LAST week saw the opening of a new public park on a remediated former steelworks dump site in Cork Harbour. Haulbowline Amenity Park opened to the public on January 15 after a lengthy clean-up and remediation of the former Irish Steel dump site.

What was in the news 100 years ago today. Richard Forrest of Cork City Library tells us in this new weekly column

In his weekly column Trevor Laffan recalls the murder of a Cork family

Cork has experienced an "impressive improvement" in traffic congestion levels and has gone from being the world’s 75th most congested city in 2019 to its 100th in 2020.

The cold snap which hit the country in December has lingered into January and may be set to continue for the weeks ahead.

In a new weekly series, RICHARD FORREST of Cork City Library looks back at what was making the headlines in the Echo 100 years ago to the day. He starts with the news of Saturday, January 8, 1921

A new documentary series exploring the most iconic Irish love stories throughout history is to premiere with Ireland's "greatest and most tragic love story", that of Michael Collins and Kitty Kiernan.

In July, 1991, the Tall Ships Race visited Cork for the only time. TOM O’SULLIVAN recalls the success of the sailing extravaganza which drew huge crowds — but warns our harbour may well never see its like again

In times gone by on the morning of December 26th, St. Stephen’s Day, when most Corkonians would be drowsily recovering from over-indulging in food and drink the previous day, the old custom of the ‘Wran Boys’ would be taking place.

The forgotten century-old story of the survivors of a 94-day hunger strike in Cork Prison is told in a new book, published tomorrow.

Cork's iconic Shakey Bridge, formally known as Daly's Bridge, reopens to the public today fully refurbished, repainted and given a new lease of life.

"Does it still shake?" That was the million dollar question on everyone’s lips as the first few people walked across the newly refurbished Shakey Bridge.

AS the people of Cork and the officers of the Cork City Fire Brigade commemorate the centenary of the Burning of Cork tomorrow, it will be a particularly poignant moment for one service member.

A year after the Burning of Cork, the Irish Labour Party and Trade Union Congress published a book, Who Burnt Cork City?, containing dozens of eyewitness accounts, aiming to quash attempts to whitewash inquiries by Britain. In the final part of our series, we publish some of the accounts, which provide a terrifying insight into the terror and fear that stalked the city that night

A family with long connections to hurling on Leeside will supply the sliotars to be used in the All-Ireland hurling final on Sunday.

When drunken, marauding British troops set fire to Cork city in 1920, the inferno presented a huge logistical problem to the firefighters. PAT POLAND assesses the response from units both here and around the country

TIMOTHY DE BARRA, of Cork, did his final year project at The London School of Journalism on the Burning of Cork and in this extract, he explains the origins of that infamous night, using eyewitness accounts of the mayhem

This week marked the 150th anniversary of the consecration of one of Ireland's most iconic buildings -St Fin Barre’s Cathedral. A small number of people attended a special service at the Cathedral on Monday to mark the occasion.

100 years ago this month, a large part of Cork city was razed to the ground in one of the worst atrocities of the War of Independence. To launch a four-part Echo series on the Burning of Cork, GERRY WHITE recalls the ambush at Dillons Cross that fuelled a thirst for revenge among the British forces and led to the city inferno

ARLENE Foster is to write to the Ceann Comhairle about a tweet about Kilmichael Ambush by the Sinn Féin chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.

“The hills were bleeding and the rifles were aflame”THOSE were the words used by poet Sigerson Clifford to describe the turmoil that had cast a bitter shadow on Ireland during the war of independence.

THE centenary of the Kilmichael Ambush was held virtually today, to commemorate the day when local IRA volunteers, led by Tom Barry, killed 17 members of the RIC’s Auxiliary Division.

MUCH as I love Brendan Behan and most things about him, I dislike very much his bawdy version of The Boys Of Kilmichael.

Apple is celebrating its 40th anniversary in Cork this month. The tech giant first began operations at Hollyhill on the north side of the city in October 1980, just four years after the company was founded.

