A stunning new mural with a conservation theme has been unveiled on the quayside in Cork city as part of a new city placemaking initiative.

A Romanian man caught in possession of a knife claimed he only had it for paring apples and today he was given a one-month jail term - suspended on condition that he would leave the country.

There will be a wave of fresh investment in Cork once the long-mooted event centre is finally built to host events of the size of Dublin's Pendulum Summit, business leaders have said.

A new play delves into the lives of the shawlies, the Cork women who were ahead of their time in running a family and a business, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

Cork’s historic Coal Quay needs a new vision, City Hall has admitted, conceding that its original vision of creating a thriving market precinct “hasn’t been fully realised”.

A number of bank investments have come to market, with 17 branches nationwide valued at €28.5m, including the Bank of Ireland branch in Mallow, valued at €3.2m, while in Cork, two former bank branches have also come to the open market with Cushman & Wakefield.

A fierce fire-breathing dragon is set to reawaken from its lair and prowl the ancient spine of Cork City tomorrow night as part of one of the country’s largest Halloween festivals.

A market stall which was blocking views of a listed pub in Cork’s traditional street market quarter has been moved.

Trying to survive without purchasing plastic for a month proved tough for Ellie O’Byrne and those who want us to cut down on using it for environmental reasons must find cheaper alternatives.

An average of 75 motorists in Cork City were issued with parking fines by traffic wardens each day last year.

A new food donation programme in Cork aims to create 100,000 meals for people suffering from food poverty.

The classically styled limestone building on Cork city’s historical Coal Quay, occupied by the successful restaurant and bar the Cornstore, has been put up for sale as an invesment.

TWENTY Years a Growing, or Fiche Bliain ag Fás, is a classic memoir of 20th century Irish literature — but, in the case of a Cork city office building, it’s more like a case of Five Years, and no Fás.

A LIMERICK City bank building, on O’Connell Street and Bedford Row, is being sold for as much as €10m — a recent Munster-bank investment sale price record.

A large retail unit in the heart of Cork city’s North Main Street, with a distinctive cut limestone front facade has come up to let.

RETAIL developments in Cork in the coming months suggest the marketing of the Wilton Shopping Centre, in a portfolio offer, and TK Maxx opening up in the former Tesco unit in Douglas Shopping Centre.

A Cork brewing company is looking for some willing participants to try out five of their new craft beers.

Having just stepped down from a three-year term as county chairman of the Vintners Federation of Ireland, publican Con Dennehy has taken ownership of The Venue bar, in Cork’s suburban Ballintemple.

Progressive Commercial Construction’s application for a major office development on Cork’s Albert Quay has been withdrawn.

Retailer Lidl is the first of two German discount chains to make a strong foothold in Cork city centre, opening today in Cornmarket Street, ahead of Aldi’s plans to locate in the ground floor of the Elsyian tower.

The investigation of a spate of burglaries throughout Cork and Kerry where over €90,000 worth of property was stolen led gardaí to the door of a Lithuanian couple where they found some of the stolen property.

I drove to Cork early last Sunday morning to do my Christmas shopping for my children, grandchildren, and relations.

A PRIME, good-sized store on Cork City’s Patrick Street has come up to let via Savills, at a market-savvy rent, after being vacated during the summer by Mothercare.

We are all familiar with the wastage of funds that was rampant in Fás in the past.

This month, artisans, from potters to jewellers, are opening their workshops to tea ch their traditional skills, says Colette Sheridan

Cork Craft and Design: This site brings together the very best of Cork’s craftmakers and artists, from ceramicists and jewellers to textile-workers and sculptors.

Pic 1: Mary Jane chairs by Fergal O'Leary of Horizon Furniture which will be on show at the Locus Exhibition on Cornmarket Street and at the pop-up shop on Opera Lane for Cork Craft Month.

LIFTING our heads above the drizzle and grey clouds becomes more challenging as our so-called summer progresses towards darker evenings, leaving us with the feeling summer has by-passed us altogether.

WHETHER it’s marvelling at the intricate basketwork wrought by Lynn Kirkham, or considering treating yourself to a breathtaking silk scarf by Veronika O’Driscoll, there’s every chance to forget the weather this August.

THE former Cork City premsies of Game, at 66 Patrick Street, has been put up for lease, three months after the retail chain went into administration, affecting over 2,000 jobs in the UK and Ireland.

A leading publican has claimed Cork City centre is “dying at night” due to the excessive cost of late-night bar extensions.

IN A case of new wine in old bottles, multi-pub owner Benny McCabe this weekend opens a city wine and food bar in one of Cork’s oldest retail buildings, one that served as a pharmacy for close to a century.

A giant banner which hid a derelict hotel in the heart of Cork City for almost a year has been taken down for health and safety reasons.

LAST TIME I visited Limerick, one of the highlights of the trip was an evening meal with friends in The French Table.

A new speed limit of 30 kilometres per hour comes into force in Cork city centre from today.

LARGE breweries will have to stop early morning pick-ups and deliveries if the rampant theft of beer kegs is to be stopped, a senior figure in the publicans’ organisation the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland has warned.

BUSINESS leaders have reacted angrily to plans by Cork City Council to reduce the speed limit in a number of the city’s central streets to 30km/h, claiming it will prove detrimental to retailers and is not needed.

IN every election, candidates feed the electorate with tasty promises and even, in some cases, quickly thought up gimmicks that will get that all important extra vote.