Engineers are set to tackle potentially lethal water pooling at a flyover which opened just three years ago on one of the country’s busiest roads.

The old terminal at Cork Airport is to be demolished, with management announcing plans for a 40-acre business park, from which some revenue will be used for marketing initiatives to attract more tourists.

The old terminal at Cork Airport is to be demolished, with management announcing plans for a 40-acre business park, from which some revenue will be used for marketing initiatives to attract more tourists.

A Tidy Towns initiative in a Cork suburb has sparked an acrimonious turf war between two neighbouring areas over the location of the local boundary.

Tucked away towards the back of Westbury, off Sarsfield Road in Cork’s Wilton is St Catherine, or No 1 Westbury Crescent.

Old meets new, and steel meets stone, at this upgraded 125-year-old cottage called Stonehaven.

A Dublin man has been found not guilty of the murder of Kevin Kenny outside a pub in Inchicore more than three years ago.

Defence lawyers have told the jury in the trial of a Dublin man charged with murder they can be satisfied that the evidence given by a brother of the deceased cannot be relied upon.

This one-bedroomed unit has generous living accommodation and is easy on the eye, fitted out with oak-flooring and tasty touches.

A witness has told the trial of a Dublin man charged with murder that he saw his brother being stabbed four times by the accused man.

A Dublin man has gone on trial accused of stabbing another man to death following a fight outside a pub in Ballyfermot.

Transport minister Paschal Donohoe has confirmed that the Jack Lynch Tunnel in Cork will not be tolled in the lifetime of the present Government.

THE former GB Services Group property at Cork’s Doughcloyne Industrial Estate, has been sold for almost 50% over its guide, at a private auction.

Water meter protesters have been forced to withdraw from part of a Cork housing estate after complaints from long-time residents.

Residents in another Cork housing estate are protesting this morning against the installation of Irish Water meters.

Council urged to improve its financial practices, says Investigative Correspondent Conor Ryan

The trial has been adjourned of a 20-year-old Dublin man, charged with murdering another man in the capital two and a half years ago.

Tommy Barker uncovers a green oasis in middle of Cork surburbia

AS US-BASED internet security company FireEye last week visited Cork City and its suburbs to consider new offices for 150 jobs, and as several significant other office demands progress around the city, planning permission has just been refused by An Bord Pleanala for an 82,000 sq ft office and mixed used development in suburban Wilton.

A 19-year-old Dublin man has appeared in court this afternoon, charged with the fatal stabbing of Kevin Kenny 18 months ago.

A man is due in court charged in connection with a fatal stabbing in Dublin in 2011.

Spacious suburban home will benefit from new flyovers, ensuring end of traffic bottlenecks, says Tommy Barker

A culvert trash screen which became blocked with debris during a torrential downpour, triggering a devastating flood through a Cork suburb, is to be removed.

Overnight rain has led to flooding in parts, with Cork and Waterford particularly badly affected.

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

A man described as a ‘heavy’ in a major criminal gang was lucky to escape with his life after he was shot twice outside a Dublin pub.

Gardaí are to carry out a technical examination at the scene of a shooting in Dublin last night.

Engineers will have to drive some 200 concrete piles into the ground over the next six weeks to support a key section of the new ring road around Cork city.

John Egan will be remembered as one of Kerry’s greatest footballers, according to his former team-mate Eoin ‘Bomber’ Liston.

DRILLING works on the massive N25 road project in Cork are being extended to seven days a week.

MALLOW-based cash and carry business Barry Group yesterday confirmed it was letting nine of its full-time staff go as part of arestructuring process.

GARDAÍ are to mount speed checks at two busy roundabouts in Cork which are at the centre of a multi- million euro road-building project.

A MOTHER and her 4-year-old son are fighting for their lives after a house fire in Cork yesterday, unaware that the blaze had claimed the life of the youngest member of the family.

ENGINEERS are on target to re-open Cork’s busiest road tomorrow after major demolition works over the weekend.

FIREFIGHTERS found a critically ill young mother lying in bed next to her dead toddler, with her other little boy lying unconscious beside them after a house fire in Cork yesterday.

AN elderly woman is recovering in hospital after narrowly avoiding serious injuries during a head-on collision between two cars en route to Dingle.

Informal viewings have started in these new Eagle Valley homes in Wilton. Tommy Barker reports

We scan a selection of trading up homes around the country

In a report on 2 August 2011, the Irish Examiner carried a report in relation to the murder on July 31 of Kevin Kenny, 30, of O’Hogan Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin. In the article it was stated that Mr Kenny had previously been prosecuted for assaulting a tourist. We wish to clarify that Mr Kenny was not, in fact, prosecuted in relation to an assault.

Eight people have been arrested by gardaí after a man was stabbed to death during a street brawl.

THE Government must consider introducing new road tolls if it wants to build new roads, the Transport Minister said yesterday.

A CALL has been made to erect flashing “over height” warnings signs on the approach to the railway bridge in Cork after it was hit by yet another truck yesterday.

FEARS have been expressed that two multi-million euro building projects on Cork’s busiest route could cause traffic chaos, cripple the city and cost jobs.