THE centenary of Kilmichael Ambush will be marked online later this month as commemoration activities move to the internet because of the Covid-19 restrictions.

A CORK historian has revealed that a Bessborough mother-and-baby-home resident is buried under a false name after being denied her true identity even in death.

ONE of the most striking pieces of engineering in the Waterford Harbour Estuary is the Barrow Railway Viaduct Bridge.

A new book on the third Lord Mayor of Cork to be elected in 1920, Donal Óg O’Callaghan, has been published today on the centenary anniversary of his election to replace Terence MacSwiney.

Independent Cork city councillor Kieran McCarthy has called for a historic arch in Cork city to be removed from its hidden corner and given more public prominence.

ACADEMICS at University College Cork have appealed to the public for ideas to mark the 175th anniversary of abolitionist leader, Frederick Douglass’s visit to Ireland.

Terence MacSwiney Community College have paid tribute to their namesake on the 100th anniversary of his death. Students and pupils participated in a silent guard of honour in remembrance of the former Lord Mayor.

The sign high on the wall bounding the main road through Passage West declares that a dockyard behind it was established in 1832 and “named by our gracious Queen on her first visit to Ireland, August 6, 1849 - ROYAL VICTORIA DOCKYARD.

Earlier this month, the owner of one of Cork's most popular tourist attractions called for increased supports for the industry amid a collapse in visitor numbers.

DETAILS of the 1926 census have been taken down from a Cork Facebook page, because of concerns about breaches of statistics legislation and data protection.

A century ago next week, Lord Mayor of Cork Terence MacSwiney breathed his last after a hunger strike. GERRY WHITE reveals his final days

EARLIER this week, Cork City Councillors approved Part 8 planning for the MacCurtain Street Public Transport Improvement Scheme.

A local councillor has said that traffic gridlock in Glanmire could be avoided if Cork City Council erects signage to prevent trucks from driving over a historic bridge that is not suitable for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs).

TO mark the centenary of their deaths, Cork City Council has agreed unanimously, following a recommendation by the Lord Mayor, to add the names of its two patriot Lords Mayor, Terence MacSwiney and Tomás MacCurtain to the roll of honorary citizens ...

OVER 68 years ago, one of the biggest franchises in the world came to Cork. Coca-Cola first came to Northern Ireland in 1939 and to the Republic of Ireland in 1952.

A Cork museum has launched a fundraising campaign in a bid to plug a €12,000 hole in their finances caused by the pandemic.

THE Atlantic Pond and the Marina have hit the headlines for numerous reasons in recent days.

A generation or two ago, Cork people shopped local and even a trip into the city was a rare occurrence when all they needed was on their doorstep, recalls JO KERRIGAN in her latest Throwback Thursday article

Where the grounds of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart are situated today was once the site of Cork’s first tea garden.

The annual Michael Collins Commemoration at Béal na Bláth will not take place this year due to Covid-19. Béal na Bláth is the site where Michael Collins was assassinated on August 22, 1922 in an ambush by anti-treaty forces.

In her latest Throwback Thursday column, Jo Kerrigan hears more about Cork people’s memories of childhood games of the past

The timeline for the reopening of the refurbished Shakey Bridge is unknown, as some works still need to be completed. Cork City Council has said they are liaising with the contractor L&M Keating Ltd on getting the outstanding work finished.

The discovery was made during the lockdown when staff at the museum were cataloguing a collection of artefacts and papers on loan to the museum from the Collins Family.

DESPITE Covid-19 causing major disruptions to the June and July events of Cork300, the Royal Cork Yacht Club remains on course to aptly celebrate the momentous tricentenary of the club.

The discovery was made in a tunnel that runs under the fort's walls, known as a sallyport, which leads from the inner fort right out to the moat.

THE Leaving Cert may have been cancelled but there is one class that are determined their event won’t follow suit.