A woman granted temporary release from a prison sentence for shoplifting was caught stealing more than €360 worth of clothing from a store in Cork.

I’ve started seeing this delightful senior citizen like myself, I met her on a dating site called All My Own Teeth.

Update 1pm: Gardaí say they are now satisfied that a knife was not produced following an alleged assault on a late-night cinema goer in Cork's Mahon Point shopping centre on Friday night.

Bargain hunters — assemble! The great sales rush began in earnest yesterday as many households shook off the Christmas Day fun with a bout of retail therapy.

A 35-unit housing development is to be built in an industrial estate on Cork’s southside after councillors approved a material contravention of the city development plan — at the second time of asking.

“Holidays are coming, holidays are coming”.

Pippa O’Connor Ormond tells Esther McCarthy why she’s brought her denim line to Cork with a month-long pop up store.

A prominent independent retailer in Co Cork is to close down after nearly six decades of business, citing “impossible” competition from online and chain retailers as being behind his decision to ceasing trading.

Brown Thomas are celebrating The European launch of Dean & DeLuca, an extensive range of gourmet goods from New York at its Grafton Street store and online at www.Brownthomas.com

Tommy Barker admires a reasonably-priced home in the scheme just across the Douglas River from Rochestown.

One of Ireland's most successful property developers, Owen O'Callaghan, has died, writes Eoin English of the Irish Examiner.

More than three-quarters of a million extra bus journeys were made by people in Cork in 2016 compared to the previous year.

The iconic Coca Cola truck that has long been the hallmark of the festive season is coming to Ireland for a few weeks in the lead up to Christmas.

Bus Éireann has bowed to public pressure and tweaked changes on the Cork bus service linking Apple’s sprawling European HQ and Mahon Point.

Have you ever dreamed of being a King, Queen or Khaleesi?

WHERE in Cork’s Blackrock would you get a six-bed, four en suite house for offer in the region of €295,000?

Fast food firm Nando’s is looking to expand here on the back of increased revenues at its Irish operation last year.

Irish coffee company Insomnia is set to move into the UK market in a partnership with UK and Irish retail giant Debenhams.

A young man who was asked to leave a shopping centre because of previous anti- social behaviour threatened to smash the heads of customers and warned there would be blood everywhere.

Forget about heels, flat shoes are having a moment, so Michelle Murphy is finding it easier to cope with heels not being for her

The Cork Comic Expo will gather the nation’s top talents, writes Don O’Mahony

Bus Éireann has announced a €3.5m investment in its Cork fleet.

Professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers is set to leave its current base on Cork’s South Mall and relocate to One Albert Quay, sources close to John Cleary Developments have indicated.

AS agents Savills predict that 2015 will be the best year for retail in Cork since the downturn began in 2008, and witha number of tenant deals and relocations completed along Patrick’s Street (including SuperDry into the Moderne), a 75,000 sq ft site is now on the market for €6m at Grand Parade/Patrick Street: and retail deals are also flowing at suburban Mahon Point Shopping Centre for its owners, Deka.

People are being urged to have their blood pressure checked in order to reduce the risk of stroke.

Samsung’s new phone, the Galaxy Alpha Blue, has been launched today.

A community fire safety initiative has cut Cork City Fire Brigade’s call-outs to such an extent that it has freed up firefighters to respond to cardiac emergencies.

A mothballed retail project on the outskirts of Limerick city, which was abandoned mid-build during the property crash, is set to undergo a €100m redevelopment, with the potential to create 2,000 jobs.

Everyone is a fan of James Coughlan because, with Munster, he did his talking on the pitch.

Age: 20

From pantos to festive markets, Ed Power has the best Christmas events for kids and grown ups.

IT might be called Summer Bay — but unlike the Aussie soap there is a lot more to do than hang out in a caravan and fight with the neighbours.

One of Cork’s busiest tech and retail hubs can take more development despite its chronic traffic problems, a major new report claims.

Any fears that austerity might take the wind out of the sales were banished yesterday as bargain hunters flocked in their thousands to major stores and retail outlets around the country.

Douglas Farmer’s Market will be temporarily upping to new locations on Dec 15 and Dec 22.

Jedward take to the stage at the Olympia from Wednesday December 19 2012 to Monday December 31 2012 for Jedward and the Magic Lamp.

As Amy Huberman sat scribbling her autograph on copies of her new book in Mahon Point Shopping Centre in Cork yesterday, women walked past and beamed.

A convicted rapist who was due to be sentenced yesterday for terrifying a woman and her elderly mother in a knifepoint hijacking at a shopping-centre car park in Cork died on Friday.

Forty retail jobs are in the offing for a pre-Christmas opening of UK sofa chain DFS’s new Cork store.

THERE’S one more test to be done at City Gate, the recession-defying 300,000 sq ft phase 11 office and retail development at Cork’s Mahon: the test is to see if developer John Cleary can actually walk on water.