There's a grand stretch in the evenings.

Mad about reimagining Cork city community groups involved in painting, street art and guerrilla gardening projects are fuelling a renewed sense of pride Leeside, even making electricity boxes hot property, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

Green Reit shares climbed following its surprise decision to put itself on the market, but other stock market property listed firms failed to get a major lift.

No criminal charges will be brought in relation to the death of a 24-year-old man shot dead in a case of mistaken identity.

A local authority has defended the installation of an unsightly steel railing along an historic city quay.

A Co Cork man, who was jailed for eight years last month for killing a young man through his aggressive driving under the influence of drink and cocaine, returned to court yesterday looking for his van back.

Kodaline will be the headline act for the New Year's Festival in Dublin.

Up to €40,000 has been spent retrofitting safety mesh onto some of Cork’s historic quayside railings.

The smell of one ‘extremely dirty’ taxi was ‘horrific’, forcing the passenger to keep the window open during the journey, writes Gordon Deegan.

The smell of one ‘extremely dirty’ taxi was ‘horrific’, forcing the passenger to keep the window open during the journey.

Aileen Lee meets Audrey Lehane, Jewellery Designer/owner of Azure Jewellery in Cork

A Corkman was extradited from the UK this week and charged with dangerous driving causing the death, almost four years ago, of a young French man working for Apple.

A SMALL corner of Cork city’s venerable George’s Quay is slowly being rehabilitated and returned to a gem-like, Georgian era cluster.

Property developer Johnny Ronan’s planned “iconic” 22-storey Aqua Vetro tower will have an adverse and detrimental effect on the character and integrity of key buildings and architecturally-sensitive locations in Dublin, according to one objector to the plans.

A former publican claimed in the High Court a former AIB investment manager stole from her and defrauded her of her investment in the pub.

Described as a commercial development opportunity on a modest scale is the proposed sale of No 23 George’s Quay, in Cork city centre.

A CORK city office investment comes for sale this week for €2.5 million, just as a law firm in Ireland’s Top 20 prepares to move into it.

I have in my possession a ‘Busy at Maths 5’ primary school text book, writes Colm O’Regan

IN the first five months of 2015, office activity in Cork has been dominated by the FDI sector, with five substantial transactions completed.

Three-storey, two-bed townhouse in Cork is high-end, with a mid-floor kitchen and en-suites, says Tommy Barker.

HIGH vacancy levels on Cork City’s South Mall may finally be reversed, with an overall rise in the economy, and in the demand for professional services and indigenous offices.

Over €86.7m will be spent by the Office of Public Works (OPW) on leasing buildings which house government departments and other State agencies this year.

The former Maddens TV shop, at no 5, Parliament St, is to let in Cork City

ANTIQUES FAIRS

Vacant shop windows are being transformed into artistic tourist information panels as part of a new approach to tackle dereliction in Cork City.

THERE are plenty of good cafés in Ireland and they have given us a taste for good home brews. 

The Cork Business Association has called for a rates reduction or write-down for business owners who install flood defences.

Ulster Bank has confirmed that it is to close a further seven Irish branches, including three in Dublin and one in Cork City.

The family of a cyclist killed in a hit-and-run have thanked the gardaí for tracking down the prime suspect, who was arrested at Heathrow Airport in London as he was about to board a flight to Australia.

Flood-hit traders in Cork City, who are bracing for more misery tonight, have pleaded with the Government to fast-track the delivery of a multi-million flood defence plan.

A severe weather warning has been issued by Met Éireann with a prolonged spell of stormy weather set to lash the country from tomorrow.

It’s sandbags at the ready in Cork city again after the local authority once more warned of tidal flooding today and tomorrow.

The mother of a 25-year-old Frenchman, killed in Ireland by a hit-and-run driver who later fled the country, has spoken publicly for the first time of the pain his death has caused, and thanked the people who supported her family.

“A classic case of city thuggery” was how a sentencing judge yesterday described the actions of two thieves.

Gardaí say the hit-and-run driver who killed a young Frenchman in Cork City has fled the country.

A friend of the Frenchman who was killed in a hit-and-run incident in Cork last week has issued an emotional appeal for the driver to come forward.

A file is being prepared for the DPP after a garda’s wife was seriously injured in a hit and run in Co Cork.

A middle-aged woman has been seriously injured in the second hit-and-run incident in Cork in a matter of days.

Gardaí have appealed for a hit-and-run van driver to give himself up after he knocked down and killed a 25-year-old Frenchman in Cork City.

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An international finance company will create up to 100 jobs at its new global headquarters in Dublin, the firm announced today.