The Main Stories Making The Headlines Across Cork
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Mortgage drawdowns for first time home buyers are at their highest level since 2006.
They accounted for almost 80 per cent of mortgages on new properties and 69 per cent of second-hand properties in the last quarter.
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There's a warning ECB interest rates could go up again.
It's after the European Central Bank decided to keep rates at their present level.
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Driver's are being warned to be extra careful after this weekend.
It's after new research found the number of road collisions rises once the clock's go back for winter, which will happen in the early hours of this Sunday morning.
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The Guinness Cork Jazz Festival got underway in the city last night.
Local jazz artists and musicians from around the world will perform in the festival which will run until Monday.
