For motoring mogul Henry Ford, the step he took on Tuesday, April 17, 1917 — 100 years ago this year — was the beginning of a remarkable journey, both for his burgeoning company and for the land of his ancestors: Cork.

A gruelling new multi-sport adventure race in and around Cork Harbour which includes a kayak to Spike Island will be staged next month.

You heard it here first — audible dog poo alarms are to be installed in Cork City as part of a new anti-dog fouling pilot project.

Two men had a lucky escape when shots were fired in the Mahon area of Cork city early today.

Horse-racing is returning to Cork City after almost a century.

Is there anyone that doesn’t like trees? We might even dare to suggest that everyone loves an individual tree, or trees.

THE public has been urged to boldly go where no-one has gone before — on a walk through our solar system which been “shrunk” to fit along the Banks of the Lee.

CORK City Council has been accused of having “no joined up thinking” on future transportation, after refusing permission for two pick-up points on a proposed €30 million commuter ferry route.

A €64,000 speed boat imported from the USA was stolen today from the banks of the River Shannon.

NEARLY 1,000 people had to be evacuated after hydrochloric acid leaked from a tank, forming a potentially lethal vapour which spread to adjoining industrial estates.

MYSTERY surrounds the identities of two people whose bodies were recovered a mile apart, and within eight hours of each other.