Irish Volunteers were trailed around Cork by Royal Irish Constabulary on a miserably wet Easter Sunday 1916, writes Niall Murray

Two of Cork city centre’s oldest, and deservedly cherished, buildings come for sale this week, side by side, on Sheares Street, with shades of London’s classic Spitalfields markets buildings to their credit.

HIGH vacancy levels on Cork City’s South Mall may finally be reversed, with an overall rise in the economy, and in the demand for professional services and indigenous offices.

Soccer legend John Hartson, who beat cancer, has urged men to check their tackle regularly in a bid to catch signs of testicular cancer early.

Gardaí have warned motorists and pedestrians in Cork that several areas of the city will be closed off ahead of the Queen's visit tomorrow.

A SEVEN-KILOMETRE traffic cordon will be in place around Cashel on Thursday night next week, before Queen Elizabeth’s visit on Friday morning.

THERE’S history aplenty at Sheares Villa – but what of its future?

AN EMERGENCY drinking water supply has been set up in Cork city once again.

THE public must not turn its back on hundreds of families who are still facing a “personal crisis” in the aftermath of the floods disaster, the President of Ireland has said.

ESB staff and pensioners have helped brighten the lives of the elderly in Cork.

SURELY there cannot be too many examples that so accurately illustrate our changing society than that of the building in Cork’s Sheares Street which was once the city’s Volunteer Hall.

GARDAÍ were last night interviewing a 13-year-old girl after she alleged she was raped in Cork city over the weekend.

THE truly remarkable aspect of the Cork city centre Better Buildings Awards 2003 announced yesterday is that without exception the first prize winner in every category — including that for Best New Development — went to old buildings.

IT was a case yesterday of Cork city’s Central Fire Station revisited for President Mary McAleese.