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A bike box goes up in Ballintemple, but Cork City Council says it must come down
Cork City Council has ruled that a bike box in the driveway of a private house on the southside of the city would "set an undesirable precedent for…
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JJ O'Donoghue
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Cool mountain memories
Fred Callow’s debut book is a memoir of his attempts at self-sufficiency in rugged West Cork, and an attempt to set the record straight on an immigrant…
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Ellie O'Byrne
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8 new train stations are planned for Cork but will they be on track by 2030?
It's been decades since a new train station was built in Cork. Irish Rail plans to open eight new stations, but can they follow through amidst the…
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JJ O'Donoghue
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Is Cork's €670k Urban Sculpture Trail a load of 'ArtBollocks'?
3 out of the 5 Island City public art pieces have been installed in the city centre as part of the Fáilte Ireland-funded initiative, supported by Cork…
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Pádraig O' Connor
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Aramark and the English Market
The English Market is the jewel in the crown of Cork's foodie culture. So why is it managed by a company notorious for its US prison food and management…
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Ellie O'Byrne
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Negative reviews force Dean Hotel to turn the lights off earlier
The Dean Hotel has promised to turn its powerful exterior lights off earlier at night, but critics say the move doesn’t go far enough.
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JJ O'Donoghue
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Just 59 properties listed as derelict in County Cork
It took Tripe + Drisheen a month to access the derelict sites register for Cork County, a document that by law must be publicly available; we found just…
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Ellie O'Byrne
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What’s the story with 4 and 5 Fr Matthew Quay? It’s... complicated. And never ending.
The former corn store has been empty for decades. For the last two years it’s been on Cork City Council’s Derelict Sites Register. What gives, and who…
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JJ O'Donoghue
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Why Cork has so many vacant homes and derelict sites
And why "use it or lose it" isn't likely to move the dial
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JJ O'Donoghue
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Locavore: a month of eating only Irish food
A globalised food supply chain is causing irreparable environmental harms; a month of eating only Irish produce has shown me how.
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Ellie O'Byrne
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'Tears of joy' as Cork Educate Together Secondary School gets green light for Douglas campus
Cork City Council has granted planning permission for the new co-educational secondary school in Douglas, subject to 37 conditions.
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JJ O'Donoghue
21 and running for City Council
Local election candidate Rachel Hurley Roche is campaigning for a shift away from old-school parish politics. She believes that we need to think…
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Pádraig O' Connor
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