Those who held a protest against the Port of Cork's closing of a supposed public right of way for the arrival of Cobh's first cruise liner of the year have been urged to ditch their placards for the sake of the town's tourism industry.

The British Irish Chamber of Commerce has called for greater cooperation between the port and transit sector in Ireland and the UK.

Mark Bradley believes he can strike up a potent attacking partnership with Tyrone’s new scoring sensation Lee Brennan.

Plans for the first urban residential development in Cork’s docklands have been hit by a last-minute appeal from a commercial semi-state company.

Combined total traffic through the Port of Cork and Bantry Bay Port Company reached 10.3 million tonnes in 2017.

The latest IMDO iShip Index indicates growth in shipping and port activity in the Republic of Ireland by 5% in Q3 of 2017 compared to the same period last year.

Jose Mourinho has had a road named after him in his hometown of Setubal in Portugal.

A Port of Cork company’s five-year plan to expand its cruise liner trade is ahead of schedule with a record-breaking number of luxury passenger ships due next year.

The Port of Cork plans to build a new cruise line terminal at the deepwater quay in Cobh at an estimated cost up to €15m — and it could be operational by 2020.

Towering ambition, Munster passion and a long-proven New York track record in building skyscrapers and working on Manhattan’s ‘Ground Zero’ rebuild are behind soaring plans for an extraordinary Irish site that’s been dubbed “the key to Cork’s docklands future”, writes Tommy Barker.

The ports of Cork and Bantry handled nearly a million more tonnes of cargo last year than in 2014.

Increased activity at the Port of Cork saw profits increase by 79% to almost €4.5m last year.

Investigations are continuing after the seizure of €4.3m worth of herbal cannabis in Rosslare Port, Co Wexford, last night.

€4m worth of illegal cigarettes have been seized at Dublin port today.

Recently I gave over my column to the joys of sherry and wrote about how well it goes with food. This week it is the turn of port. Port and sherry are drinks we wrongly associate with Christmas when in fact they work all year round.

Greece will move rapidly to privatise its ports, regional airports and its power grid operator under a memorandum of understanding agreed with its international lenders.

Improved berthing facilities at Dunmore East and greater investment in the region’s port infrastructure are vital because cruise liners find it too risky to launch passenger tenders offshore in rough weather, said a Waterford councillor.

Gardaí and customs officials have significantly increased surveillance and spot checks at Ringaskiddy Port in Co Cork in the belief that criminal gangs have been smuggling expensive farm and construction machinery out of the country in containers.