The last few years have seen a number of modest-sized blocks of agricultural land come up on the outskirts of Cork City. Each time they do, there is always strong interest, and a very strong price in the end.

The brother of a woman killed while cycling to work has criticised Cork City councillors’ decision to vote down proposals to widen one of the city’s busiest roads to accommodate bikes and public transport.

Six people have been taken to hospital following a multi-car crash in Co Kerry this afternoon.

One of the busiest stretches of the N71 tourist route the Ring of Kerry, will close for almost two weeks at the height of the tourist season later this month.

John McDonagh and his family were asleep in their mobile home when they woke up to a smoky bedroom.

When people discover I write this column, their first reaction is usually, “You’re a dark horse” and their second is “Don’t write about me next week, haha”.

Eyecare manufacturer Bausch and Lomb is to create 100 jobs at its plant in Waterford City, bringing the number of people employed there to almost 1,500.

Plans to ban gambling arcades from setting up in towns and villages in Co Cork have been put on hold after Cork County Council received legal advice on the matter which raised more questions than answers.

Access to a cath lab would not have saved a farmer whose death during a hospital transfer following a complication of a “silent heart attack” sparked outrage over cardiac services in the South-East, it has emerged.

Olivia Kelleher rounds up the start times for the parades in Cork and further afield. 

Rural Ireland has been left behind with new figures showing almost half of IDA visits for new business were in the capital last year.

The promoters of a new amusement arcade for Fermoy are mounting a fresh challenge to a recent refusal to allow them open a new centre in the north Cork town.

A fund has been launched to help the parents of an Irish man, who went missing almost eight months ago on a US hiking route, mount a massive search for him.

A €200m building spend at 11 institutes of technology will create extra spaces for around 8,000 students in state-of-the-art facilities for everything from catering to computer science.

A male on-duty Garda motorcyclist was seriously hurt in a single-vehicle road traffic accident near Mallow, north of Rathduff, on the N20 motorway late last night.

A petition against the establishment of a proposed amusement arcade near three secondary schools in a north Cork town has garnered almost 700 signatures over two days.

A key section of the main road from Cork City to West Cork is set to close for two consecutive weekends for major culvert works.

Residents have called for the scrapping of a controversial bus lane on one of Cork city’s busiest roads after figures show there have been more than 100 accidents in the area since it was installed, writes Eoin English of the Irish Examiner.

A Galway man who conned an unsuspecting shop assistant in Killarney into buying “out-of-date contraceptive devices” has been given the Probation Act.

Love in a hopeless place!

Gardaí investigating a brutal assault which caused severe hand injuries to a young man in Waterford have arrested a 28-year-old.

Gardaí investigating a brutal assault which caused severe hand injuries to a young man in Waterford have arrested a 28-year-old in connection with the incident, writes Conor Kane.

Gardaí in Waterford have been conducting door-to-door inquiries after a assault left a 20-year-old in danger of losing some of his fingers.

A cocaine addict who admitted transporting €16,000 worth of cocaine from Limerick to the Blarney area of Cork was jailed for 10 years yesterday, as it was his second time being caught for such a serious drugs offence.

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With confirmation that Ranbaxy in Tipperary is to close with the loss of 100 jobs by year’s end, the focus turns to upskilling the staff so they can find jobs.

I know your man Baz Ashmawy has that whole 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy thing all sewn up with his poor – but game, it has to be said – mother Nancy being asked to undertake all sorts of hazardous adventures for the benefit of television viewers and having the gizzard frightened out of her on the altar of entertainment.

Waterford  Hospice has issued a warning to householders advising them against bogus charity callers claiming to be from the organisation.

Waterford lands at Kilbarry which had been at the centre of protracted legal and lending dispute with AIB, involving a €25 million loan to speculators have been put for sale, with zoning secured for residential development, and with a €3 million price tag.

There’s great scope and good value at the terraced Skibbereen townhouse called Park View.

Over €100,000 worth of damage was caused to three vehicles used by Irish Water in an arson attack.

Gardaí have sealed off a road on the northside of Cork city following the discovery of a suspect device.

The fourth annual WLRfm Waterford Viking Marathon takes place on Saturday, June 27 next year. Pieta House Waterford is the nominated charity to benefit from the event, which is aiming to attract record numbers in 2015.

Six people have been taken to hospital after a seven-car pile-up on Cork's main ring road.

A one-year-old baby, her 11-year-old sister and third person are in hospital tonight after suffering injuries following a petrol bomb attack in Waterford.

A Waterford woman has picked up half-a-million euros which she won in last Friday’s EuroMillions Plus draw.