Special litter ‘hit squads’ are to be deployed throughout Co Cork to tackle illegal dumping, after a pilot scheme removed 17 tonnes of waste from roadsides in just 49 days.

Sq m 79 (850 sq ft)

Size: Sq m 278 (2,985 sq ft)

After stormy weekend weather caused significant damage and hampered Christmas shopping in towns and cities across the country, more of the same is likely later this week.

REPLACING a former cottage on its site, this Ballyorban, Monkstown Cork home is a bit of a surprise — it’s bigger and better than you’d ever imagine from passing by.

An Bord Pleanála is to hold an oral hearing into contentious plans by Eirgrid to run a 110kv overhead power line across a 40km stretch of Co Cork later this month.

THE turkey is finished. All the presents are opened.

THE dash exterior of the bungalow Fernaig, near Monkstown and Raffeen above Cork harbour, belies what’s going on underfoot in its captivating gardens.

Tommy Barker discovers a logical flow to the layout of this carefully designed house.

PERFECT for horses, ponies and people is the family home Rachra, near Monkstown and Carrigaline in Cork’s harbour area.

IN his column (Examiner County, April 20), Peter Levy wrote about the restriction that the ESB’s cross river pylons were having on the Tall Ships entering Cork’s upper harbour and how this was impacting on the possibility of the Tall Ships race returning to Cork.

THE BIG freeze may have given way to torrential rain but the country’s drinking water supply is still under threat due to burst mains pipes and over-usage during the cold spell.

Flooding, ice and a drinking water outage caused chaos across Cork city and county today.

THE Port of Cork company is applying for permission to relocate its container traffic from Tivoli and the city quays to Ringaskiddy.

SET to appeal to traders-up, who want to stay in the greater Douglas/Rochestown area but also hanker after a bit of private outdoor space, is Carrigdhoun, close to the Rochestown monastery south of Cork city.