A business seed planted 135 years ago on Cork city’s South Mall still sees a family-owned firm sowing and reaping.

Cyclists have criticised Cork’s transport chiefs for sanctioning a temporary bus-parking arrangement which has led to blockages of bike lanes linking the city to the train station.

Historic cobbles unearthed during roadworks on a busy Cork city street are not being dumped and are in storage for reuse, City Hall has confirmed.

The first pedestrians have walked, cycled and sat on Cork’s newest bridge.

The property supplement to a recent issue of the Irish Examiner contained a piece by Tommy Barker about the sale of Monkstown Castle House — ‘House of the week’ (June 8) — home of the late Charlie Hennessey and Abby Scott.

Des O’Sullivan sets the scene for an intriguing sale next Saturday.

Viewing points have been set up on Cork’s northern quays for people to watch the city’s newest bridge be lifted into place in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Cork’s newest bridge is to be named after Mary Elmes, dubbed Ireland’s Oskar Schindler, following public involvement in the process.

Cork’s newest bridge looks set to be named after a woman thanks to the public after four leading female historical figures were included on a five-name shortlist.

Cork’s landmark St Patrick’s Bridge is to close to traffic for resurfacing for two weekends in a row later this month as part of its €1.2m restoration.

The chief executive of Cork City Council has defended issuing eviction notices to homeless people living in tents on a city quay.

A Cork Councillor says homeless people who have resorted to living in tents at the River Lee Quays are being hounded away - to detract attention from the homeless crisis.

A former lord mayor of Cork has called for a marquee-style structure on one of the city’s quays, which has been home to a man for several months, to be torn down.

One of Cork City’s busiest hotel and restaurant districts is bracing for disruption and water outages during a €20m Irish Water pipe replacement project.

The Canadian woman who, along with her brother, helped save a homeless man from drowning in the river Lee said their lifeguard training played a key role in the daring rescue.

More additions to student accommodation provision in Cork are to be made after permission has been granted for a development with over 200 bed spaces near the city centre.

A local authority has defended the installation of an unsightly steel railing along an historic city quay.

A West Cork pensioner was out enjoying his garden on an autumn day when a block wall fell on top of him, killing him outright.

A plea of guilty was entered yesterday on behalf of a construction company in a case where a member of the public was fatally injured at a building site in Bandon more than two years ago.

Private bus operators should help fund the construction of proper drop-off and pick-up facilities for their passengers in Cork city.

The first new bridge over the river Lee in more than a decade has been installed.

Up to €40,000 has been spent retrofitting safety mesh onto some of Cork’s historic quayside railings.

There have been calls to name Cork’s newest bridge after a woman, and for the public to have a say.

Plans for the overhaul and extension of the Metropole Hotel in Cork city centre have been detailed by the company proposing the works.

Plans for a pedestrian and cycle bridge in Cork City, which is being part-funded by the EU, have gone on public display.

One of Cork’s most historic hotels, the Metropole, is poised for a €50m investment that will double its rooms tally, add shops at ground level, and see the construction of another three-star hotel to be called The M.

As the Everyman in Cork marks 120 years, John Daly looks back at some of the milestones in its eventful history as a venue at the heart of the city’s cultural life

Safety mesh has been installed along a stretch of exposed quayside in Cork city centre where a toddler fell into the River Lee.

Gardaí say a woman who dived in to rescue a toddler who had fallen into the River Lee “undoubtedly saved the child’s life”.

A range of improvements for passengers at Dublin Airport are to be submitted for planning permission.

Hundreds of thousands of euro have been invested in cycle lanes and in Cork another €2m has been invested in the Coca Cola bike scheme. But why do potholes still abound, asks Caroline Delaney.

The last words of a Dubliner who was killed by his friend after a day out drinking in Cork were recorded on a 999 call — “Drinking spirits. He just turned around and snapped. My friend did it.”

Significant internal and external changes to Cork’s Merchants Quay Shopping Centre are proposed in an application lodged last week.

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Two separate investigations are under way after a man was killed in a freak wall collapse in his own back garden in West Cork.

Oh it’s all spring colours and fresh thinking this week on the wish list as Esther N McCarthy chooses shoes, sheep and sofas for your delectation.

An assault victim who was found slumped on a city quay with blood pouring from his nose died from severe head and brain injuries, an inquest heard yesterday.

An investor has driven off with a purpose-built, garage showroom on a two-acre site in Cork’s East Gate, for less than €1.5m.

Gardaí in Cork are appealing for witnesses to a street fight in the city, which they believe led to the death of a 36-year-old.