THE city centre garage site of the former motor dealership, PJ O’Hea’s, which was in business for 87 years, has been put up for sale a decade after its short-lived relocation to East Gate.

I was home to Cork for a funeral in recent days. It was a profoundly emotional week and I was prompted to write my first ever blog post on the bus up to Dublin. It seems to have resonated with a lot of Corkonians, both living there and living abroad.

The last words of a Dubliner who was killed by his friend after a day out drinking in Cork were recorded on a 999 call — “Drinking spirits. He just turned around and snapped. My friend did it.”

Plans for a €60m flood relief scheme for Cork have been described as "visually illiterate" by a local author who fears some of the city’s historic riverside fixtures will be lost as part of the project.

Neon colours give you scope to accessorise easily and indulge your DIY potential, Kya deLongchamps reports.

Tourism company Paddywagon Tours is about to open a second Cork city base, in rapid succession to its first base which opened last August.

ONE of the oldest car dealerships in the country has ceased trading with the loss of 16 jobs.

Due to the weather conditions there is significant disruption to bus services in west Clare.

Following weather conditions yesterday, there is expected to be disruption to bus services in Limerick, Cork and Kerry this morning, according to Bus Eireann.

THE LARGEST office development ever proposed for Cork city received the go-ahead from the city council yesterday.

THE closing date for submissions for proposals to relocate 600 Revenue Commissioners staff in Cork city passed yesterday.

PRIVATE coach operator Aircoach has turned up the heat on Bus Éireann with a new service linking Cork City with Dublin.

A DISTRICT judge wanted to know yesterday how he was supposed to send a tree to jail.

MOTORISTS and pedestrians had a lucky escape after joyriders broke traffic lights and drove the wrong way up a one-way street before colliding with two cars and overturning in Cork’s city centre.