Planning has been approved for the ground floor of a contentious medical centre in Killarney, Co Kerry.

THE four-bedroom semi-detached home, No 1 Shanakiel Park on Cork city’s northside has a good bit of space on offer.

IN 1963, a film was made at War of Independence ambush sites in the Ballingeary/Ballyvourney area of Co Cork. A description of the relevant happenings at each site was given by a participant, in all cases a local man.

The 21st annual UCC Staff road race takes place tomorrow, starting at 11am. Organised under the rules of the Cork BHAA, it takes place over the 10km distance on the Lee Road/Carrigrohane Road circuit.

People who live in Protected Structures are like those in the proverbial glass-houses: they simply must not throw stones.

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.

People who live in Protected Structures are like those in the proverbial glass-houses: they simply must not throw stones. The cost of replacing a window, a door, even a roof-slate or a garden wall can be so much more than that involved in repairing an ordinary semi-detached home that it is best to behave with a certain amount of caution. Prevention, in the case of old houses, is always better than cure.

FIREMEN had to break down the gate to gain access and found no water with which to fight the blaze that destroyed the Good Shepherd convent and chapel at Sundays Well in Cork recently.