The Chairman of the Port of Cork, Dermot O'Mahoney has said in his annual statement that 2007 was a great success for the company.

The Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr Donal Counihan handed over a sponsorship cheque to the clowns and characters of Circus Festival Ireland this week as the city prepared for its stint as the Capital of Circus.

There will be no Swansea Cork ferry in operation this year, at least according to Labour city councillor Michael O'Connell.

The two main nursing unions in Ireland yesterday issued a stern "final warning" to industrial relations chiefs to raise nurses' pay following last weeks benchmarking report.

A Blackpool based software company has successfully secured a substantial contract to provide wireless based broadband into remote parts of South Africa.