Facebook has lodged planning documents to facilitate its use of The Capitol offices development in the centre of Cork city.

US pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is set to add capacity for about 500 new jobs in Cork.

It was his grandmother and father who instilled the value of money in Dublin entrepreneur Brian Lee — he insists those life lessons serve him well to this day as his Freshly Chopped health food brand expands throughout the country.

One of the country’s fastest growing food chains has officially opened in Cork, with an eye on more expansion in the city before the end of the year.

With most of Cork’s suburban retail parks now at or close to full occupancy, the arrival of UK homewares chain The Range as the anchor tenant at Eastgate Retail Park sees another c 60,000 sq ft taken up, and a new brand name enter the recovering Munster retail fray, with a product range spanning 65,000 items.

Business leaders in a key employment hub have called for urgent action on sustainable transport solutions amid predictions that employment in the area could double to 30,000 in a decade.

Office activity in Cork’s suburbs, especially from FDI companies, has picked up sharply in recent months, according to agent Paul Hannon of Lisney.

Cork city and county are at risk of losing out on attracting major foreign companies to invest in the region because proper facilities are not there for them.

Up to 560 jobs will be created in Cork and Kerry following announcements by an outsourcing company and the food sector.

A ban on property developers who are in Nama from buying back their own loans may eventually be lifted if the agency is still seeking to offload assets prior to being wound up in 2020.

Cork could be in line for a significant jobs boost with the announcement that pharmaceutical multinational Eli Lilly is to spend €10m on new Cork offices, in a building capable of hosting hundreds of new shared financial services jobs.

Not one, but two governments — and their two currencies — are behind the agency and lease at a property investment just up for sale with a price tag of nearly €4m.

IT SERVICES and training provider PFH has acquired the Irish arm of Siemens Enterprise Communications in a multi-million-euro deal.

ALL your storage needs — and then some — may be met with Tisroc. You get a free warehouse with this house sale or, (if storage is more your thing,) a free house with the warehouse purchase.

Property Editor Tommy Barker on why home owners living close to the newly expanded East Cork rail service are laughing all the way to the bank.

PROPERTY developer Owen O’Callaghan is to invest a further €300m near Mahon in Cork as part of a massive residential development.

THE man who has presided over the biggest period of growth in the history of County Cork confirmed yesterday that he has decided to retire on December 18.

CORK County Council is currently examining planning applications for 30 multi-million euro hotel/golf resorts, county manager Maurice Moloney disclosed yesterday.

NOW it is a little faded and the winter colours don’t help, but Árd Aoibhinn in Little Island is a bit of on an unpolished gem.

AN American-owned multinational is set to announce the creation of 75 jobs in Co Cork, doubling the existing workforce at its plant in Little Island.