Planning permission has been sought for a €25m-plus, 165-bed hotel off Cork City’s South Mall, which, if granted, will make it the city’s third largest hotel.

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Parents have spoken of their joy after moving into new social homes, developed by Nama and a housing agency, in what was formerly an unfinished estate.

A student in Cork has had a lucky escape after she managed to get away from two men who she claims were trying to assault her in the city last Friday.

Tommy Barker makes tracks to a home off Cork’s strategic north ring road at Silversprings.

Residents on the northside of Cork City have vowed to resist the installation of water meters until a water pipe in their estate which they say has been leaking for over a decade, is repaired.

A Cork construction dynasty has been rocked by two court petitions, writes Property Editor Tommy Barker

Anna Geary is a winner. Three All-Irelands. Four All- Stars. Four National Leagues, with Cork. Two All-Ireland club titles with Milford.

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Missing man Jason O Connor has been located safe and well, Gardaí confirmed, thanking the public for their assistance.

Anybody with information on the whereabouts of a man missing from the Silversprings area of Cork since Saturday have been asked to contact the gardaí.

Gardaí in Cork are appealing for information about a missing person.

It’s the number one click on the internet and it’s deeply influencing our minds and our relationships, according to child and family psychotherapist, Dr John Sharry.

Two die-hard rebel fans are prepared to go to great heights to get their hands on All-Ireland hurling final tickets.

DOUGLAS, CORK €165,000

Three-bed Douglas semi in turnkey condition boasts extra large garden

Tommy Barker on a unique three-bed townhouse in Cork’s Silversprings

A TEENAGER who carried out multiple counts of breaking into cars and of driving stolen cars walked into his local Garda station and confessed to all of the crimes.

A three-bed cottage has plenty of potential for the price, writes Tommy Barker.

A TEENAGER who stole a car told a judge he didn’t want to bother dealing with the probation service and would go to jail instead, but after a few days behind bars the young man had a change of heart.

No 1 Halcon Drive, priced just under €250,000, is a good condition three-bed semi-d in Cork’s Tivoli suburb.

A THREE-BEDROOM city bungalow is on offer in Cork’s Silversprings area for a manageable €210,000 – about the price of an apartment.

Gardaí say a 16-year-old girl who had been missing from her home in Cork for six months has been located safe and well.

A HOT tub on the decking outside, and a feature glass-block wall in the hallway, yes indeed the noughties style makeover has touched down at Glencairn.

CUBAN pair Alexei Acosta and Luis Garcia, will enjoy star billing at tonight’s boxing/dinner show in the Silversprings Hotel in Cork but the Irish pair of Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan from across the river in Mahon and Jamie Power from Limerick are sure to claim their share of the limelight.

CORK-based dealer Kevin O’Leary Motor Group is planning a significant expansion despite losing its BMW contract.

CONTRARY to popular belief, the number one reason men want children is to bring love and satisfaction to their lives — and not to carry on the family name.

HERE’S something you don’t find often: an extension to the front of a house, and at 3 Tracton Avenue the house easily gets away with it.

IT’S been reported that upwards of €100 million is about to be spent on a dual carriageway connecting the N20 with the N8, north of Cork city.

REMEMBER the Kensington Broom Cupboard? Meet its Cork counterpart, a one-bedroom extension being sold for €245,000.

RECENT surveys have shown that most drivers regularly break speed limits. A major cause of this is inappropriate and illogical speed limits.

AND they’re off. The first new homes launch of 2005 around Cork city is a batch of just under 100 homes at Ashmount Court, Silversprings.

World no. 69 and Irish no. 2, Australian-born Liam Kenny, is the top ranked entry for the Munster Open Squash Championships at Cork clubs, Silversprings, Highfield and Sundays Well on the weekend of October 1-3.

WHAT do you do with an old quarry when the digging has stopped? Dig a bit further, and then build up on it.

I AGREE with Audrey Hallahan (Irish Examiner letters, July 19) re the proposed development at Clonea in Co Waterford.

THE WAITING is nearly over, the preparations are almost complete and, it seems, an entire nation is holding its breath for the start of the 2003 Cheltenham Festival tomorrow.