The owners of the Natural Foods Bakery, well-known purveyors of wholesome foods, are to sell one of their three premises as they focus more on producing artisan breads.

Plans for 1,100 apartments on a key site in Cork’s south docks are in the pipeline, it has emerged.

Consultants are to be appointed soon to prepare a report on how to open a gate to provide pedestrian access to Cork’s newest public park.

No 3 Grand View Terrace is in mint condition, says Tommy Barker. Pictures: Ted Murphy

There's hardly a row of homes in Cork city’s older southside suburbs with as much ‘kerb appeal’ as those on one side of Ardfoyle Crescent: even their entrance pillars set quite a tone of grandeur, in red brick and crowned with large terracotta globes.

If there is a yes vote, legislation will be required before the first directly-elected mayoral elections in 2021.

In the final of a five-part series, Kevin O’Neill profiles the competitive Cork City South-East constituency.

Talks are underway in a bid to resolve the standoff over the GAA’s financial contribution towards public lighting upgrades around the revamped Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork.

BALLINTEMPLE locations don’t get much more central than that enjoyed at the charmingly-titled Homelea – facing directly onto the Blackrock Road, it’s in the heart of everything in this southside Cork suburban location, and has been in the same family’s hands for over 50 years.

A rising development tide, a housing shortage, plus the Government’s 2040 National Planning Framework, may aid the planned sale by Nama and receivers of a pivotal Cork docklands site.

City living convenience? It hardly gets any better than Cork’s Marina Park, at the city end (or, the very start) of the Blackrock Road at its Victoria Road nexus.

MORE investors are getting out of the housing market in Cork than are buying into it, at a time of unprecedented demand for rental properties, with no new supply of any scale, a gathering of the construction sector has been told.

It’s game on for the newly refurbished Páirc Uí Chaoimh following confirmation that the Cork stadium will reopen for senior intercounty hurling, writes Joe Leogue.

It’s game on for the newly refurbished Páirc Uí Chaoimh following confirmation that the Cork stadium will reopen for senior intercounty hurling.

Cork City Council has insisted correct techniques were used to remove an invasive weed species from a public park, amid fears the methods used would exacerbate the spread.

It tested the patience of residents and the resilience of traders but the trade-off for Blackrock village after months of inconvenience is a €2m facelift, to be officially unveiled today.

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.

Planners have sought clarification from developers on their proposals to build more student apartments on the former Beamish and Crawford site in Cork City.

Cork City Council has been accused of giving the GAA “the freedom to do what they choose” after the developers of the new Páirc Uí Chaoimh demolished existing stands that were to be retained, according to the planning permission conditions granted to the project.

There will be no increase in commercial rates or parking charges in Cork City next year despite fears of a €1m reduction in the city’s income.

Much of the best of the old was kept when the new broom came in for an energy efficiency upgrade at Cork’s 42 Marina Park a few years ago. 

The GAA is about to secure key landbanks needed to facilitate the €70m regeneration of Páirc Uí Chaoimh stadium in Cork.

A development plan for Cork has identified land in the city that is suitable for the production of nearly 20,000 houses. The bulk of the land is available in the redeveloped docklands and Port of Cork area in Tivoli.

Work on reconstructing Páirc Uí Chaoimh will begin next month, the Cork County Board confirmed.

While Cork will seek to change the terms of some home-and-away arrangements while Páirc Uí Chaoimh is being rebuilt, Páirc Uí Rinn is likely to host senior inter-county championship games for the first time.

Cork City Council is poised to buy two vacant landmark buildings in the city centre for development as commercial office space.

Carrigaline, Cork €475,000

The ground floor at No 51 Marina Park, says Tommy Barker, can be as open as you like with lots of options to compartmentalise if you wish.

A multi-million euro brewing investment has commenced on Cork city’s Marina Park— ironically, in a 50,000 sq ft unit previously used by Beamish and Crawford as a distribution depot.

Bright, fun, futuristic and a little fantastic — just what the man who gave Fitzgerald Park its name would have appreciated.

The Government has sanctioned a €30m grant to help fund the GAA’s ambitious €70m regeneration of Cork’s flagship Páirc Uí Chaoimh stadium.

A large fire has been brought under control by Cork City Fire Brigade at two industrial units near the city centre.

Plans for the €70m upgrade of Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork have been given the green light by the council.

A €4.5m transformation of Marina Park, Cork, will get under way in September which is set to restore the area to its former Victorian splendour.

GAA plans for a €67m regeneration of Páirc Uí Chaoimh could be delayed by months after concerns about the lack of detail in some of its key planning documents.

A decision on the Cork County Board’s planning application to redevelop Páirc Uí Chaoimh is expected within a week.