Drunken revellers know it well but Cork city’s much- loved Berwick Fountain on Grand Parade is getting a facelift.

Design experts behind the €6m revamp of Cork’s Morrison’s Island, which integrates flood defences with public realm upgrades, believe it “strikes the right balance” between protecting the area’s heritage and reducing flood risk.

Plans for flood defences to protect one of Cork City’s most flood-prone areas as part of a major public realm upgrade have gone on public display.

CONGRATULATIONS on your fine publication Life Through A Lens (June 17). In the Past Times selection, the images of the Fireman’s Rest in Patrick Street particularly caught my attention.

A TEMPORARY shelter for bus drivers on Munster’s top shopping street was described last night as a “public eyesore”.