Extended pay-parking times due to come into effect in a busy part of Cork City next week have been slated.

The redevelopment of the former Cork City home of maths genius George Boole as a visitor centre and business and research hub takes a major step forward this week.

Tommy Barker revisits the one-time home of UCC maths professor George Boole as the 200th anniversary of his birth is celebrated.

The former home of one of the fathers of computer science is among the 28 sites to benefit from government funding for conservation work on heritage buildings.

Plans have been lodged with Cork City Council to restore the home of maths pioneer and the forefather of the information age, George Boole.

Cllr Mick Finn said the plan, which is being introduced at the same time as proposed traffic changes around Grenville Place, will have a huge impact on people living in the Middle Parish, the city’s biggest residential area.

Private cars could be banned from Cork City’s main street by the middle of next year under radical traffic plans due to be published tomorrow.

Architects have released the first image of their plans for the refurbished home of maths genius George Boole — the father of modern computer science.

Descendants of George Boole, the maths genius whose pioneering work in Cork over 150 years ago helped create the modern digital age, have expressed their delight about plans to honour his legacy.

A local authority has moved to acquire the derelict former home of maths genius George Boole, the father of modern computer science.

The green light has been given for the restoration of the derelict former home of maths genius George Boole, the father of modern computer science.

The derelict former Cork home of maths genius George Boole, the father of modern computer science, is to be restored as part of an ambitious joint venture.

Councillors have blocked zoning changes which would have facilitated further development in the Mahon area of Cork pending major upgrades to the area’s roads network.

The man whose maths powers every webpage, every smartphone and every music player is to be celebrated in Cork, the birthplace of Boolean algebra, two centuries after his own birth.

Private cars could be banned from Cork City’s main shopping street on a trial basis before the end of the year.

Banning cars from Cork’s main street as part of a major new traffic plan will improve the city’s vibrancy, promote economic development, and encourage further investment, the city manager said last night.

A plan to allow pedestrians to reclaim much of Cork city centre has been unveiled.

TRIBUTES were paid last night following the death of a community leader who campaigned for answers for the victims of Cork’s 2009 flood.

A WOMAN was rescued by firefighters from the River Lee yesterday just yards from the Mercy University Hospital.

I AM a resident of the Cork city area which was flooded at this time last year. Recently we had flood warnings on radio and TV — high tides, flooding of the River Lee, heavy rainfall and, on top of this, a hurricane coming in from the Atlantic.

THE solicitor advising victims of last year’s devastating Cork flood has called for the establishment of a national dam authority to hold the ESB accountable.

AS THE first anniversary of the devastating floods that hit Cork approaches, I would like to set the record straight on what was done at government level to deal with the aftermath, and to outline the consequences of dealing with such situations as demanded by “soapbox” politicians from opposition parties eager to peddle their “snakeoil” for political gain.

COMPLACENCY, inertia, arrogance, denial and inaction. These characterised “Official Ireland’s” failure to anticipate and ameliorate last year’s flooding in Cork and are informing its response ever since.

A year on, Cork is still wide open to another disaster, says Eoin English.

THE ESB has bowed to pressure and a lowered a critical water level at its dams on the River Lee in the hope of reducing flood risk.

A PARTIAL building collapse has sparked fears for the safety of buildings in the part of Cork city which bore the brunt of last November’s massive flood.

IT’S HARD to blame the hundreds of Cork householders and business owners affected by the city’s worst flood in living memory for being angry, frustrated and fearful.

RESIDENTS worst hit by last November’s devastating flood in Cork city last night demanded a public inquiry into the disaster.

STATE agencies have been accused of dragging their feet and of failing to protect Cork city from floods.

REPAIRS to two major flood breaches in Cork city’s quay walls will begin before the end of the year.

THE Minister for Finance has announced a €70 million package to help people affected by flooding.

Cork City Council will have to spend almost €35m on flood repairs and future preventative measures following last month’s devastating floods.

ESB flood alerts in Cork vastly underestimated the volume of water discharged from the Inniscarra Dam, according to a report on the city's flooding presented to councillors last night.

THE Government should provide €21 million to upgrade Cork’s main water treatment plant, make it flood proof, and secure the city’s supply of drinking water, the city manager said last night.

THE Office of Public Works (OPW) is to enter into talks with Cork city council to devise “an immediate plan to repair, improve and enhance” the city’s quay walls, the minister with responsibility for flood management has said.

HUNDREDS of tonnes of rock armour have been used to plug a huge gap where flood waters breached Cork city’s quay walls.

The Taoiseach will today chair a meeting of the emergency task force set up to look at ways to help those who have been hardest hit by this week's flooding.

UNIVERSITY College Cork (UCC) has been forced to cancel all lectures for a week after floods caused extensive damage to key buildings.