It is not necessary to leave Cork to see examples of flood- protection work undertaken by the Office of Public Works that must colour views of that organisation’s idea of sustainable infrastructure that enhances and protects its setting.

A new report on Cork’s complex groundwater conditions casts further doubt on the OPW’s contentious €140m flood relief plans, writes Eoin English.

This week’s picture from our archives shows an angler being rescued from floods at the Lee Fields, Cork in April, 1928.

Ciara McDonnell rounds up 10 walks to blow the cobwebs away on New Year’s Day.

Major design changes to Cork’s €140m flood defence scheme have been unveiled that will see demountable flood defences, rather than walls, used to protect the most historic city centre areas.

A man with serious addiction problems was jailed for six months yesterday for stealing drink from behind the counters of bars and at shops around Cork.

Cork Airport has detained an exotic visitor climbing a fence near the runway - a ring-tailed coatimundi.

Mystery surrounds how a creature native to the jungles of South America ended up pottering around a garden in a village in Co Cork.

It needs some work but this much-loved 250-year-old home is full of character, writes Tommy Barker.

The unprecedented growth of student accommodation in Cork City over the past two years has raised concerns.

A stunning housing scheme with sophistication and quality family homes on Model Farm Road, has it all, reports Catherine Shanahan.

A proposal to develop one of the longest greenways in Ireland, along the River Lee to the Cork coast has received the backing of the Green Party.

A major development of high-rise student accommodation has been given the go-ahead in Cork.

Cork City Council is close to acquiring 106 acres and a period house near the Lee Fields and the Model Farm Road for possible use as a greenway amenity, in a deal valued at more than €2.2m.

Tommy Barker scans the late poet Seán Ó Tuama’s family home on the outskirts of Cork city, mixing country living with city convenience, views of the Lee Fields, and a unique place in Irish literary history

A proposed new UCC student accommodation building — the 255-bed development at Victoria Cross — is set to rise to eight and up 10 storeys, across four linked blocks, on the former western suburban site of the Crow’s Nest bar.

Tommy Barker admires a well maintained 1950s home in a tranquil setting in Cork’s western suburbs

The latest census results have highlighted the need for more investment in public transport and cycling infrastructure in Cork, according to local representatives.

The Government has sanctioned €1m to help fund an extension of the Cork Harbour Greenway which could be in place within a year.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has called for an independent review of proposed flood relief walls in Cork City claiming they will damage the character of the entire city.

U2 might be regarded as a Dublin band, but a new film will trace the importance of Cork to the group’s early development.

The route of the first Irish Examiner Cork City Marathon to be staged on a Sunday has been tweaked to avoid clashing with morning Masses.

Demolition work gets under way today to pave the way for a vast new riverside public sports, adventure, and ecology park, which will wrap around Cork’s regenerated flagship GAA stadium.

Campaigners opposed to the Office of Public Work’s €140 million flood defence plan for Cork have insisted that a tidal barrier can be built for €135m as part of their three-point plan to protect the city from flooding.

The coypu has dark fur with lighter ends, a white muzzle, long cylindrical tail and distinctive orange or yellow teeth.

A metre-long rat-like mammal has been spreading beyond a small Cork river where it is believed they have been breeding over the last two years.

Cork’s business community is largely critical what it argues is the late entry to the debate of the Save Our City campaigners, writes Eoin English.

Cork’s €140m flood relief project should be future-proofed by Dutch engineers who are world experts in flood scheme design.

Campaigners opposed to the design of Cork city’s massive flood defence scheme are planning a human chain protest to highlight their fears.

Planning permission has been granted for a 400-bedroom student apartment complex on a site in Cork which was badly flooded in 2009.

A planning application for a student apartment complex in one of Cork’s flood-risk zones has been lodged which the backer say will help ease the city’s chronic student bed shortage.

Cork city's emergency flood response team is on standby after the ESB warned that discharge rates from the Inniscarra Dam may  hit their highest levels yet this winter. 

University College Cork (UCC) has deployed flood defences at some of its most vulnerable buildings and said they will remain in place throughout the Christmas holidays.

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