An expert report on Cork harbour has contradicted claims made by Dairygold that waste from a planned cheese plant will be “safely carried out to sea on outgoing tides”.

Residents living around Cork Harbour are claiming cheese production giant Dairygold avoided meaningful consultation with them before seeking to build a new plant that will pump 3m litres of waste into the water.

Tommy Barker tells of a prime home location.

 

Seventeen kilometres of mains water pipes are to be replaced in areas of Co Cork where supply breakages have dogged communities for years.

After the terrible attacks in Paris where 130 people were murdered, it makes me think of Gaza — as there are similarities and hypocritical differences.

Kya deLongchamps loses her head and much of her heart in the accrued history, and charm of Rathcoursey.

With some TLC and modern comforts this cosy cottage could be just right for a couple, an individual or for holidays, says Trish Dromey.

Cork harbour homes are attracting a lot of attention from UK buyers with a powerful pound, says Tommy Barker.

For years, Noel Barry and his four buddies have sailed Cork harbour, sampling the seafood chowder available at its bars and restaurants. Here, they give some advice to sailors with a hearty appetite

Sq m 284 (3,000 sq ft)

Two men in their 50s were rescued from Cork Harbour this evening after their sailing boat capsized.

Size: Sq m 233 (2,500 sq ft)

Size: Sq m 462 (5,080 sq ft)

SHOULD it be every Cork resident’s right to get out on the abundant waters of the harbour, or the River Lee?

Youghal Town Council is to get €280,000 to restore the storm-damaged boardwalk.

Waterside home is awash with luxury and swimming options, writes Tommy Barker, with interiors to float your boat.

Meet the man who’s pushing the boat out as part of a new initiative to promote alternatives forms of travel to work.

You can bring your own boat to the doorstep of this Rathcoursey home — and, if you haven’t one, its upbeat selling agent might even promise one. After all, he delivered before on a vague promise - only it was with a goat.

Money is tight , but market upper-end sales are going through. Tommy Barker reports

Douglas Farmer’s Market will be temporarily upping to new locations on Dec 15 and Dec 22.

CHRISTMAS is coming, the geese are getting fat, please put a penny in the old man’s hat.

An elderly brother and sister were killed in an early morning house fire.

Two people have been confirmed killed in this morning's house fire in Midleton, Co Cork.

Emergency services are at the scene of a serious house fire in Midleton, Co. Cork this morning.

A YOUNG Irishman who broke his back in an horrific crash in the Australian outback has vowed to return to thank the Flying Doctor medics who saved his life.

BUILT just last year, the four-bed, three bathroom detached dormer home at Bawnard East, near Midleton in east Cork, has 2,700 sq ft of space and an asking price just €10k short of half a million euros.

IS it sexist now to describe Ballintubber Lodge as ‘a Gentleman’s Residence?’ Let an enterprising woman come to the fore, then, and change the auctioneer’s historically redolent description of this country home, newly up for sale.

Gardaí and the Health and Safety Authority have launched seperate investigations after a man was killed in an industrial accident in county Cork.

LAST weekend Nicholas O’Leary won the Irish Sailing Association Championships in Cork Harbour.

Rose Martin says Glenmore’s snug seaside setting makes it a perfect buy

THOUGH yesterday’s dramatic events in west Cork could not have been unexpected, they were alarming and fortunate in equal measure.

Tommy Barker visits a blissful property that pretty much has it all.

I WAS delighted to hear Indaver Ireland has abandoned plans to build incinerators in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, and in Co Meath.

HOME to the haves and the have-yachts, Currabinny in Cork Harbour is an area where house prices are elevated and sales are rare.

GREAT Island in Cork, home to Cobh, Verolme, Rushbrooke and right around to East Ferry and Marlogue Woods, has witnessed many a ship launch.

VIEWS of East Grove, the fabulous period Cork harbour home, and the water are just two of the attributes of Fuschia Cottage, an East Ferry home up for sale as an early 2006 property market ‘find’.

THERE’S only one way that East Cork is overlooked any more — and that’s from the vantage points yielding harbour and coastal vistas.