Cork’s love affair with dining out, music, and coffee is driving a retail expansion throughout the city and suburbs.

On a stormy night, from deep underneath his quilt, The Menu will always spare a thought for any poor souls caught out on the high seas with an especially heartfelt addendum added for those impossibly brave crew-members of the lifeboats.

A man who failed to rob an off-licence when a staff member fended him off with a stool returned a couple of weeks later armed with an imitation gun and robbed the same premises.

Under-siege residents living near two of Ireland’s largest third-level colleges have called for a levy to be imposed on students to cover the costs of on-street security.

Gardaí are planning to track down rogue landlords who are ignoring alcohol-fuelled problems caused by third-level student tenants in Cork.