Cowen seeks increased engagement with EuropeIreland must forge common policies with other like-minded states in order to establish the conditions for stability and prosperity…Sun Sept 14 2008 - 01:00
Initial Cork waste tests show no public threatPRELIMINARY RESULTS of an investigation into waste material from the former Irish Ispat plant at Haulbowline suggest the waste…Sat Sept 13 2008 - 01:00
Risk from Ispat site is tolerable, says O'DeaA REPORT on the environmental impact of pollution from the former Irish Ispat site on the neighbouring Naval Service base at …Fri Sept 12 2008 - 01:00
Report shows Haulbowline site is safe - GormleyMinister for the Environment John Gormley has released preliminary results of a study into hazardous waste at the former Irish…Fri Sept 12 2008 - 01:00
Alcon eye care firm to create 186 new jobs at Cork plantTHE DECISION by US eye care firm Alcon Laboratories to invest over €20 million in its plant in Cork and create 186 new jobs will…Fri Sept 12 2008 - 01:00
CUH's CT scanner is a 'major' assetA NEW €1.1 million 64-slice CT (computer tomography) scanner at Cork University Hospital (CUH) is expected to have a significant…Tue Sept 09 2008 - 01:00
Suppliers say chicken firm's future is bleakCHICKEN GROWERS supplying troubled poultry processor Cappoquin Chickens yesterday admitted the future of the plant looks bleak…Sat Sept 06 2008 - 01:00
UK poultry firm in talks on Cappoquin rescueEXECUTIVES FROM a British poultry company yesterday began discussions with the liquidator of Cappoquin Chickens about a possible…Fri Sept 05 2008 - 01:00
Chairman of animal welfare group says pay issue resolvedTHE CHAIRMAN of the Cork Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (CSPCA) has expressed confidence that the charity has…Fri Sept 05 2008 - 01:00
Murphy hails 'good day' for crime fightingTHE GARDA Commissioner Fachtna Murphy yesterday hailed the seizure by Dutch police of 165 guns following the seizure of another…Fri Sept 05 2008 - 01:00
Irish experts to help tackle world hungerIRELAND CAN play an important role in tackling the issue of food insecurity by helping develop crops which can survive in some…Wed Sept 03 2008 - 01:00
Carrick-on-Suir's new theatre opens its doorsTHE €1.6 million refurbishment of the Strand Theatre in Carrick-on-Suir in Co Tipperary is an example of what a community can…Sat Aug 30 2008 - 01:00
Cork hopes French display will attract marine tourismA MAJOR campaign to promote Cork as an attractive marine visitor destination will be launched next month when tourism and local…Fri Aug 29 2008 - 01:00
Cork quayside complex gets go-aheadTHE DEVELOPERS of a proposed €120 million hotel and apartment quayside complex in Cork have welcomed the decision by Cork City…Fri Aug 29 2008 - 01:00
Ryanair to withdraw two of its seven Cork routesRYANAIR HAS announced that it is to withdraw two of its seven routes from Cork airport.Thu Aug 28 2008 - 01:00
Biotech will have key role in expanding agricultural production, conference toldRAPID ADVANCES in agricultural biotechnology will have an important role in achieving the expansion in agricultural production…Thu Aug 28 2008 - 01:00
Welder held as 'flight risk' following fatal road accidentA 26-YEAR-OLD welder has been remanded in custody after he was charged with a motor offence following a road traffic collision…Wed Aug 27 2008 - 01:00
UCC student fears for arrested parentsA 21-YEAR-OLD Chinese student living in Ireland has spoken of his concern for his parents after they were arrested by police …Wed Aug 27 2008 - 01:00
Three arrests in farmer assault caseGARDAÍ ARE to prepare a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) after last night releasing without charge three men…Wed Aug 27 2008 - 01:00
Cork cruise liners to put €50m into economyCRUISE LINERS calling to Cork harbour look set to inject almost €50 million into the Munster economy this year, the Port of Cork…Tue Aug 26 2008 - 01:00
Concern over use of legal party drugA SENIOR consultant in emergency medicine has expressed serious concern at the appearance on the youth scene in Ireland of an…Tue Aug 19 2008 - 01:00
Appeal against record 30-year drugs sentencesTHREE ENGLISHMEN convicted of the biggest-ever drugs shipment in the history of the State have appealed their convictions and…Fri Aug 15 2008 - 01:00
Troupe with nose for a French romance that pulls on the heartstringsTHEATRE: SEEING DOUBLE is one thing but seeing treble is what audiences get when they catch an innovative production of Cyrano…Fri Aug 15 2008 - 01:00
Minister rejects Labour's criticism over feesTHIRD-LEVEL ISSUE: MINISTER FOR Education Batt O'Keeffe yesterday rejected criticism by the Labour Party that any plan to reintroduce…Fri Aug 15 2008 - 01:00
DPP appeals suspended heroin sentenceThe Director of Public Prosecutions has appealed a six year suspended sentence imposed earlier this summer on a 26-year-old man…Thu Aug 14 2008 - 01:00
