Esther N McCarthy coos over candles and swoons over storage this week.

The Menu couldn’t be happier than to hymn the praises of the Cork Coffee Weekend.

A counterfeit Apple iPhone charger bought from a small shop in Cork exploded in the socket shortly after it was plugged in to charge the phone and yesterday the man who sold it was fined €1,000 for breaches of the Trade Marks Act.

The Garda Representative Association has hired a well-known solicitor to represent two gardaí who face internal disciplinary proceedings by the force’s watchdog, even though they were cleared of any wrongdoing when they used pepper spray to subdue a violent teenager.

The development of a stand-alone multi-purpose events and conference centre on Cork’s Albert Quay could be the catalyst for the regeneration of the city’s sprawling docklands region, the team behind the O’Callaghan Properties proposal believes.