The discovery of 75kg of cocaine along the Clare coastline is thought to be the first known seizure of a so-called ‘narco-torpedo’ in Ireland.

The former Ballincollig DIY & Garden Centre — an offshoot of a previously relocated business which was originally the Victoria Cross Sawmills — on a good 1.8 acre site with high-quality existing buildings is up for sale, suitable for storage, trading or other new uses.

Ten top-level Irish gangs dominate the trafficking of drugs from Spain and the Netherlands into Ireland.

The Port of Cork Company has been granted planning by An Bord Pleanála for a container terminal at Ringaskiddy, despite senior inspectors having advised rejection of permission. Following rejection of their application in 2008, due to inadequate roads and no rail facilities, Port of Cork nevertheless proceeded with a container facility at Ringaskiddy in 2012.

The Government will focus major road spending on projects which can support economic recovery, the transport minister has said.

The discovery of a huge haul of cocaine at Cork Port directly imported from Central America again raises concerns regarding the shipment of massive consignments to Ireland and through Irish waters for the local and British markets.

Nama announced yesterday that it has identified sites linked to its debtors where 25,000 housing units might be built.

The Port of Cork has seen all manner of vessels sail into the harbour over the years, but a hi-tech reconnaissance submarine might be a first.

With endless exotic rides and a few token exotic birds, anyone dining on Cork’s busiest boardwalk last night could be forgiven for thinking they were witnessing a revival of Men and their Motors.

The sleek white Lauren L yacht has become Cork’s latest tourist attraction, and you have to admit, it definitely adds a touch of glamour to the place.

Household waste from Cork city and county is being shipped out of Cork Port for incineration in the Netherlands and Sweden, where its used to generate electricity.

Fears are growing for the future of the 477-strong 4th Infantry Battalion at Collins Barracks in Cork amid strong indications the unit is to be disbanded as part of a Defence Forces overhaul.

A number of West Cork county councillors are “keeping their counsel” in a continuing controversy over a planned new €3.5m fish farm in Bantry Bay.

Cocaine with a street value of €5m has been seized today after an international investigation.

CUSTOMS have seized 16 million smuggled cigarettes at Cork Port this month, with a potential loss in taxes of more than €5m to the Exchequer.

CUSTOMS have seized another multi-million euro consignment of counterfeit cigarettes.

More than four million counterfeit cigarettes have been seized by customs officers in Cork.

PROTESTING fishermen were meeting in Cork last night to decide on what course of action to take following the lifting of their port blockades.

Customs officers in Cork have seized 60,000 contraband cigarettes following an investigation focusing on a Cambodian-registered freighter that docked in the city yesterday.

THE Government is coming under increasing pressure from the country’s largest property developers to secure direct State funding for infrastructure, to change tax incentives policy and also to change the national roads programme to help fund the so-called Cork docklands and the proposed relocation of Cork port to Ringaskiddy.

Fishing authorities seized €30,000 worth of fish in Cork Port, it emerged today.

CORK County Council planning officials have been urged not to force biofuel industries to locate in urban areas or ports.

A SECURITY firm which breeds dogs trained by the British police to sniff out explosives claims Irish authorities are not taking the al-Qaida threat seriously.

Customs officers have seized more than 5,000kgs of roll-your-own tobacco concealed in a 20ft container in Cork Port.