It comes amid mounting criticism of City Hall’s handling of the issue which has blighted the city's historic spine since last June.

Let’s start this week with a couple of questions. What is the world’s best-value wine? And what is the world’s best-value fine wine for long ageing?

A man is due in court this morning following a serious assault in Cork earlier this month.

Gardaí have made two arrests in connection with a stabbing in Cork city centre earlier this month.

The developer of a proposed new, European-style co-housing apartment development in Cork city centre says that such projects are needed to attract long-term residents back into Irish cities and strengthen urban communities.

A woman had a lucky escape on her way to work on Thursday morning after she was struck by falling masonry from a building on St Patrick's Street.

A fully-let, and substantially rebuilt, period property two doors away from the Cork Vision Centre on North Main Street is for sale, with an income of €105,750 pa.

For this year’s sausage survey we focused on a high proportion of meat. It had to be over 65% — a substantial sausage that would barbecue well in summer, but that also could be simmered gently in a tomato sauce for 15 minutes to make a quick meal — this way, sausages don’t have to be grilled/fried first.

For this year’s sausage survey we focused on a high proportion of meat.

Stabilisation works are due to start tomorrow on three buildings on Cork's historic North Main St following a partial collapse on June 20.

The owners of buildings facing demolition on Cork's North Main Street have been warned it could “take years” to reconstruct the buildings if they are knocked, due to the potential medieval materials on the site.

Three buildings at risk of collapse in a historic part of Cork city could be saved from demolition works.

We're open for business is the defiant message from traders and residents on Cork's North Main Street who used the street's closure to hold a pop-up street party over the weekend to highlight the area’s vibrant culture.

There is outrage over plans to demolish three buildings in the medieval heart of Cork city, with the building owners facing possible legal action.

Business leaders in one of Cork's most historic city areas have called for a tougher approach and more government funding to tackle long-term vacancy and dereliction following a partial building collapse.

Listen up guys, the word on the street is that beards are over and it’s time to grow a moustache. Pat Fitzpatrick asks the expert

A young Cork woman who has been convicted of shoplifting more than 100 times was back before the court for sentencing on another spree of thefts.

This is a story of a Cork schoolboy, though not the one we’ll begin with.

An 86-year-old woman has died in a fire at her apartment in Youghal, County Cork.

Former UCC lecturer Derry Cotter has written Leeside Story, a tale of love in Cork city, says Colette Sheridan.

A filling of sausage meat enrobed in flaky/puff pastry is unlikely to be low in fat or calories, but on a winter’s day, how bad can it be?

A man acting as a carer for an 81-year-old wheelchair-bound neighbour was fined €1,200 and given a suspended five-month jail term for using the pensioner’s bank card to steal cash.

Olivia Kelleher rounds up the start times for the parades in Cork and further afield. 

A number of bank investments have come to market, with 17 branches nationwide valued at €28.5m, including the Bank of Ireland branch in Mallow, valued at €3.2m, while in Cork, two former bank branches have also come to the open market with Cushman & Wakefield.

The legendary band only ever played one gig in the Republic of Ireland. Jack Lyons recalls being part of that sparse crowd at the Arcadia in Cork in 1967.

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Eileen O’Shea is from Killarney but has been living in Cork for the past three years. She is programme and events manager at St Peter’s on North Main Street.

Munster rugby player Billy Holland and barber Tom Winters officially launched The Mercy Hospital Foundation’s Decembeard campaign today.

Gin has been becoming the tipple of choice for many Irish people in recent years, and one niche range is proving its popularity.

A fierce fire-breathing dragon is set to reawaken from its lair and prowl the ancient spine of Cork City tomorrow night as part of one of the country’s largest Halloween festivals.

North Main Street may be ailing, but Tony’s Bistro is still cooking up a storm, writes Irene Long.

CORK’S Oliver Plunkett Street has been rightly praised for the diversity of its shops and its character and I’ve been trying and failing to think of a Dublin equivalent.

Cork City Council staff have been availing of 120 free parking spaces on a first-come-first-served basis at Navigation House on Albert Quay since the sale of the former council property to development firm O’Callaghan Properties in 2008.

A new tourist train is set to roll through the streets of Cork city from next month, thanks to a €100,000 public investment which includes a €10,000 grant to cover large insurance costs.

Lords of Strut are among a diverse range of acts playing the Quarter Block Party in Cork this weekend, writes Colette Sheridan.

John Tynan enjoyed the steep learning curve of organising his debut exhibition