There’s Verolme Dutch heritage with this Whitepoint home. Kya deLongchamps reports

Relentless innovation can future-fit Cork’s strong biopharma hub, writes Bernard Mallee

This renovated residence in a historic part of Cobh is a real captain’s choice, reports ya deLongchamps.

I wish to make a case for the restoration of the rail line to Youghal in a local, national and international context.

June Ann Byrne won the over-85 women’s doubles title at the ITF Super-Seniors World Championships two weeks ago alongside Dutch player Wil Sevenstern. Byrne, who is originally from Cobh and now lives in Dundrum, is a member of Carrickmines and Rushbrooke Tennis Clubs.

One of Cork’s best-kept period harbour homes has a rich past and a bright future, says Tommy Barker.

A simple act of Christmas kindness has led to a life-changing home makeover for the family of a brave little girl.

The sale of this home will be music to the ears of dozens of budding musicians — it is forming part of a very generous bequest that could be worth €2m, to the benefit of UCC students, and to UCC’s music department in particular. 

Tommy Barker views a fine Co Cork home

There’s a wide variety on offer at Sheppard’s, writes Des O’Sullivan.

Tommy Barker reports on a superb family home which has road, rail and river access for commuting.

Gardaí are hunting for a conman who masquerades as a garda detective or a worker for telecoms company Eir, writes Ann Murphy of the Evening Echo.

A campaign has been launched to extend late-night services on one of Cork’s busiest commuter rail lines.

Cork City Council has allowed retention permission for the use of an old city-centre schoolyard as an ancillary to a pub.

A defiant mother of three who was arrested for the first time yesterday for blocking meter installation has vowed to continue protesting.

Sq m: 99 (1,064 sq ft)

The fate of the Verolme Cork Dockyard was sealed more than a year before its closure in 1984 when the government accepted a report by a consultant that it was not commercially viable.

Cork’s Kent Station is the only railway station outside Dublin to feature in the top 10 in terms of rail passenger movements, a rail census conducted by the National Transport Authority reveals.

A period house with multiple features is a real beauty, writes Tommy Barker

In the early ’60s the Verolme Ship Building Co built a shipyard in Rushbrooke in Cork harbour and facilitated the training of hundreds of Irish men in the ship building yards of Holland.

A trio of three-beds are for sale with diverse price tags. Tommy Barker reports

A major flood alert was issued in Co Cork last night following a combination of torrential rain, high tides, and strong winds.

There were two thrilling semi-finals to the boys U18 singles at the Irish Junior Close championships at Rushbrooke, Cork yesterday.

THEY could build them large, and well, back in the 1850s — the Rushbrooke, Cobh home Rackheath House at 4, Beausite is testament to the talents of engineers and builders of that era.

CARRYING 160 years of Queenstown/Cobh history, the Convent of Mercy property in one of the very best viewing perches in Cork harbour has been put up publicly for sale.

Writing from Qatar, Billy McEllligott (Letters, Mar 14) appears to be out of touch with events on the ground in Ireland, particularly in relation to the public mood of the electorate and who they wish to be governed by.

Who would have thought that a government which presented itself as the saviours of the Irish people in Feb 2011, would find itself running away from the Irish people in Feb 2012?

David Becan is only partially right when he warns readers to stop waiting for the messiah because he’s not coming (Letters, Jan 26).

YOUR columnist Fergus Finlay wonders what all the fuss is about asking pensioners to pay a “fair” tax (Opinion, Jan 10).

GARDAÍ say they are taking “seriously” an allegation of attempted child abduction, which is said to have occurred in broad daylight in a Co Cork town.

CAN it be a coincidence that the €3.5 billion which the government now tells us it overestimated the national debt by last year is so close to the figure due to be taken out of the economy in the coming budget?

IT seems some in the media can’t help themselves when it comes to interviewing the presidential candidate Martin McGuinness.

THERE’S nothing like an election to bring out people screaming about the past and warning others not to forget it.

IF I had a hat, I would take it off for your columnist Fergus Finlay, for his excellent article (Opinion, August 30) and how he related ruling class attitudes during the 19th century Great Hunger to some of the laissez-faire ones today.

IT was sad to see that Iain Dorney (Letters, August 29) was disappointed at Martin Ferris, calling on Muammar Gaddafi to step down and prevent further bloodshed in Libya, citing Mr Ferris’s own past.

THE click of a gate and the rustle of petticoats against kid leather boots and the run to the train for school.

I THINK someone should remind Brendan Cafferty (Letters, July 2) that the Dublin and Monaghan bombing atrocities happened not centuries ago, but 36 years ago.

SO your columnist Stephen King (June 9) couldn’t bring himself to condemn Israel’s latest acts of murder, kidnapping and piracy.

WORDS of wisdom from by Cal Hyland (‘Political savings’, Letters, May 20) when he suggested it was in the public interest for the three national by-elections not to go ahead.

NOW that many Irish people are having difficulty acquiring passports, do you think they should start queuing instead at the Israeli embassy for a little diplomatic assistance?