The developers of the proposed student apartment complex overlooking the Lough in Cork city have started discussions with An Bord Pleanála with a view to increasing the number of apartments in the development.

West Cork town Clonakilty may have an Aldi store next year across the road from a recently opened Lidl, following a reported €2m sale of the high-profile Waterfront site yesterday.

TUCKED away off the Church Road in Cork’s Blackrock suburb is the 1990s house scheme Rockfield, with a mix of semis and detached homes in an area of the city that had seen precious few modern developments.