A house that lingered unloved for years has finally reached its stunning potential, writes Tommy Barker. Pictures: John Finn.

Kya deLongchamps is impressed by what she sees when she visits a period house near St Luke’s in Cork

THERE’S a set-back charm, on the double, to sunnily set 66, Wellington Road, in Cork city’s genteel (or, at least, regentrifying) St Luke’s Cross, between the city centre and Montenotte.

Traders in Cork city centre have called for “open, clear and honest consultation” before any decisions are made on the location of a supervised drug injection centre.

A study has identified Cork’s quays and nearby streets as blackspots for drug injecting and as possible sites for a supervised injecting centre.

A woman who cried out when she was victim of a robbery that she needed the money to pay rent was given some of her money back by the culprit.

Developers with 'tunnel vision' are being canvassed for a Cork city centre plot, which directly overlook overlooks two sites where work is now underway on €300 million worth of projects.

A young man who was caught drink driving only chanced driving in response to a late-night call from a friend who was threatening to jump off a bridge.

A heroin dealer who was caught with a quantity of the drug in Cork travelled to Dublin for another stash in the vain hope of selling it to clear his debt from the first drugs bust. 

Tributes have been paid following the death of renowned historian Sean Pettit, a specialist in the history of Cork.

A St John’s ambulance volunteer suffered a dislocated shoulder and fractured wrist when a man dragged her to the ground as he tried to rob her handbag and yesterday she said of the accused: “Everyone deserves a second chance.”

Although dwarfed in scale by its grandly sized neighbours this mews conversion comes with lots of quirky charm, writes Tommy Barker.

An Italian couple who were victims of a violent mugging in Cork City yesterday expressed the hope that their attacker understood the suffering he had caused.

A man has been arrested and charged with a count of assault causing harm to an 79-year-old man in Cork City.

Gardaí are advising people to arrive in the village of Castlelyons, Co Cork, before 1pm on Friday if they want to attend Thomas Kent’s State funeral.

Tommy Barker says this four bedroomed period home has city centre convenience and plenty of character.

It was built in the 1870s, but St Luke’s Church in Cork became the city’s newest venue Friday night when it hosted the first of its series of August gigs.

There’s a touch of the exotic to this 1850 sunny property in St Luke’s Cross, writes Tommy Barker.

Cork City Council has given the go-ahead for further developments at Apple’s facility on the city’s north side, at Hollyhill.

Two burglars in a stolen van careered through the streets of Cork without any regard for the safety of other motorists as they tried to escape pursuing gardaí.

Two men are in custody after a high speed chase in which a garda was knocked off his motorcycle in Cork.

The National Transport Authority has proposed an additional three buses for the Glen in Cork City and has given a commitment to look at future services.

Water services in parts of Cork city should be back to normal by midnight.

A broken water main has disrupted the water supply to thousands of homes and businesses across the northside of Cork city today.

Suburban train services were disrupted in Cork yesterday after a truck got jammed under a railway bridge in the city.

HAVING never seen an electric bike before, I had the false preconception that it was a first cousin to the electric car and that you could drive it like those bicycles you sometimes see in France with a little motor attached to the front wheel.

A 65-year-old man has said he was falsely imprisoned, assaulted, and handcuffed to a radiator by his estranged wife and his son in the bathroom of a B&B.

A Spaniard who had 21 staples inserted in a head wound after a vicious and unprovoked attack by a gang of youths in Cork has said he has no intention of leaving this country.

PAINSTAKING work collecting all the records of the 2,265 men who fought with the Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary (ADRIC) finally helped identify the man who instigated the burning of Cork city 90 years ago today.

THE President described a community group supporting thousands of people across the northside of Cork city for three decades as a “remarkable story of care”.

BUS ÉIREANN has introduced 25 new low-emission buses on Cork city routes as part of a e6 million investment.

Major traffic disruption is expected throughout Cork city this morning following the collapse of the Quay Wall between the Skew Bridge and Water Street junction yesterday.

A motorist who is accused of dragging a senior member of An Garda Siochana along the side of his moving car creating a risk of death or serious injury over four years ago, was arrested in London today and extradited to Cork.

POLITICIANS last night condemned a spate of graffiti attacks in an historic urban village criticising plans for its regeneration.

FOUR floors of living space within a five minute walk of the city — and a garden.

WORRIED residents are pleading with the authorities to clean up an area near Kent railway station in Cork which has become a haunt for winos and litter louts.

THE gentrification process began early for this house at number 3, Harbour View in Cork’s Summerhill North when the venerable old building was rescued in 1991 by its builder-owner.

By Tommy Barker