Concerns have been raised about the Jack Lynch Tunnel drainage system after a lane closure during heavy rain in Cork City yesterday.

A key section of the main road from Cork City to West Cork is set to close for two consecutive weekends for major culvert works.

A controversial bus lane has been retained as part of a €4m upgrade plan for one of Cork City’s busiest access routes, despite pleas from residents to scrap it.

A thousand missed calls and a thousand emails were allegedly sent to a woman by a man accused of harassing her.

An inquest into the death of a man, gunned down in a gangland-style attack on the southside of Cork City over six years ago is set to proceed after the DPP directed there be no prosecution at this time.

A five-month jail term was imposed yesterday on a driver who fell out the door of her car after a drink-driving escapade which saw sparks coming from the front wheel in the early hours of the morning.

Sparks were seen coming from the front wheel of a car in the early hours of the morning as it swerved from side to side — and the driver was so drunk that she literally fell out the door of the car onto the side of the road.

Rush hour traffic came to a standstill for nearly two hours yesterday morning on the southside of Cork City, following two separate collisions that saw four people suffer minor injuries.

A teenager has died as a result of suspected smoke inhalation caused by a chip pan.

Cork’s city manager has expressed concern about how the contents of a confidential letter criticising the performance of his organisation was leaked.

A confidential report on Cork City Council has revealed a catalogue of shortcomings in how it has been managing its €160m annual budget.

Cork’s city manager has moved to ease fears about the completion of a €60m double flyover project on the city’s ring road while the main contractor works through examinership.

No 67 Fernwood has the signs of a happy, child-centred family home — and now its owners are upping sticks and trading up, taking on a far older house to do up, with even bigger gardens, in another Cork suburb. They have a bit of work ahead of them in their new project, but what they leave behind at No 67 is a walk-in job for its next occupants.

One of the country’s largest cranes has been drafted in to place 100-tonne concrete beams on a flyover above Cork’s busiest motorway.

New cameras linked to a computer system are to be installed in the Jack Lynch Tunnel early next year as part of a safety upgrade.

Gardaí are searching for a thief who struck a man over the head with a truncheon or baton and stole a large sum of cash about to be lodged in a post office.

A large construction firm which pulled out of a €3.5m drainage scheme in West Cork earlier this week is continuing to work on a major roads scheme in Cork city.

The DPP has directed that there be no criminal proceedings in relation to a Halloween house fire which claimed the lives of two young brothers in Cork last year.

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to a road traffic accident which claimed the life of a young woman in a Cork suburb.

Gardaí are investigating after a 25-year-old woman was killed in a crash in Co. Cork last night.

Cork’s city manager is considering the introduction of a city-wide flood alert system.

The Labour Court has thrown out a claim by 80 Tesco workers that they should receive up to €1,400 each for relocating to a new store around 1km away from the old store.

The National Roads Authority is to carry out a €1m revamp of the dual carriageway between the Jack Lynch Tunnel and Bishopstown and rename it the N40 in the first phase of creating an orbital route for Cork city.

Glowing tributes were offered in memory of the late John Egan last night as hundreds gathered in Cork for his removal in Wilton.

There have been two major drugs busts in counties Dublin and Donegal overnight.