Flood-hit traders in Cork City, who are bracing for more misery tonight, have pleaded with the Government to fast-track the delivery of a multi-million flood defence plan.

It’s sandbags at the ready in Cork city again after the local authority once more warned of tidal flooding today and tomorrow.

The New Year won’t bring any let-up in the stormy weather in the south of the country as flood alerts have been issued in Cork city and county.

Under-siege residents living near two of Ireland’s largest third-level colleges have called for a levy to be imposed on students to cover the costs of on-street security.

MUSIC NEWS: Ireland is to lose another record shop with the closure on Sunday of Dolphin Discs on Talbot Street in Dublin.

Education may hold the key to our future but a key to Cork’s educational past has turned up a century after it was first turned.

A jury at Cork City Coroner’s Court has recommended a city-wide safety audit of split-level walls after hearing how a student plunged 30ft to his death.

THE father of a missing student has urged people to focus on a specific part of Cork city after CCTV images tracked his son’s movements away from the River Lee.