CONSTRUCTION work will roll from one block to another at Cork city’s largest ever office scheme, Navigation Square, over the next three years, pledged developer Brian O’Callaghan this week.

Business leaders in Cork have given City Hall two weeks to iron out teething problems with the new St Patrick St car ban.

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.

THE chance to have Apple as a tenant in a Cork investment property sale will catch the eye and engage the interest of strong investors nationwide — as will the promised 10.65% net initial yield on offer in the case of two building sales valued at €7.25 million.

The construction of flood defences for one of the most flood-prone zones in Cork city centre is being fast-tracked amid criticism of ongoing delays on the Lower Lee flood relief scheme.

Bigger than a wedding marquee - that’s the proposed new national Bridal Centre.

New chapters beckon at the premises of one of Cork City’s longest-established bookshops, Connolly’s, as owner Adrian Connolly prepares to retire after decades dealing in old and rare books, new books, and records.

ONE of Ireland’s top ten accountancy firms, Moore Stephens Nathans, is to sell its Cork HQ — a former Bank of Ireland premises on the South Mall — on a new 12-year lease and at a rent of €180,000 pa.

AGENTS Lisney bring a second Patrick Street, Cork City, retail building for sale this month as an investment, seeking offers of €750,000 for No 121, opposite the Merchant’s Quay Shopping Centre and Marks & Spencers.

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.

High tides and heavy rainfall mean coastal areas remain on flood alert this week.

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

THE former Cork City Blacktie store is due for sale, within a week of the Irish suit hire company announcing it was going into liquidation, with closure of 11 shops from tomorrow, after a meeting in the Plaza Hotel, Tallaght.

Gardaí have issued specific flood warnings for several areas of Dublin today.

Cork City Council has slashed over €1m from its energy bill despite soaring electricity and gas costs.

GARDAÍ are investigating an attempted robbery yesterday by women wearing traditional Roma costumes from a Cork city shop which was at the centre of a race row last year.

COMPUTER giant Apple is to provide up to 350 jobs in Cork after signing a property deal to establish an office in the city centre.

KYRLS Quay in Cork suffered its worst flooding in almost a year last night as it emerged that EU scientists knew Ireland would suffer extensive river flooding five days before last November’s devastation but declined to disclose this information.

RESIDENTS of one of Cork’s most historic inner-city communities were evacuated over the weekend amid fears their homes were structurally unsafe.

DEVELOPER Owen O’Callaghan has paid between €8 million and €10m for a riverside Cork site by the Opera House, for a retail, office and apartment scheme.