Plans have been lodged for an extension to two units at the Douglas Court Shopping Centre in Cork, above.

Bank of Ireland has selected Cork as the test bed for its first ever accelerator programme which will be home to 10 innovative start-ups from September.

With just a week to the local and European elections, it was jobs, jobs, jobs when the Taoiseach visited Cork.

THEY are architects, engineers, shop owners, taxi drivers, public sector workers, sales assistants, office workers, self-employed tradesmen and small business owners. They cover the gamut of society and they’re all struggling with arrears on mortgages, rent, ESB bills, gas bills, personal and credit union loans.

Founder Eileen Nolan is still at the helm of the Montfort College of Performing Arts as it launches its new HQ, says Colette Sheridan

The Menu has spent the past few days rummaging through the attic for his finest Capt Birds Eye kit as he gets dickied up for what promises to be a most splendid caper: a harbour cruise down to Cronin’s Pub, in Crosshaven, for the latest Munster Foodie Tweetup, where food-loving virtual Twitter friends meet up in the flesh for … yup, food!

A free, State-funded service which trains job seekers to hunt down and apply for jobs believes work is out there — if you know where to look.

A fitness to practice inquiry into allegations of “irresponsible” prescribing by a Cork GP was adjourned unexpectedly yesterday after it emerged she had failed to provide key patient medical notes to the hearing.

YOUR ‘Shocking and Deplorable’ headline on the creches’ survey (October 29) was unbalanced and sensationalist.

FUNDING cutbacks targeted at citizens heretofore entitled to the special protection and care of the State are a sad reflection on our Government’s social inclusion policy and they also make a mockery of equality/disability legislation.

CORK city has the highest percentage of moneylenders per head of population.

FROM tantrums and tiaras to bargain-bin brides, customers seeking cut-price wedding gowns at a liquidation sale yesterday were in far chipper mood than the angry women who last month lost money after the closure of a bridal shop.

NOT so much for richer as for poorer, brides-to-be left gownless and cash-strapped following the sudden closure of a wedding outfitters may yet make savings on a replacement frock.

GOWNLESS and gutted, Joanne Corcoran was a bride-to-be staring down the bodice of catastrophe.

PROFITS at Cork car dealers Johnson & Perrott slid 7% to €5.3 million last year despite a 3% increase in revenues.

THE Cork City Official Supporters’ Club has organised a question and answer session with chairman Brian Lennox for Friday night.

A technology firm has announced plans to create 20 new jobs in Cork over the next 12 months.