A Cork harbour pub with 150 years of history and a 50-year link to Murphy’s Brewery is up for sale — just two years after being revived by its current owner — because it got too popular. That’s according to experienced hospitality professional Eugene Sheehan, who is now selling the award-winning Murph’s Bar, located by … Read more
A Cork family has said they have been asking Cork City Council for more than 20 years to address mould, damp, and leaks in their home, receiving no response except a refusal to renovate their bathroom. Sharon and Kenneth Murphy live with their daughters Leah (16) and Megan (25) in a council-owned house in Desmond … Read more
Walter Raleigh Hotel Acquired: Revitalization Plans Unveiled Table of Contents Walter Raleigh Hotel Acquired: Revitalization Plans Unveiled Walter Raleigh Hotel in Youghal Acquired by Choice Hotel Group: Revitalization Plans Unveiled Investment and Restoration A Storied History Continues Staff Retention and Expansion A Personal Connection Vision for the Future Community Integration Tourism Potential Local Support and … Read more
A tattoo artist has been found guilty of murdering 33-year-old chef Ian Baitson in Cobh by slashing his leg with a sword. The accused said he only wanted to scare the deceased but the prosecution said this was a cock and bull story. The six men and six women of the jury at the Central … Read more
Work is under way on a long-anticipated, €5.1m refurbishment of Mallow Swimming Pool, improvements that will eventually reduce energy costs and emissions and save the council money. The contract for the works was signed recently between Cork County Council and Cumnor Construction. The upgrades, which should be completed early next year, include a new extension … Read more
“No need for luck […] just relax and this will all be over soon,” was a message sent from a suspected crime boss to the men now charged with the State’s largest cocaine seizure before the ship in which they were sailing was stormed. The MV Matthew, owned by a Dubai-based company, was raided at … Read more
The decline in rural pubs in West and North Cork and throughout the country was one of the factors cited by a councillor in describing Ireland as “the loneliest nation in Europe”. Brendan McCarthy, a Fine Gael councillor in the West Cork/Skibbereen district, said he was calling for incentivisation for rural pubs to remain open, … Read more
Female friends of a young woman who died in hospital yesterday after she became ill at the finish line of the Cork City Marathon are being asked to wear bright colours and to bring a flower, if desired, to her funeral mass on Thursday. In a death notice on Rip.ie the family of Ellen Cassidy … Read more
“You would hear stories of parents coming straight from the hospital to hand over their babies.” Sean Abbott, the outgoing chief executive of Horizons, formerly the Cope Foundation, recalls the early days of his career when parents felt forced to abandon their newborns due to the stigma around disability. For some of these babies, who … Read more
For several years, a bus organised by Kerry and Cork independent TDs has been heading to the North once or twice a month, bringing patients from those counties to get cataract and hip operations in Belfast or Derry, procedures which are paid for — or least partly paid for — out of a cross-border healthcare … Read more