Kittens were heard meowing from inside a charity clothes bin at a shopping centre and yesterday the woman responsible for this said she was absolutely mortified by her own behaviour.

A man with psychiatric difficulties who stole a €500 flatscreen television from a Tesco outlet was given a suspended jail sentence as the judge warned he could not hide behind his depression to avoid jail.

A LOVELY start to Mother’s Day, fresh scones won’t tax the budget. Scones are a calorific luxury to be confined to treats, but what better occasion to indulge?

Occupying quite a market niche for itself is the Douglas Close L-shaped scheme of three-storey, upmarket townhouses, right in the very heart of the suburban village, about 100 metres from the Fingerpost, and a few hundred metres also from not one, but two major shopping centres, as well as a host of cafes, diners and bars.

THE property investment market in Ireland’s second city hit new and record highs in 2015, far out-stripping 2014’s much-recovered market, according to a new report due shortly from DTZ Sherry FitzGerald.

The Wilton Shopping Centre purchase pairing (as part of the Hazel Portfolio sale) of Irish property development and investment company Clarendon Properties, with US-based York Capital Management, bodes well for Wilton’s future, say market observers.

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.

THE sad news of the death of Paddy Keogh of Wines Direct was announced recently and this column would like to extend sympathies to his family and work colleagues. 

A second Cork shopping centre complex, Douglas Court, developed by the Love family’s Shipton Group, is part of a retail-dominated portfolio that is for sale valued at €120m.

A man who pinched a live lobster from a fish tank over two months ago, finally paid for it yesterday at Cork District Court — and left a tip.

A convicted rapist who was due to be sentenced yesterday for terrifying a woman and her elderly mother in a knifepoint hijacking at a shopping-centre car park in Cork died on Friday.

A convicted rapist terrified a woman and her elderly mother at a shopping centre car park in Cork when he pulled a knife and demanded their car keys.

DOUGLAS Court Shopping Centre, which has sensationally been placed in receivership, is likely to be managed ’as-is’ for some time before being offered for sale — and its likely value is around €30m, according to property sources.

Douglas village is the location for a convenient penthouse, as Tommy Barker reports.

WATER supplies will be switched off, at nighttime, to thousands of homes in parts of south Cork over the next 10 days as the county council completes essential works.

DRIVING conditions remain very dangerous throughout the country as the brutally cold winter snap continues.

BLUE SQUARE is pleased to announce the official launch of the free WiFi Internet service in Douglas Court Shopping Centre, Cork, Ireland’s first shopping centre to provide free wireless Internet access to its customers.

GARDAÍ issued a warning last night about bogus collectors who are cynically using a leading Cork charity to target the public.

LIVING in some elegance in inner Douglas is an option for first-timers or downsizers, with the sale of a two-bedroom apartment in the Watergold development.

THE first step in a radical transformation of Douglas village in Cork has been signalled by a 124-bed hotel planning application.

THE Sasha chain of ladies fashion stores has been bought by Cork-based Dynasty Accessories in a deal believed to be worth at least €10 million. The combined group will employ more than 400 and generate annual sales of more than €50m.

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