In the period from 1996 to the 2016 Census, the population of Cork City and County increased by 122,000 people, with the vast majority of the growth taking place in suburban Cork.

A challenge to An Bord Pleanála's decision to grant approval for the 14km long M28 motorway between Cork and Ringaskiddy has been dismissed by the High Court.

The National Development Plan should stay focused on developing regions and cities outside Dublin as a policy response to offset economic divergence, a leading ESRI economist has said.

A relatively small falloff in windfall corporation tax receipts would deliver an outsized and longstanding hit to government finances, the Economic and Social Research Institute has warned.

SMALL retail businesses and service providers in Cork can look forward to a markedly more prosperous future as the city progresses through a generation of significant investments.

Key figures in Cork’s business and hospitality sectors have asked to meet developers, BAM, to seek reassurances about the stalled event centre project.

The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) has warned that delays in infrastructure projects in the south of the country will have repercussions for Ireland's economy.

Representatives of the construction industry have written to all Cork TDs and Senators to warn about ongoing frustrations about the lack of progress on major infrastructure projects in the region.

Cork County Council has unveiled an ambitious €723m plan for housing, roads, and other major projects which it proposes to undertake up to 2020.

Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for ages

Bord Pleanála is to make a decision on April 13 on whether it will grant or refuse planning permission for the €180m upgrade of the Cork-Ringaskiddy road.

A planning decision on a proposal to build an incinerator in Cork Harbour has been pushed out for the 10th time and could take another three months to conclude.

Golf days are about to be knocked out of bounds, as a significant landbank of 78 acres with designated SLR (Strategic Land Reserve) status comes to the Munster housing market, guided at €12m by agents Cushman & Wakefield.

Groups representing business and industry have given their backing to a proposed motorway from Cork to Ringaskiddy — with one group expressing “frustration” at the lack of progress in building the road to date.

The development of a €180m motorway could have a “devastating” impact on Cork’s oldest 18-hole golf course unless major mitigation measures are put in place.

Tommy Barker visits a well-appointed house which has benefited from the care lavished on it by its first owners

Nine multinationals employing 5,000 people in a Cork town say they are “deeply frustrated” that the concerns of the local community were “ignored” by planners designing a new motorway.

Residents and major industries in Ringaskiddy are united in their opposition to the proposed M28 motorway route as it will sever the Co Cork harbourside village.

Objectors to a proposed €180m motorway in Cork have been given less than three weeks notice to prepare a case against it.

The managing director of Twitter Ireland has said the online giant is committed to tackling so-called fake news — but has warned that legislative means to regulate online speech “is a slippery slope”.

Over €4.6m was spent by Cork County Council employing outside consultants last year, with more than half of that going on hiring experts to plan new roads.