The Office of Public Works (OPW) may have to revisit the drawing board on a proposed flood-prevention scheme, after reportedly failing to factor in flooding incidents during a cost-benefit analysis.

A memorial will be unveiled today just off America’s iconic Route 66 in memory of a Cork woman who became one of the most celebrated trade unionists in US history.

ADAPTABILITY, ambition, determination, pragmatism, courage and an understanding of the power of community — and the game-changing gift of a thumb — are some of the

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There’s always been an arty, academic, and literary vibe to the St Luke’s Cross hillside, within a steep uphill stride of Cork city centre. Auburn Villas atop of Gardiner’s Hill personifies that mix.

Three major exhibitions are to be held in Cork this week dealing with the potential for flooding in a number of areas and what measures can be taken to mitigate against it.

Families living in the Lee Valley area of Co Cork are refusing to give up their nine-year fight to stop a windfarm being sited close to one of the Europe’s last ancient river forests. They are to appeal Cork County Council’s latest decision to An Bord Pleanála.

Events are taking place all over Ireland today to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1916 rising. 

There’s the big show in Dublin tomorrow, but you know all about that. Michael Moynihan caught just one of the thousands of other games on this weekend to give another snapshot of the GAA...

The State’s 100th anniversary commemoration of the 1916 Rising takes place at the graveside of the 14 executed insurrection leaders at Arbour Hill, Dublin, tomorrow.

A woman refused a three-storey council house overlooking Cork harbour because she and her children would get sea-sick peering out the window.

Last week, I described appealing a decision of the Planning Authority to grant or refuse planning permission, which is in the news following a recent High Court case. 

The town of Bandon is bracing itself for the possibility of further flooding this weekend as much of the southern region goes on high alert following warnings of more bad weather.

Cork-born Cónal Creedon is a novelist, playwright and documentary film maker. His latest book, The Immortal Deed Of Michael O’Leary, is an account of a man from Inchigeelagh, Co Cork, who became a hero of the First World War.

Ciarán Ó Lionáird has called for increased funding for anti-doping agencies around the world in the wake of yesterday’s report from the World Anti-Doping Agency, which shed light on the extent of the doping problem in athletics.

A severe weather alert remains in place today after torrential rain destroyed roads and flooding cut off part of the Mizen peninsula in West Cork yesterday.

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Snipe, the Garda drugs dog, sniffed out €13,000 worth of cannabis being grown in a field by a 59-year-old Inchigeelagh farmer with an “alternative lifestyle”.

The Office of Public Works is finalising plans to protect more than 300 communities in the country and hopes to publish a priority list of works for them next year.

IF John Creedon was a weather condition, he would probably be described as a warm, westerly breeze coming in from the Atlantic. And it blows through all aspects of his world - work and play.

Despite guidelines in the Cork County Development Plan, council planners say around 50% of the county is still "open to consideration" as regards the erection of wind farms.

Cork County Council and Irish Water have issued a boil water notice to almost 80 parts of the county due to fears that the supply was contaminated during Wednesday’s storms.

Motorists are advised to take extreme care on the roads this morning following heavy rain and flooding overnight.

We view a selection of starter homes from around the country.

A preferred book café here in Singapore is just a medium stroll from our apartment.

A man’s heart stopped four times while he waited more than an hour for an ambulance, according to activists campaigning for the retention of a 24-hour ambulance service in Skibbereen, Co Cork.

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So far, life has taught me how to surrender.

The assistant state pathologist has warned about the dangers of ecstasy after the death of a woman who took one tablet at the Electric Picnic music festival.

This Terelton holding is sure to draw attention at auction on February 7.

An astonishing €22,000 per acre was made at auction last week for a 9 acre, unzoned field in the sleepy village of Inchigeelagh, Co Cork.

The nine-acre field at Inchigeelagh, Co Cork, is being sold at agricultural price levels.

LIFE is a lottery, they say, and you certainly don’t get to pick your parents.

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GROWING your own and local food are the topics of an event in Inchigeelagh, Co Cork, next Sunday at Creedon’s Hotel.

WATER was being restored to a number of areas in Cork city yesterday and last night council officials said that all but 8,000 homes would have their supply restored by early this evening.

A LATE Robert O’Mahony point earned St Finbarr’s a 0-12 to 1-9 draw in an entertaining all city Evening Echo Cork Co Premier IFC final against St.Vincent’s under lights at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday, with the replay pencilled in as the curtain raiser to the senior final on October 5.

THERE were times at Inchigeelagh yesterday when Duhallow looked good, very good.