved of winemakers and wine-writers but remains little understood by most of the wine-buying public. 

A consortium that owns some of Cork’s best-known pubs has initiated proceedings aimed at preventing Irish Bank Resolution Corporation selling its loans to Nama.

An article published in this newspaper in 2007 outlined how Benny McCabe was “no fastidious accountant, with his eye fixed firmly on the bottom line. For McCabe, pubs are a way of life.”

I AM frequently asked what wine is the best value at the moment and I have had a stock answer for a number of years: buy from Chile and Spain.

Members of the public have been invited to have their say tomorrow on plans for a bike-sharing scheme in Cork.

REMOVING plants (or people) from their native soil and transplanting them to far off climes is not always successful but sometimes they thrive.

TASTING and assessing wine is by no means an exact science.

As two investigations continue into the death of a member of the governing body of UCC, tributes have been paid to the man who worked at the university for 27 years.

The man who was stabbed in the neck, chest, back, and shoulder in Cork City early yesterday knew his attacker.

Private cars could be banned from Cork City’s main shopping street on a trial basis before the end of the year.

Paramedics dealing with a woman involved in self-harm at Coburg St, Cork City, had to contend with a man shouting at them, a court has heard.

Plans to develop a tourist attraction at one of Cork City’s most panoramic locations have been shelved.

Friends of a popular 14-year-old schoolboy who collapsed and died after a game of soccer are urging Liverpool FC to highlight his memory when they play Hearts in the Uefa Cup tomorrow.