One of Cork’s most prolific developers has said the city will be a “very vibrant place” within the next 12-18 months.

Watch the highlights from the inaugural Hot Wans chilli-eating competition, in aid of Cork ARC Cancer Support services.

Gavin Murray records under the name Trick Mist, and releases his debut album, Both Ends, next week via Pizza Pizza Records.

The big show for Irish viewers this weekend is Taken Down, the new series from the same people who made Love/Hate.

A €1bn Texas-based cybersecurity company, Forcepoint, is to occupy two floors of Cork city centre’s new office block, 85 South Mall, intensifying the 21st-century tech corridor on the southern capital’s most traditional business, banking, commerce and services boulevard.

Today is International Jazz Day. To mark the occasion, Jonathan deBurca Butler asked some well-known fans and musicians about their love of the genre.

She’ll be playing all along so keep your eyes peeled.

Sorting out Cork people for ages

Got a dilemma? No problem! Ask Audrey has all the answers.

Picture This fans are hoping to attend an intimate concert in Cork, and the queue for the venue is VERY long.

A young woman claimed she was sexually assaulted in a hotel room in Cork after meeting a man at a night spot in the city.

A young woman claimed she was sexually assaulted in a hotel room in Cork after meeting a man at a night spot in the city.

A teenager arrested in connection with a serious assault in Dublin has been released.

Des O’Driscoll shares his top top entertainment news

Sorting out Cork people for ages.

Audrey’s been sorting out Cork people for ages! She’s back again this week to solve all your problems, including avoiding an OTT Holy Communion.

There is still an air of mystery around Christmas Day. Particularly in Ireland, where nobody seems sure of the time you can have your first drink without someone saying you’re an alcoholic, says our columnist Ask Audrey

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MUSIC NEWS: It takes a lot to get Pink Floyd back together for anything, and while there are no signs of any music collaborations, the three surviving members have at least joined forces to release a statement on behalf of cause they’ve long been supporters of. 

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Our much-loved Friday columnist, Audrey has a complicated relationship with domesticity. So we couldn’t resist handing her a republished copy of a housekeeping bible that sold 60,000 copies in 1945

IndieCork is proud of its niche status and ability to foster emerging talent, writes Colette Sheridan

MUSIC NEWS: Netflix subscribers now have access to two worthwhile music documentaries: Keith Richards: Under the Influence, in which the Rolling Stones guitarist talks about his new solo album and the sounds that have inspired him over the years; and Time Is Illmatic, the film that tells of Nas’s classic 1994 album, and his background in New York that gave rise to it. 

Cases arising out of a spate of thefts of full kegs of beer from pubs around Cork City during the summer of 2013 were heard in court yesterday.

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Not content with running 12 pubs and a brewery, publican Benny McCabe has revealed plans to develop two micro-distilleries in the heart of Cork City.

MUSIC NEWS: Fans of Bombay Bicycle Club got a nice bonus at the band’s gig in Earls Court last weekend when the Londoners were joined on stage by David Gilmour. 

Auctions were where much of the sales activity was for the Irish market in 2014 — with Shame and Hunger actor Michael Fassbender among those showing an appetite for a slice of the action. 

PANTOMIME is not just for children. 

MUSIC NEWS: Ed Sheeran really is the greatest human being in the history of the world. Ever. 

Further office sales and investments beckon on Cork city’s South Mall traditional offices heartland, hot on the heels of a building investment sale by Allsops last month, for €1.4million.

Mick Hannigan is at the helm of Indie Cork, the festival of independent cinema which has a strong emphasis of local talent, writes Colette Sheridan

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GIG WISE: With Electric Picnic out of the way, the next biggie on the Irish music horizon is the Guinness Amplify festival taking place through the five provinces on different weekends in September and October.

PICNIC PARTICULARS: The programmers at Electric Picnic have been doing their stuff for quite a few years, so hopefully the mellow tones of Portishead won’t jar with the exuberance of the Saturday mainstage crowd at 10.30pm.