Cianan Brennan

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Cianan Brennan |Eoin English

Cork City Council is poised to spend several million euro on a dedicated team to deliver the city‚Äôs proposed event centre. The local authority has tendered for a ‚Äúsuitably qualified consultant‚ÄĚ to assemble and manage an expert team charged with delivering the various facets of the stalled project ‚ÄĒ from construction consultancy, to risk and safety management, and architectural services.

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Cianan Brennan

House prices continued to charge upwards in February with the cost of housing jumping by 8% over the previous 12 months, according to the CSO. It means that the median price for a home in Ireland has rocketed upwards by €100,000 since 2020. However, the number of properties bought in the second month of 2025 fell significantly from January — with just 3,245 dwelling purchases notified to the Revenue Commissioners versus 3,801 four weeks previously.

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Cianan Brennan

The HSE has launched a public tender for the rebuilding of a Co Cork residential mental health facility — one month after construction was initially meant to have been completed. The HSE is looking for a private contractor to demolish the existing Owenacurra mental health unit in Midleton — which has lain vacant for the past 19 months — and build a new 10-bed replacement. The total duration of the proposed contract is 15 months.

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Cianan Brennan

The Department of Defence spent more than €130,000 on a report analysing military law in cases where members of the Defence Forces have been convicted of serious offences. The department commissioned the report, compiled by senior counsel Peter Ward, in June 2024 after a serving Irish soldier received a fully suspended sentence for beating Natasha O’Brien unconscious on a Limerick street in May 2022. Cathal Crotty had never met her before that.

2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Cianan Brennan

One of the country's most prestigious golf resorts has been warned it could face a potential €12.7m fine for carrying out an allegedly unauthorised development on the River Liffey. Kildare County Council wrote to the K Club on April 2 to say it had been made aware that an unauthorised development may have been carried out through the replacement of a hydroelectric generator system and other associated works at the resort’s intersection with the Liffey.