Yesterday’s incident came just a week after a mini explosion at the company’s Anngrove plant in Carrigtwohill on April 18

Residents of Barryscourt near Carrigtwohill object to plans for Owenacurra Agri's barley storage and drying plant

Junior minister Kieran O’Donnell was responding in the Dáil when Cork East TD David Stanton said he was 'amazed' the local authority had not applied for the funding

Working group set up last year to examine 'the risks and potential costs to the State presented by derelict ships' entering Irish territorial waters and coming ashore

The congested East Cork village is hoping for a bypass, but locals fear someone will be killed there before it is built due to the volume of traffic, writes Neil Michael

Residents in East Cork who have been forced to buy bottled water for over a year face another three years of water quality issues despite efforts to fast-track a solution.

Lack of public transport affects those without cars including the refugees being accommodated in Trabolgan holiday village

'Why should a student with additional needs in North Cork be forced to commute for up to three hours a day potentially?'

John Patrick Allen, 83, and his wife Berna, 82, died following a collision with a car transporter on the N28 

The Water Advisory Board has voiced concerns over long standing boil notices, and a decline in Irish Water's performance

East Cork town buzzes with a party atmosphere from early morning as athletes are cheered on by thousands of spectators

Tasty treats and a comfy space are the recipe for a great brunch date with the family 

Food trucks have become an intrinsic part of Irish food culture. Joe McNamee on why our love affair with mobile cooking is going nowhere

North Cork has 22 respite beds while East Cork has just 16

Meet our local food pioneers — men and women who run their businesses with a desire to do right by the planet.

'The memories will live forever'

Maximus has been accused of sloppy handling of student loans and unfair debt collection practices in America's social welfare schemes

Ireland needs to build at least 33,000 homes a year just to meet domestic demand. And then there's climate change ...

Unanimous support in county council for those who have suffered long-term inconvenience and agreement that they must get an alternative supply, tax credits 

Selling parties of proposed new facility were the sister and brother-in-law of the acting head of mental health services for the Cork/Kerry region

Members of the Oireachtas Health Committee will visit the Owenacurra facility as locals battle to save it from closure

Both homes are ready-to-go, both have scope to expand, and both are nicely priced

Carrigtwohill's population is set to continue surging and may reach 10,000 in just six years

Tackling pollution and enhancing flora and fauna around Ireland's coasts has become a matter of national urgency, says founder

A partnership between almost 100 tillage farmers and BirdWatch Ireland, backed by Irish Distillers and rural and social development organisation Secad, set out to gather information on wildlife in the tillage stronghold areas of East Cork

Benefits of using local skills, valuable expertise, and quality produce to create something special are very clear to see from one famous brand

Construction restrictions as a result of Covid-19 has delayed project but some greenway sections may open in the interim

East Cork Walkway remains closed because it's too narrow to allow for social distancing

Moll Goggin’s viewing balcony in Youghal looks set to be saved from collapsing into the sea

Piggery in Ballymacoda, East Cork, has been granted permission to demolish an existing piggery and increase the same site from its current 1,000 'finisher' pigs to 4,224-4,500 finishers, which will double the output of pig slurry to 7m litres a year

Clean Coasts Ballynamona Group in East Cork has just taken delivery of a new €25,000 John Deere ‘Gator’ to help tackle the tonnes of litter that washes up on the coast

Residents' associations along the proposed route of a high-voltage underground cable, part of the Celtic Interconnector project, are teaming up to oppose its laying close to their homes

Environmental Protection Agency found that issues with the Whitegate regional public water supply have been affecting 9,500 consumers

However the Government is to fund all of the €19.8m cost up from a previous commitment of €8m

Irish Water has said it believes it will be 'a matter of weeks, rather than months' before the notice is lifted. 

State pathologist examines human skull that was discovered on greenway site on Tuesday, with more bones since found in same area on Thursday

The fishermen were concerned after media reports in recent weeks outlined huge funding shortfalls at Fota Wildlife Park and Dublin Zoo. 

SUSHI has a lot going for it as a delicious, readymade alternative to a sandwich. The rounds of compacted, short-grain rice wrapped in seaweed sheets have plenty of nutrients.

Beach parties are putting an environmentally sensitive coastal landscape at risk.

Political and education leaders in east Cork have urged the Government to follow through on a long-mooted secondary school campus for Carrigtwohill after the state planning board gave it the green light.

A commercial investment in the very heart of east Cork's Midleton is for sale, with possible further development potential and current income stream as it stands.

A private Blackwater Valley family home since the 1750s, and only once ever before changing family hands’ ownership after its ‘first’ 200 years, Co Waterford’s Salterbridge House is, however, a rather special place and one that despite such private ownership will be familiar to many.

From a family background steeped in sport, rather than politics, Micheál Martin’s upbringing provided him with the qualities to endure 30 years at the frontline of public life, writes Special Correspondent Michael Clifford

A stash of cannabis worth almost €40,000 was seized by gardaí in Midleton and now a young woman from Youghal has been given a four-year suspended jail term.