Place: River Bride

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<p>The Otter and its habitat are protected under the EU Habitats Directive which requires that Ireland reports on the status of the species at regular intervals. Threats and pressures could include river corridor management such as culverting, canalisation and dredging as well as pollution, oil spillages and road traffic. Picture: Ronald Surgenor / Biodiversity Ireland</p>

outdoors

Donal Hickey: Spotted any otters? Pop the details on this survey...

A study of the River Bride, in Blackpool, found the otter is well-adapted to city life and is an important urban species

<p>A yellow-footed egret and otters seen in Cork city — River Bride at Orchard Court. Pictures: Chris Moody</p>

outdoors

This free walking trail will introduce to you Cork City's 'Pana otter' population

farming

51-acre residential farm for auction

farming

€15,000 per acre guide price ahead of 95-acre farm auction

general

Meet the man on a mission to save a little-known river in Cork City

property

Sympathetically restored The Old Forge near Cappoquin is pretty as a picture

New life for Cork's Sunbeam site

Asite in Blackpool, Cork city, associated for generations with the Sunbeam factory, devastated by fire in 2003, and which was later earmarked for a €100m redevelopment of offices and retail seven years ago, is now for sale, guiding €1.8 million.

Thu, 16 Feb, 2017

Killumney property with a very rare property mix will grow on you

Offers like this just don’t come along very often, says estate agent Killian Lynch as, indeed, he puts a very rare property mix to the open market, just west of Cork city and Ballincollig, at Killumney.

Sat, 29 Oct, 2016

Otters slap bang in Cork city centre - and look how cute he is!

Would you be surprised to learn otters traverse inner city streams on their way to and from the sea? Us too.

Fri, 21 Oct, 2016

Classic style at Conna House along the River Bride

A rural home near the Cork-Waterford border is an ideal choice for commuters, says Tommy Barker.

Sat, 01 Oct, 2016

Busy Cork bridge to be surveyed after Japanese knotweed damage

A rural community in north-east Cork faces serious traffic disruption if an invasive plant, spreading throughout the county like wildfire, has caused structural damage to a road bridge.

Thu, 29 Sep, 2016

New house scheme rises from the (cr)ashes in Conna village

Tommy Barker reports on a kick-started new house scheme in the north Cork hinterland of Conna village.

Sat, 16 Apr, 2016

East Cork Georgian mansion on market for €1.8m

Trish Dromey reports on an 18th Century Georgian mansion which comes with extensive equestrian facilities.

Sat, 09 Apr, 2016

Dermot McAuliffe’s focus on detail wins overall Glanbia Quality Grain award 2015

Malting barley grower Dermot McAuliffe has won the overall Glanbia Quality Grain award for 2015.

Tue, 01 Mar, 2016

Flood works revealed after criticism

A package of flood risk management measures have been drawn up to help protect one of Cork City’s most flood-prone communities.

Mon, 14 Oct, 2013

Call for probe into Blackpool flood

There were calls last night for an independent inquiry into what caused the flood which swamped a Cork community for the second time in nine months last week.

Tue, 26 Mar, 2013

Stepping out along the pride of the Bride

BRIDEBRIDGE, CO CORK

Mon, 03 Dec, 2012

Waterford: Journey through the past and present

LISMORE, CO WATERFORD

Mon, 12 Nov, 2012

60 bar staff temporarily redundant after flood

Up to 60 employees at one of Douglas’s best-known bars were made temporarily redundant after its owners announced the pub would close for two to three months so it can be gutted and renovated following this week’s flooding.

Sat, 30 Jun, 2012

Residents hit for fourth time plead for flood barriers

Residents and business- owners in flood-risk areas should be given protective barriers to prevent a repeat of the damage done to their homes from this week’s deluge — a Cork City councillor has claimed.

Sat, 30 Jun, 2012

Time to tame hogweed scourge

IT is shameful that the agri-industry is doing nothing to control the giant hogweed epidemic that is destroying our riverbanks and will do huge damage to our rural economy.

Thu, 14 Apr, 2011

Echoes of the past in home for the present

Tommy Barker finds a mix of timeless solidity and contemporary flair in a five-bed home with stunning views in all directions.

Sat, 10 Jul, 2010

€100m redevelopment of city’s iconic textiles site gets go-ahead

A €100 MILLION redevelopment of one of Cork’s most iconic industrial sites got the green light last night.

Fri, 13 Mar, 2009

This classy house at Classes could be right up your alley in Lee Valley

A DIFFERENT property mix now comes with Classes House, a Lee Valley period home within a short trip from Cork city.

Sat, 28 Jul, 2007

Time approaching for last offers on sheep farm

BRISK bidding on a sheep farm at Knockaun in Ballyduff, Co Waterford, is being brought to a head by a deadline of March 28 for last offers.

Thu, 22 Mar, 2007

Sunbeam site set for €105m development

THE historic Sunbeam factory site in Cork which was gutted in a fire two years ago looks set to rise from the ashes as part of a €105 million development.

Fri, 16 Dec, 2005

The Blackpool high life

PENTHOUSE apartments with roof gardens, part of a seven-storey block overlooking a public park, a shoppers’ nirvana and a diverted stream — welcome to the new Blackpool.

Sat, 05 Nov, 2005

Quality in the right place

CHILDREN will be in heaven playing among the hidden treasures of Classes House, and the grown-ups who’ll have to pay for it won’t be too badly off either.

Sat, 08 Oct, 2005