A special doggie bus will ferry pet pooches and their owners to this year’s expanded Cork Summer Show.

Roz Crowley gets a taste of the latest sliced beef.

They’ve broken in and wreaked havoc by racing stolen bikes through its bustling aisles, right under the nose of Conor’s long-suffering fishmonger mother.

From the proud moment of replacing the famous photograph of the Queen in Cork's English Market to what the lads have planned next.

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.

With more than 5,000 expected at Cork City Hall next Saturday, November 4 for the Cork and Kerry Food Market, it is easy to see why Joe Burke of the Local Enterprise Office (LEO) South Cork is adamant that it is one of the most important events in the calendar.

Culture Night takes place today, with a feast of free offerings all over the country. Ellie O’Byrne selects some of the highlights

Firefighters in Scotland tackling a large blaze at a warehouse in Glasgow have said they expect to be at the scene for most of the day.

Rory O’Connell, director of Litfest, confirmed it would be taking a break in 2018.

Valentine’s Day may have become an excuse for commerciality and excess, but there is worse these days than having a day that celebrates love in whatever form.

As a manhunt continues for the main suspect in the Berlin lorry attack, a video hs emerged showing the moment it ploughed into a Christmas market.

Counter-terrorism authorities in Europe warned of the risk that refugees could be targeted by extremist recruiters weeks before the Berlin Christmas market carnage.

ANYONE who remembers the visit of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip to Ireland in May 2011 will recall not just the grandeur of events in Dublin Castle an Áras an Uachtaráin but also their trip to the Rock of Cashel, the National Stud in Kildare, and the Coolmore Stud in Co Tipperary.

Should you be looking for The Menu in the coming weeks then he shall mostly be found atop Neidín, roaming the wonderful wilds of West Cork with a knife in his belt and a skillet on his back for the Taste of West Cork Food Festival (Sept 9-18).

East Cork municipal district officials plan to invite members of a Youghal community group to discuss the rejection of a proposal to install a sculpture marking the town’s links with Moby Dick.

From footie to foodie — Ireland’s best-known translator has donned the green jersey again to promote Irish food in her native Italy.

The main 1916 centenary celebrations kick off on Saturday with events happening right across the weekend.

The Menu has spent the last decade bending the ears of any with pockets of sufficient depth and the business nous necessary for creating and maintaining such aforementioned fiscal fortitude about the viability of a ‘permanent’ farmer’s market, believing it to be a marvelous business opportunity with equally positive social implications for the community.

SMOKED fish is a handy food, and it’s cheap and nutritious too.

The owner of a hawk tasked with keeping away pesky pigeons at Wimbledon has laughed off suggestions he could be replaced by a drone.

The Menu’s great compadre, chef Kevin O’Toole, of Dublin’s Chameleon Restaurant has devised a wonderful fundraiser for Nepal, in Smock Alley Theatre, Temple Bar (May 24), an informal dining experience featuring curry, drinks and dancing. 

Tommy Barker on a stand-out example of laid-back 21st century living pleasures off the beaten track.

Nigeria’s home-grown Boko Haram group, newly weakened by a multinational force that has dislodged it from a score of north-eastern towns, has reportedly pledged formal allegiance to the Islamic State group.

Last week, a reader wrote, “Sir, I live in West Cork since four months. I come from Brittany.

IT’S ALWAYS good for any architect to win an award, but the Best Emerging Practice Award recently given to Co Limerick-based Liston Architecture is particularly sweet. 

A COMMERCIAL site in the centre of Cork City that has been derelict for more than a decade is set for a multi-million euro investment and retail development. 

Thousands of mourners have joined Israeli leaders and the families of the four Jewish victims of the terror attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris.

Explore the spectacular coastline along the Wild Atlantic Way, experience hot heritage in the South-East, feast on fabulous food festivals, or immerse yourself in inspiring art and design.

A fifth-generation butcher, who is also a government party councillor, ceased trading last night — ending his family’s almost 140-year involvement in the trade.

WINTER may have landed on us straight from summer, but the arrival of bracks in the shops brings a lovely autumnal glow.

Funding of €70,000 could be forfeited for the creation of two parking bays for disabled transport unless a last-minute compromise is agreed between local businesses and county council officials in a West Cork town.

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There are times in The Menu’s life when a prolonged sojourn in Sheep’s Head is the only repair for his poor benighted soul.