Some may be in need of tender loving care, but properties at this Valentine’s Day auction could provide the perfect match, writes Tommy Barker

The largest engineering project of its type ever undertaken in this country will start shortly in Cork's lower harbour.

A project aimed at ending the decades-long practice of discharging raw sewage into Cork Lower Harbour has taken a major step forward.

A woman whose humanist marriage was described as "mumbo-jumbo" and "away with the fairies" by a district court judge has had her four-month jail term lifted on appeal.

Robert Baffi, of BioMarin, tells Pádraig Hoare that the Californian rare-disease drugs firm will invest €37m in its large site at Shanbally, in Cork, with employee numbers to hit 400 by 2020

Work on an underwater sewage pipe crossing Cork’s lower harbour will start this year as part of a €117m project to end the daily discharge of thousands of tonnes of raw sewage into the sea.

The proposed €180m Cork-Ringaskiddy motorway will have a devastating impact on some properties, especially in the Rochestown area, according to concerned residents.

Nine multinationals employing 5,000 people in a Cork town say they are “deeply frustrated” that the concerns of the local community were “ignored” by planners designing a new motorway.

The chairman of the Port of Cork says it is vital for the country’s economic future that An Bord Pleanála give the green light to the proposed €180m Cork-Ringaskiddy motorway.

A woman in her 60s has died following a collision involving her bicycle and a tractor yesterday afternoon in Co Cork.

A cyclist has been killed in a crash in Co. Cork this afternoon.

US biopharma giant has extended its Cork facility amid rising global demand for pioneering treatments

Last month, water again surfaced on the Irish political landscape. At a time when Brexit should be occupying the national agenda, it was water that hijacked the airwaves.

A hi-tech treatment plant has ended the daily discharge of almost 4,000 tonnes of raw sewage into Cork Harbour — the equivalent of 20,000 wheelie bins full of raw sewage.

This one-off property is sure to attract a buyer looking for a unique family home.

Ranked 10th on Forbes magazine’s 2016 list of the “World’s Most Innovative Companies”, biotechnology company BioMarin will continue to grow its workforce in Ireland over the coming years.

A new wastewater treatment plant will end the discharge of the equivalent of almost 20,000 wheelie bins of raw sewage into Cork Harbour within weeks.

All-Ireland Junior B Hurling final: Shanballymore 0-17 Tynagh-Abbey/Duniry 1-12

The community group opposed to the building of an incinerator in Cork Harbour has claimed the application is invalid, due to a string of issues, including errors over the company name of the applicant, Indaver Ireland.

The former Ballincollig DIY & Garden Centre — an offshoot of a previously relocated business which was originally the Victoria Cross Sawmills — on a good 1.8 acre site with high-quality existing buildings is up for sale, suitable for storage, trading or other new uses.

It is hoped that revised plans for a €180m road between Cork and Ringaskiddy will ease the fears of some residents’ associations who expressed major concerns with the initial blueprint when it was launched in October.

The future of a golf club and sports facility in Shanbally has been secured by the intervention of pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer.

Ranked 10th on Forbes magazine’s 2015 list of the world’s most innovative companies, biotechnology company BioMarin is set to grow its workforce in Ireland over the coming years.

A taxi driver was convicted of punching a female passenger in the jaw as the judge dismissed his allegations that he had been racially abused.

Work started this week on a multi-million euro sewage project to end the daily discharge into Cork Harbour of 20 tonnes of raw sewage — the equivalent of three Olympic-size swimming pools.

Cork city and county are at risk of losing out on attracting major foreign companies to invest in the region because proper facilities are not there for them.

The Port of Cork’s plans for a €100m redevelopment of its cargo-handling facilities at Ringaskiddy have been hit with a further delay.

The National Roads Authority (NRA) has unveiled a preferred route for a €100m-plus motorway to replace the existing Cork-Ringaskiddy (N28).

A major extension of facilities at a pharmaceutical plant near Cork harbour is the subject of a recent planning application.

IN one of the larger industrial deals in several years in Cork, a harbour site with 233,000 sq ft of buildings has been bought for close to €3m, by a waste recycling company.

A global biotech giant announced 40 new jobs yesterday as it began commissioning its new Irish manufacturing plant — its first outside the US.

Union leader Brendan Ogle is well known for inflaming situations that would otherwise resolve themselves. We all remember the acrimony when he brought the country’s trains to a standstill.

No energy trade union or energy supplier should be allowed to hold an entire country to ransom with power cuts.

There are now grave problems with the banking system in this country. Danske Bank have bailed out of our dear Republic.

The Irish Medicines Board is now in the business of banning widespread amounts of medicines and herbal remedies off our pharmacy and supermarket shelves that have been sold for decades without any problems.

Almost 700 people attended a biotech company career day yesterday in the hope of getting a job with the firm which hopes to create 100 jobs by 2015.

Minister Alan Shatter has made it clear that the State will not “permit paramilitary displays, in any part of the Irish Government’s jurisdiction”. This policy is a recent novelty and not without contradiction and incredible hypocrisy.

In the second of a five-day series, Eoin English finds that the jobless figures in the Cork City area have surged to almost triple what they were in 2005.

Carrigaline booked their place in the Cork Premier IFC semi-final after a late rally saw them edge past Nemo Rangers in awful conditions in Shanbally last night.

There’s quite a package on offer here for those who want a country-style home, yet be close to amenities at this affordable Rafeen property purchase.

A global biotech giant is to create more than 100 jobs at its manufacturing facility in Cork.

How intriguing it is that referendum posters are lingering on our street lights and telegraph polls.