The HSE has been criticised for the slow pace of work addressing the future of a former listed asylum in Cork city which was gutted by fire more than a month ago.

Our Lady’s Hospital on the Lee Road in Cork City was built as a mental health institution on the northern slopes overlooking the River Lee in the 1840s.

Five units of the Cork City Fire Brigade were needed to tackle a large blaze at the old St Kevin’s unit at the former Our Lady’s Hospital site in Shanakiel.

A small development opportunity, at the foot of one of Ireland’s longest buildings, has come up for sale.

Gardaí seized machetes, knives, and iron bars and arrested 14 people when rival gangs clashed on Cork’s northside — one of several violent incidents which marred the city’s traditional bonfire night celebrations.