Serious public attention should be paid to the views of the 18 former Lords Mayor of Cork who oppose the abolition of Cork City and County Councils and replacing them with a ‘super council’. (Irish Examiner, August, 4)

Meet Gerry Lyons, a West Cork street cleaner who’s donning his uniform and pushing his dustcart some 20km to raise much-needed funds for cancer research.

Viaduct Joey, the oldest horse in the race, can land the Dundalk Stadium Maiden on the all weather tonight.

They came from all corners of Ireland yesterday to bid a fond farewell to a giant of a man and of Irish sport – the ‘king of the road’ Mick Barry.

Size: 120 sq m (1,300 sq ft)

Designs on a high-class, high standard house? Tommy Barker says Bramley Lodge could be the apple of your eye

DOUGLAS, CORK €330,000

Uninsured business-owners in Cork are appealing for help this morning following widespread flooding in the county yesterday.

Householders and businesses are braced for the risk of further flash floods and crippling clean up costs as weather forecasters tonight warned of more heavy rain.

Parts of Cork city and county have been hit by serious flooding following overnight downpours.

A man driving a 4x4 pulling a trailer with three horses got aggressive with gardaí resulting in him being pepper-sprayed and struck with a baton, but yesterday he claimed he was just anxious about the animals.

A post mortem will be carried out today on the body of a cyclist who died in a collision in Cork yesterday.

A female cyclist has died after a road traffic accident in Cork this afternoon.

IF YOU think five acres of private gardens (just past Cork City’s suburban boundaries) might be too much to maintain, shame on you: the caretaker-gardener is 82 years and drives his ride-on mower like a boy racer.

HENRY de Bromhead continued his terrific start to the season when saddling 40-1 shot Case Jove, almost 190-1 on the tote, to land the Cashel Maiden Hurdle at Clonmel yesterday.

AN official report into the collapse of the railway viaduct at Malahide has found no records to show that Iarnród Éireann staff responsible for track inspections had carried out annual checks on the bridge for scour – the main cause of the bridge’s collapse.

GOD be with the days when land south west of Cork city made €35,000 per acre.

A WEST CORK town was under three feet of water yesterday morning, for the second time in seven weeks.

A MAN is in custody after two gardaí were injured in a ramming incident during a chase around Cork city and suburbs early yesterday.

TRIBUTES were paid last night to a talented horse whisperer and breeder who died after falling from her mount during a race.

IT is a bungalow from the outside, but get in past the stained glass front door and porch and you could be forgiven for thinking you were in a luxury penthouse.

Tommy Barker reports on a prime property in city’s western suburbs.

CRANKY — the unavoidable state one finds oneself in after travelling from Cork to Auckland, New Zealand.

A FULLY updated bungalow, on a third of an acre site just west of Cork city, is up for sale with a €340,000 price guide.

IT used to be the sea breezes on distant tree boughs that gave the first clues of impending drama at the America’s Cup, but now the early excitement comes from the competitors’ efforts to peek under their rivals’ skirts.

SET up on Spur Hill rising out of Wilton and Togher in Cork, two bungalows currently on the market with 100,000 euro in price difference between them offer a flavour of country living and suburban convenience.