Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has heavily criticised Fine Gael for digging an "imaginary sod" in the ground four years ago for the Cork Event Centre in what the party has deemed a pre-election vote grabbing stunt.

The provision of student accommodation in Cork is a key focus of talks between city planners and the city's third-level institutions as work starts of the drafting of a new city development plan.

A major design competition has been launched for the near €2m redevelopment of an historic park in the heart of Cork city.

One person was taken to hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation after a grill in a popular city-centre restaurant caught fire.

The developer of the long-delayed Event Centre in Cork has submitted a redesign of the project to the local authority in a bid to allay the concerns of City Council planners.

Cyclists must have greater input into the design of cycling infrastructure, Cork's city councillors have said after getting first-hand experience of life in the bike lanes.

The outgoing Lord Mayor of Cork has attacked the government over the city’s long-running events centre saga and said it’s now time for them to deliver.

A very special multi-course dinner in aid of two Cork charities will see four Cork Michelin-starred chefs come together, writes Joe McNamee.

Studios offering tattoos are mushrooming today, but there’s a long tradition behind decorating our bodies, says Robert Hume.

As the Metropole Hotel unveils its own new snug, Donal O’Keeffe takes a leisurely stroll around Cork and visits some of the city’s cosiest pub corners.

Questions over how to fund the proposed events centre in Cork has left the project in limbo and the city still waiting for its first curtain call, writes Eoin English.

There will be a wave of fresh investment in Cork once the long-mooted event centre is finally built to host events of the size of Dublin's Pendulum Summit, business leaders have said.

If you know Cork, you know the Oval bar.

Olivia Kelleher rounds up the start times for the parades in Cork and further afield. 

Wooden floors uncovered by excavation work on South Main Street suggests urban planning arrived in Cork earlier than we thought, writes Niall Murray.

One of Cork’s best-known businessmen has blasted the lack of progress on the long-mooted events centre, saying it is missing out on hosting events like the Pendulum Summit in Dublin.

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Planning permission has been granted for extra student accommodation on part of the former Beamish brewery site earmarked for Cork’s €65m events centre.

A decision on the modifications proposed to part of the Brewery Quarter events centre complex in Cork’s inner city is due within weeks.

A year ago, many retailers in Bandon were drying out their premises, following repeated flooding, but the message was sent out that the West Cork town remained open for business. A number of people took notice.

Plans to build apartments for nearly 200 students near University College Cork have been approved.

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Bandon is abloom — from today the town’s main street will be festooned with hanging baskets and window boxes full of summer blossoms.

EIGHTY per cent of everything was on a boat before it was here, which is something that nobody really remembers.”

The €4.25m Argos investment, in Cork City centre, facing the Capitol cinema redevelopment site, has been bought by neighbouring developers, Clarendon Properties, with a view to future redevelopment of their Queens Old Castle holding, on the Grand Parade.

Owen O’Callaghan’s planning application for another major office development on Cork’s south quays has been lodged.

Seán Kelly has come forward as next-of-kin.

Gardaí investigating the mysterious disappearance of a man in Cork City last month have issued a fresh appeal for a taxi driver and three other men to come forward.

Homeowners and businesses across Cork were yesterday recovering from Storm Frank’s fallout — and bracing themselves for further hardship.

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A strong development-play deal close to €6.5m is in final stages of negotiation, on Cork city’s prime city centre 0.8 acre development site at the Square Deal furniture store.

A new education/arts use is being pencilled in for a high profile Cork city centre building by the proposed events centre/Brewery Quarter, which is being sold for well over €1 million.

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Locals in Youghal can paint the town red, or many other colours, under a discount scheme which is to be introduced in the Co Cork heritage town.