BALLINCOLLIG has been “plagued” by bogus traders and local councillor Derry Canty is urging people to report the fraudsters to An Garda Síochana.

A 19-year-old Cork musician was plucked from obscurity and placed on stage in front of thousands of people, thanks to an international friendship - and the internet.

Internationally acclaimed computer scientist Mubashir Husain Rehmani, originally from Pakistan, loves his work with Cork Institute of Technology and said he hopes to stay in Cork to raise his three children with his wife Khadija.

THERE have been renewed calls to repair a collapsed weir at Ballincollig Regional Park, which has been labelled "unsightly and dangerous".

Latest: The man arrested in relation to an assault on Old Fort Road, Ballincollig on October 22, 2020 has since been charged. He is due to appear before Cork City District Court (sitting at Washington Street) this afternoon.

Gardaí are investigating after a man in his 70s was brought to hospital following an assault in Cork yesterday, October 22.

There has been a spate of “targeted” vandalism in Ballincollig over the past 12 months, according to Cork City Council. Several park benches in the Ballincollig Regional Park have been damaged by vandals, who often set them on fire.

DEALS of cocaine worth over €10,000 were found concealed in a washbag under the bonnet of a car and yesterday the driver was sentenced to one year in jail for drug-dealing.

Emergency services are at the scene of a collision on the N22 at Ovens this lunchtime. They were called to the incident at around 11. 15am this morning.

Four benches in Ballincollig Regional Park have been damaged in the first four months of the year, with a further five damaged last year in repeated acts of vandalism and arson.

Cameras to monitor the Ballincollig bring sites are needed to prevent items being discarded alongside overflowing bins, the Ballincollig Tidy Towns group has said.

Nighttime arson attacks in the Ballincollig Regional Park need to be tackled by radical action, local councillor Derry Canty has said.

One of Cork’s oldest citizens, 105-year-old Joseph Kavanagh from Ballincollig, passed away yesterday at Ballincollig Community Nursing Unit, surrounded by family.

Downtown looks forward to the Ballincollig Winter Music Festival, featuring The Blizzards, Altan, The Frank & Walters... and more, which takes place from January 23 to 26! Don O'Mahony reports.

Downtown looks forward to the Ballincollig Winter Music Festival, featuring The Blizzards, Altan, The Frank & Walters... and more, which takes place from January 23 to 26! Don O'Mahony reports.

Downtown looks forward to the Ballincollig Winter Music Festival, featuring The Blizzards, Altan, The Frank & Walters... and more, which takes place from January 23 to 26! Don O'Mahony reports.

It is officially January 2020, we are all back to work and the self-loathing for the past month of excessive indulgence in the vices of your choice has well and truly begun.

'Tis the season of goodwill and getting active on Christmas Day to raise funds for a worthwhile cause is a growing trend with swims and runs organised all across the county and country.

A NEW proposed 121-apartment development in Ballincollig will go some way to easing pressure on the popular suburb where housing supply has dried to “next to nothing”, according to a local councillor.

A FOUR-STOREY apartment block in Ballincollig has been denied planning permission.

ONE of Cork's most successful publicans, Benny McCabe is to open a new establishment in Ballincollig next month. ARTY's bar which opens in mid-October will serve Ballincollig's 20,000 residents, occupying the space that was previously Sam's bar.

Molly O'Grady and Ali O'Mahony, enjoying the debs/grads of Colaiste Choilm, Ballincollig. Fiona Linehan and Amy Bowdren Lara Nolan, Idena Scragg and Lily O'Brien, looking glamorous.

Students at Ballincollig Community School enjoying the debs night out at Clayton Silver Springs Hotel tonight. Pics by Jim Coughlan. Maeve O'Sullivan arrived in a HGV truck. Brian O'Neill and Niamh Lehane, arrived in an open-top vintage car.

"We must tread softly in grief,” Pastor Craig Ledbetter told his congregation in Ballincollig at the funeral of five-year-old Emmy Eckert which took place today in the Bible Baptist Church.

Outdoor Yoga is the new ‘hip’ thing to do at the weekend and here in Cork we are spoilt for choice. From Douglas to Ballincollig, Blackrock to Fitzgerald’s Park, there is a spot for you to downward dog and here are the details.

A five-year-old girl from Ballincollig, who died in a bathing accident in Germany last Thursday, will be laid to rest this Monday.

Work to extend Ballincollig Regional Park will begin this month and should be complete in July. Cork County Council is opening a new section of the former Gunpowder Mills behind the former heritage centre to create a 1km riverside walk and cycleway.

BALLINCOLLIG Regional Park is to be expanded, with 850 metres of new footpaths, a bridge, and a boardwalk to extend the popular riverside amenity to the east.

Gardaí have not ruled out the possibility that a single gang carried out a spate of thefts from vehicles and car thefts across West Cork and Cork city over the weekend.

A BALLINCOLLIG-based councillor has warned that any closure of the Inniscarra Bridge will have to include a detailed traffic plan to avoid “gridlock and pandemonium”.

Now in its tenth year and well established as one of Ireland’s premier music events, The Ballincollig Winter Music Festival returns this month, with a host of national and international headline artists in concert at The White Horse music venue.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following a serious injury road traffic collision at Main Street, Ballincollig this evening. The collision involving a pedestrian, a teenaged girl, and a car happened at 7. 45pm.

As part of a range of improvements to the 220 service the frequency of the buses during peak hours will also increase from every 30 minutes to every 15 minutes. From midnight to 6am the service will operate on a 30 min/60 minute frequency.

CITY Hall chief Ann Doherty has moved to quash fears that city parking rates will be imposed in county areas after the extension of the city boundary.

WORKS get underway this week in the Knockburden area of Ballincollig to improve the water supply by tackling the high levels of water leakage.

One of Cork's biggest employers VMware has confirmed they are closing one of their departments based in Ballincollig relocating the work in Barcelona.

THE Cork woman at the helm of one of America’s leading media organisations has predicted that women will be the key to defeating Donald Trump at the next presidential election.

CITY Hall cannot deliver on promises to maintain existing funding for areas coming into the City Council, according to Fine Gael councillor Derry Canty.

Residents in Ballincollig have drawn up plans for a new community centre to serve the growing population — but now need to convince the City Council it is needed, writes Shamim Malekmian

PROGRESS has been called for on a year-old traffic light plan for a busy bridge in Ballincollig.

THE hugely popular Ballincollig Parkrun is looking to set up a junior run for kids and is asking enthusiastic people to help organise it. The Ballincollig Parkrun is a free, weekly, timed run every Saturday morning in the town’s Regional Park.

THE broken weir at Ballincollig Regional Park needs to be repaired before somebody is fatally or seriously injured, according to local councillors.

People in areas potentially affected by boundary changes are yet to be convinced of the benefits for those who move from the county to the city.

Ballincollig residents have expressed serious concerns and opposition to the proposed boundary extension for Cork City at a public meeting last night.

A permanent site for Ballincollig's Gaelscoil has not yet been found and the national school will open in temporary accommodation at the local rugby club this September.

STUDENTS from Ballincollig have found inventive new ways produce stylish artwork by using industrial machinery more often seen on building sites.

THE Department of Education has announced that Ballincollig will get a second gaelscoil to cope with demand for school places in the growing satellite town.