Autism student a 'shining example'SPECIAL NEEDS: A 17-YEAR-OLD student with autism who achieved extremely high marks in the Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA) …Thu Aug 14 2008 - 01:00
Six of the best for Cork students Pupils from city and county achieve eight A1s in examAMBITIONS REALISED: STUDENTS AND teachers in Cork welcomed yesterday's Leaving Certificate results, which revealed six students…Thu Aug 14 2008 - 01:00
Cork hospital at odds with Harney on staffing needsA SENIOR administrator at the Mercy University Hospital has rejected suggestions by Minister for Health Mary Harney that the …Wed Aug 13 2008 - 01:00
Guide dog funds of €780,000 announcedMINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney has pledged to give careful consideration to providing additional funding to the Irish Guide …Tue Aug 12 2008 - 01:00
Patients show artistic talentsMORE THAN 60 people who use psychiatric services at Cork University Hospital have participated in a project aimed at developing…Tue Aug 12 2008 - 01:00
Cork set for cardiac renal centre in 2010THE OPENING in 2010 of an €85 million cardiac-renal centre at Cork University Hospital will be of great assistance to patients…Tue Aug 12 2008 - 01:00
Harney criticises hospital over idle unitMINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney said yesterday the HSE would "not be held to ransom" by the Mercy University Hospital in Cork…Tue Aug 12 2008 - 01:00
Drug reaction alert after man's deathDOCTORS TREATING patients with acute illnesses should review whether the patients need to continue taking cholesterol-lowering…Fri Aug 08 2008 - 01:00
Mini-stroke possible cause of fatal crashA PALLOTINE priest who spent 50 years as a missionary in Argentina may have suffered a mini-stroke which caused him to crash …Fri Aug 08 2008 - 01:00
Jobs blow for Cork as Pfizer to close plantCORK SUFFERED a jobs blow yesterday with the announcement by one of the country's largest pharmaceutical employers, Pfizer, that…Thu Aug 07 2008 - 01:00
Hearing on co-location of Cork hospital welcomedTHE DECISION by An Bord Pleanála to hold an oral hearing into a proposed €242 million co-located private hospital on the grounds…Thu Aug 07 2008 - 01:00
Single-sex schools told to spell out enrolment policiesALL SINGLE-SEX schools will have to ensure that their prospectuses and enrolment policies state clearly that they are single-…Thu Aug 07 2008 - 01:00
No crabs harmed in the making of this huntCAHERSIVEEN: IT MAY not have been the Great White Shark Hunt but the first Cahersiveen Crab Hunt proved just as exciting for…Tue Aug 05 2008 - 01:00
Mallow CT scanner to be 'operational later this month'THE HSE has confirmed that it expects that a €1Tue Aug 05 2008 - 01:00
Gilmore predicts strong EU showing from KellySELECTION PROCESS: EAMON GILMORE predicted that Labour would be fighting strongly to win a seat in the South constituency in…Mon Jul 28 2008 - 01:00
Life in jail for killing girlfriendA FATHER of two has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his 20-year-old girlfriend and given a 15-year sentence…Fri Jul 25 2008 - 01:00
Record sentences as three found guilty in drugs haulTHREE ENGLISHMEN convicted of the biggest-ever drugs shipment in the history of the State were yesterday sentenced to jail terms…Thu Jul 24 2008 - 01:00
Tipperary man gets life for murder of girlfriendA 31-year-old father of two has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his 20-year-old girlfriend and given a …Thu Jul 24 2008 - 01:00
Man remanded over Tipperary woman's murderA 31-year-old father-of two has been remanded in custody after he pleaded guilty to the murder of a 20-year-old woman who was…Wed Jul 23 2008 - 01:00
Cocaine smugglers given 30-year prison sentencesTwo of the three Englishmen involved in a €440 million cocaine smuggling operation off the west Cork coast have been sentenced…Wed Jul 23 2008 - 01:00
Three due to be sentenced in €440m drugs-smuggling caseTHREE ENGLISHMEN will be sentenced today for their part in €440 million drugs smuggling operation off the west Cork coast after…Wed Jul 23 2008 - 01:00
Three men convicted over €440m cocaine seizureTHREE ENGLISHMEN involved in a €440 million cocaine smuggling operation off the west Cork coast have been remanded in custody…Wed Jul 23 2008 - 01:00
Three men found guilty in Cork cocaine trialA jury in Cork has found three men guilty on charges relating to the discovery of some €440 million worth of cocaine off the …Tue Jul 22 2008 - 01:00
Orthopaedic consultant posts 'a cause for concern'THE FAILURE to replace two consultants at St Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital in Gurranabraher in Cork on a permanent basis is a cause…Tue Jul 22 2008 - 01:00
