The Irish Times

Row over planned wind farm at Cork beauty spot Gougane Barra

Local objectors dismayed by permission for ‘domineering’ turbines in area

Tue Apr 26 2022 - 03:00

Cork council wins challenge to Minister’s direction over planning

Judge highlights misunderstanding in Minister’s approach to issue

Fri Nov 05 2021 - 18:39

Volunteer programme established to ‘build resilience in communities’

Volunteers can get involved in local events as well as more urgent community needs

Tue Sept 14 2021 - 13:30

Slagheap in Cork Harbour reborn as scenic park after €25m remediation

More than 650,000 tonnes of waste from Irish Steel plant is sealed in and made safe

Sun Jul 18 2021 - 13:55

Visitors to Cork beauty spots urged to take rubbish home

Bins at public amenities encourage people to leave litter behind, County Council chief says

Mon May 03 2021 - 13:08

First major Cork greenway could lure 250,000 visitors a year – council chief

22km Midleton to Youghal Greenway set to open by 2023 at cost of about €15m

Sun Feb 14 2021 - 21:20

Cork floods: ‘This shouldn’t have happened... It was a very low tide’

West Cork assesses flood damage caused by torrential rains

Tue Aug 18 2020 - 19:29

Coronavirus: June’s €8m Ironman Ireland in Co Cork cancelled

Ireland’s largest-ever triathlon event would have been worth €8m to the local economy

Tue Apr 21 2020 - 07:55

Cork council announces free online writing workshops for those in isolation

Courses in crime writing, narrative fiction and poetry will be offered free, mayor says

Mon Apr 06 2020 - 22:01

Ireland’s only cable car celebrates 50 years of connection to mainland

Dursey residents were stranded for more than a month every year due to raging seas, RTÉ was told in 1969

Fri Dec 06 2019 - 09:24

Cork’s Spike Island wins second international major tourist award

Site’s visitor numbers have grown steadily from 27,000 in 2016 to over 81,000 in 2019

Wed Nov 06 2019 - 21:01

Cork Co Council signs contract for design work on collapsed Fermoy weir

Large section of weir collapsed in January after locals had lobbied for repair funding

Sun Oct 06 2019 - 11:24

Work on €15m Midleton-Youghal Greenway to start next month

Cork County Council hopes amenity will mirror success of the Waterford Greenway

Sat Oct 05 2019 - 09:43

Midleton-Youghal Greenway: €8m funding will see 23km route built

Greenway along old railway could attract up to 250,000 visitors and boost local tourism

Sun Jun 23 2019 - 11:43

Information campaign unveiled for 85,000 people due to transfer from Cork county to city

City boundary extension at end of May will be the first in 50 years

Sun Apr 14 2019 - 12:02

Pioneering science students chosen as Cork Persons of the Year

Irish rugby coach, Joe Schmidt made an honorary Corkman for his contribution

Sat Jan 19 2019 - 10:35

Gardaí net €50,000 drugs haul in west Cork grow-house raid

Polish national (37) remanded in custody following discovery of narcotic in Ballinhassig

Sat Nov 17 2018 - 16:28

‘Treaty ports’ handover recalled at Spike Island 80 years on

About 400 attend ceremony to mark day control of ports given to State in 1938

Thu Jul 12 2018 - 01:00

Exhibition opens to mark 50th anniversary of Ireland’s once tallest building

Cork County Hall continues to loom large on Cork landscape and in Cork affections

Wed Apr 18 2018 - 08:07

Ireland’s once tallest building to be recognised

Cork County Hall to have exhibition and commemorative plaque

Sun Apr 15 2018 - 10:42

An Bord Pleanála gives go ahead for 600 homes in Cork

O’Flynn Construction application lodged last December under fast track housing scheme

Wed Apr 04 2018 - 09:03

Dáil will pass legislation to allow for Cork city expansion, FF predicts

FF and FG will support legislation to give effect to controversial extension, says Terry Shannon

Mon Jan 08 2018 - 08:45

Law enabling expansion of Cork city welcomed

Lord Mayor of Cork hails confirmation by Minister of intention to introduce legislation

Thu Dec 28 2017 - 20:53

Cork County Council accused of delaying boundary extension

Council members last week voted against a deal agreed by county and city chiefs

Thu Dec 21 2017 - 13:48

Cork City Council asks Minister to legislate for boundary change

Failure of city and county councils to agree new boundary prompts request to Murphy

Tue Dec 19 2017 - 13:01

Cork County Council rejects city border expansion deal

Councillors vote down compromise boundary agreement after seeking legal advice

Sun Dec 17 2017 - 19:29

Spike Island takes second place in category of World Travel Awards

Former prison and fort comes in ahead of the Great Wall of China and Mount Kilimanjaro

Mon Dec 11 2017 - 21:53

Cork county councillors ask to see legal advice on city boundary plan

County councillors criticise decision to transfer commuter towns to city council

Mon Dec 11 2017 - 21:28

Councillors claim Cork boundary deal was ‘not democratic’

‘We, as a county council, effectively had a gun put to our heads,’ Cllr Derry Canty says

Wed Dec 06 2017 - 09:01

Cork city population to increase to more than 200,000 under deal

Councils agree deal to expand city to include satellite towns and Cork Airport

Wed Dec 06 2017 - 05:59

Cork councils meet in bid to reach deal on city boundary extension

Minister retains power to impose expansion if councillors fail to form agreement

Mon Dec 04 2017 - 07:52

Cork council agrees to mediation on boundary dispute

Move boosts hopes that boundary extension dispute can be resolved

Thu Oct 26 2017 - 18:32

Need for negotiation stressed by Minister on Cork city boundary dispute

Hopes of resolution increase after letter from Minister to mayor of Cork County

Fri Oct 20 2017 - 16:49

Storm Ophelia clean-up continues across the south east

Council workers to focus on clearing roads of fallen trees, telegraph poles and debris

Tue Oct 17 2017 - 09:51