20 year development time-frame for 31-acre docks site

No 3 Grand View Terrace is in mint condition, says Tommy Barker. Pictures: Ted Murphy

The revamped Cork City South East local electoral area represents a daunting challenge for any single

Tommy Barker unearths a little gem near Cork’s impressive docklands where development is really picking up pace to meet long-held expectations.

Cork City Council has advised that it has upgraded its Severe Weather Alert to level 3 status and it has activated its Crisis Management Team.

A man came out of a six-week coma in hospital and stole cash and a phone belonging to one of the doctors.

MORE investors are getting out of the housing market in Cork than are buying into it, at a time of unprecedented demand for rental properties, with no new supply of any scale, a gathering of the construction sector has been told.

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Gardaí have been warning the public about parking restrictions this week ahead of the Munster quarter-final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Curious onlookers are being drawn to a trio of cruise ships visiting Cork city centre and Cobh.

A man’s matrimonial plans for later this year had to be postponed as he ended up in jail for burglary and other crimes.

After almost a decade in the doldrums, renewed activity is expected across a number of fronts in Cork city’s docklands and quays in 2016, with knock-on effects on major sites downriver in Cork harbour including Marino Point and Ringaskiddy.

Tommy Barker reports on quay deals for future dock developments.

A multi-million euro brewing investment has commenced on Cork city’s Marina Park— ironically, in a 50,000 sq ft unit previously used by Beamish and Crawford as a distribution depot.

The Irish Naval Service’s new state-of-the-art vessel, the LÉ Samuel Beckett, will open to the public for the first time today ahead of its official twinning with Cork city this weekend.

Cork City Council has given the go-ahead for a major c 200,000 sq ft office development plan at Albert Quay, Cork.

Planners have given the green light for a €50m, nine-storey office block which could deliver up to 2,000 jobs for Cork city.

WHAT value Cork’s prime docklands sites now?

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.

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

The New Year won’t bring any let-up in the stormy weather in the south of the country as flood alerts have been issued in Cork city and county.

Tourism officials in Cobh, Co Cork, are planning to erect a life-size sculpture of local athlete and Olympic silver medallist Sonia O’Sullivan.

Two great Irish sports stars walked away uninjured from a dramatic head-on crash in Cork City at the weekend.

Sports stars Ronan O’Gara and Graham Canty will be caught up in the drama this weekend as one of the largest ever emergency services showcases in Ireland is staged.

Cork County Board are hoping a new traffic management plan will make it easier for anyone travelling to the Munster final tomorrow at Páirc Uí Chaoimh to get in and out of the city.

Cork County Board officials are confident there will be no difficulties with the Páirc Uí Chaoimh surface for Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final between Cork and Kerry despite the heavy rain the last couple of days.

A man's body has been recovered from the River Lee in Cork city today.

A BRITISH Navy officer was arrested in Cork yesterday and charged with assaulting a female garda.

THE Lord Mayor of Cork has called a meeting of the city’s TDs as part of a new drive to secure Government funding for an €80 million bridge that will help kickstart the city’s docklands regeneration.

Navy divers have this evening recovered the body of a woman from a car which entered the River Lee close to Cork city centre.

A major rescue operation is underway in Cork, after a car entered the River Lee close to the city centre.

The body of a man has been recovered from the River Lee in Cork.

CORK CITY COUNCIL is poised to award a lucrative contract to a PR firm to brand and market its multi-billion docklands regeneration project.

PLANNING permission has been sought for what is billed as “a catalyst site” for one of the first significant moves into Cork city’s south docks, in a multi-billion-euro development project.

THE homeless woman whose body was taken from the River Lee in Cork yesterday morning was described by her street friends as a “Mother Teresa figure”.

GARDAÍ were last night continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the drowning of a 54-year-old mother of four in Cork’s River Lee.

Gardaí are investigating the death of a 53-year-old woman whose body was recovered from the River Lee in Cork city this morning.

Fire crews were today battling a blaze at warehouses in Dublin’s docklands which has been smouldering since Monday.

GARDAÍ believe yesterday’s massive fire which destroyed a towering silo complex on Cork’s south docks was started deliberately.

A fire has caused extensive damage to a disused storehouse on Kennedy Quay in Cork city this morning.

THE DEATH of a man days after he was admitted to hospital with a nosebleed was directly linked to his abuse of alcohol, an inquest heard yesterday.