First South Africa, then the Rockefeller Centre, New York – and, now Cork is about to be hit by Rain.

Gardaí objected to a new burrito outlet in Cork city getting a licence to serve wine on the basis that it was in the middle of “a public disorder hotspot”.

Like any good army, the Irish economy is marching back to full-bellied recovery on its stomach with up to a half-dozen new restaurants flooding into one section of Cork city alone. 

A local has emerged as the €2.3m-plus buyer of a Killarney town-centre, modern, retail-based investment property called The Courtyard.

The €4.25m Argos investment, in Cork City centre, facing the Capitol cinema redevelopment site, has been bought by neighbouring developers, Clarendon Properties, with a view to future redevelopment of their Queens Old Castle holding, on the Grand Parade.

A man has been remanded in custody in relation to an 81-year-old woman, walking along Winthrop Street in Cork City centre, being the victim of a robbery.

Investment property activity is continuing through to year’s end in and around Cork city centre streets by the Penneys site, which is expected to go forward for planning permission next month for a major redevelopment, after a two-year site assembly

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Hoping for a quick flip in the fast food sector is an investor who aims to off-load a Cork city McDonald’s restaurant that he bought last year for over €4 million.

With impeccable timing, three new tenants are moving into Cork’s city’s gem-like boulevard, the Winthrop Arcade, via agents Lisney.

If there’s blood on the streets of Cork city with its recent wave of new restaurants and bars opening for business, there’s a quarter-cut of the city that may well have a roll to play. It’s McCurtain Street.

An aggressive man who taunted a guard to “go on and arrest me” and then took off on a lap around a block in Cork city centre got his wish when the guard knocked him to the ground and arrested him.

Suzanne Harrington returns home with a boyfriend who has never visited Cork and finds there have been many changes over the years to a city which has embraced the new but hung on to the best parts of the old.

A retail unit acquired in 1999 as the second ever Aldi Irish store is up for sale by tender as an investment: it’s the anchor tenant in the Westside Retail Park, Ballincollig in Cork, on a lease set to run until 2024.

There are some Americanisms that bug me — like the use of the word ‘already’ out of context or the hijacking of the term ‘awesome’ to refer to anything from agreement to a nice sandwich.

Two former Cork City sites, associated with boom-time purchases involving Oyster Developments, are being brought to market by Savills.

There was strong interest in this Winthrop Street property, leased by McDonald’s, which was bought by over €4 million by a private investor.

FOR the human body, a doctor will assess a patient’s well-being by their general appearance and by checking their blood pressure.

It’s got a Blue Chip tenant, it’s guiding €3.5 million — so, would you like fries with that?

The New Year won’t bring any let-up in the stormy weather in the south of the country as flood alerts have been issued in Cork city and county.

The decision to close Kerry training sessions to the public has helped to ensure there is no hype overload ahead of the All-Ireland semi-final with Dublin, according to Colm Cooper.

Cork footballer Colm O’Neill does not believe the county will appoint an outside manager to replace Conor Counihan.

ARE we getting bang for our buck in our bangers? Do we know where the meat in them comes from?

INTERNET users researching a trip to Cork can now take a virtual tour inside the city’s bars, restaurants, hotels and other businesses — a move which traders hope will boost tourism.

THIS is the dramatic moment when a disturbed man attacked a garda with a knife, stole his jeep, and set off on a terrifying rampage through Cork city.

CONGRATULATIONS on your fine publication Life Through A Lens (June 17). In the Past Times selection, the images of the Fireman’s Rest in Patrick Street particularly caught my attention.

A 27-year-old Dublin man has been remanded in custody after being charged in connection with an armed robbery in Cork city earlier this week.

SIMULANT diamond store Secrets Shhh will open its first franchise shop in Cork this month.

CORK Business Association is launching a major drive to get new members, preparing to appoint its first chief executive and commencing a series of corporate lunches featuring high-profile speakers like Ben Dunne.

THE stains on St Patrick’s Street are wicked. It’s going to cost €30,000 to fix it.

CORK writers and singers will hold a literary walkabout of the city today.

Serial sex offender James Lombard confessed today to sexually assaulting another seven boys and two girls as it emerged a consultation with a prison psychiatrist broke down because the accused was too upset to speak.

A serial sex offender captured today three weeks after he disappeared on the final day of his trail at Cork Circuit Court has been remanded in custody to appear at Youghal Circuit Court.

Gardaí yesterday named fugitive paedophile James Lombard. Seán O'Riordan looks back at his trial.

I AM researching for a documentary on Dan Fennessy, a former commended garda, boxing champion and later, after his retirement from the gardaí in 1969, a private investigator.