Wed, 11 Mar, 2020
Tue, 10 Mar, 2020
Community leaders have appealed for witnesses to contact gardaí after footage emerged yesterday of two cars involved in a ramming incident ramming each other on the northside of Cork City.
Fri, 13 Dec, 2019
There has been a cautious welcome to the Taoiseach’s confirmation of “state funding certainty” to finally deliver the stalled €80m Cork event centre.
Fri, 13 Sep, 2019
There are calls for a new taskforce to be set up to address the complex issues linked to a ‘super’ Traveller halting site on Cork’s northside.
Fri, 02 Aug, 2019
Firefighters in Cork City have called for garda backup to call-outs near a halting site after a colleague was injured in a stone attack.
Wed, 31 Jul, 2019
Sinn Féin has accused the larger political parties on Cork City Council of shafting long-serving councillors off certain committees during a tense council meeting last night.
Tue, 11 Jun, 2019
The first shots have been fired in the political battle for the Dáil seat of MEP-elect Billy Kelleher.
Fri, 31 May, 2019
Fianna Fáil is on course to retain its position as the largest party on Cork City Council with Fine Gael a close second after the “green wave” swept Sinn Féin aside over the weekend.
Sun, 26 May, 2019
Community leaders have called for urgent action to prevent “mob rule” after a security hut was burned down last night on a former illegal dump site in Cork city just days after a masked and armed gang forced security staff to withdraw from the site.
Sat, 04 May, 2019
Gardai were called in after a gang of masked men armed with golf clubs and bats forced security staff to withdraw from a city-owned landbank where a vast illegal dump was cleared two months ago.
Fri, 03 May, 2019
It is hoped that a CCTV system installed as part of the extensive week-long cleanup of the Ellis’s Yard site in Ballyvolane in February will help identify the culprits behind this incident.
Tue, 16 Apr, 2019
Cork City Council has reported a data breach to the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) after a councillor claimed that parking offence warning letters were found outside City Hall.
Mon, 15 Apr, 2019
A Traveller advocacy group has blamed members of the Travelling community for dumping a caravan on an illegal dump site - adjoining an overcrowded halting site - as a massive clean-up nears completion.
Wed, 06 Mar, 2019
Investment in public transport is vital if Cork is to avoid crippling traffic congestion like that in Dublin, the Cork Business Association (CBA) has warned.
Mon, 18 Feb, 2019
Another fire at a vast illegal dump on the northside of Cork City has prompted renewed calls for the authorities to act.
Fri, 05 Oct, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been asked to investigate illegal dumping activity on a site on the northside of Cork City after a spate of suspicious fires in recent days.
Tue, 17 Jul, 2018
Cork City faces a potential €250,000 bill for the clean- up of a notorious illegal dump site — again.
A new Traveller flag is flying over Cork’s City Hall for the first time in what representatives have described as a gesture of inclusiveness.
Wed, 06 Jun, 2018
Under-fire Cork city officials are facing a formal call to suspend the controversial afternoon car ban on St Patrick’s St.
Tue, 17 Apr, 2018
Gardaí have launched an investigation after a firefighter was injured during a tense standoff at a Traveller halting site.
Wed, 28 Mar, 2018
Storm-affected Travellers have been told that any family which refuses all reasonable offers of replacement accommodation will have their emergency housing payments stopped.
Fri, 23 Feb, 2018
There have been renewed calls for Cork’s stalled €72m events centre project to be scrapped following confirmation that an alternative could be built within weeks for a fraction of the cost.
Mon, 29 Jan, 2018
The suspected theft of a ceremonial public plaque which was gifted to the people of Cork more than 30 years ago by one of its international twin cities is to be reported to gardaí.
Mon, 18 Dec, 2017
There have been calls for a full review of Cork City’s tree policy after it emerged that Storm Ophelia may have knocked up to 600 trees citywide — with the clean-up expected to cost millions.
Tue, 24 Oct, 2017
A councillor leading the hunt for Cork’s ‘lost’ fountain has called for a nationwide audit of historic street furniture and public artefacts.
Sun, 23 Jul, 2017
Traders who say they are being “driven demented” by noisy buskers will have to wait until next year before busking bylaws come into force in Cork City.
Wed, 19 Jul, 2017
Illegal dumping alongside one of Ireland’s worst Traveller halting sites has sparked health fears and prompted calls for the site to be shut down quickly.
Fri, 12 May, 2017
A city councillor has offered a €100 reward for information leading to the return of an historic 19th-century fountain gifted to the people of Cork but which officials admit has been lost.
Wed, 10 May, 2017
The chief executive of Cork City Council has defended a €32,000 spend on its dog fouling awareness campaign after figures showed just one fine has been issued for the offence in seven years.
Wed, 22 Mar, 2017
Cork City Council plans to discuss the fine details of security arrangements with organisers of a conference about Israel being held in City Hall later this month.
Thu, 09 Mar, 2017
More than 30 new sites in Cork City have been declared derelict as part of a concerted effort to tackle dereliction in the city.
Tue, 10 Jan, 2017
Buskers in Cork City are facing a crackdown next year with new by-laws on the cards.
Tue, 29 Nov, 2016
Wed, 05 Oct, 2016
Plans for a €40m long-term loan to fund repairs and upgrades to Cork City’s public realm have been shot down.
Mon, 26 Sep, 2016
Cork’s City councillors have been asked to consider seeking ministerial approval for a €40m long-term loan to fund public works such as road and footpath repairs.
Tue, 13 Sep, 2016
The country’s longest running film festival has been saved from financial collapse thanks to a €200,000 loan from a local authority.
Tue, 17 May, 2016
A local authority has defended its decision to place, on the open market, a former bank building it acquired almost two years ago.
Thu, 14 Apr, 2016
The Cork Civic Trust is poised to make an offer to buy a State-owned city property earmarked for a controversial step-down facility for ex-prisoners.
Fri, 01 Apr, 2016
Vandalism has delayed the opening of a community centre built in a €5m Traveller housing scheme in Cork.
Wed, 25 Nov, 2015
You heard it here first — audible dog poo alarms are to be installed in Cork City as part of a new anti-dog fouling pilot project.
Wed, 11 Nov, 2015
British pub chain JD Wetherspoons has defended charging Cork punters more for a pint of the city’s famous Beamish stout than in two of its bars in the capital.
Fri, 11 Sep, 2015
A defiant Lord Mayor of Cork insisted last night that she will not accept an anti-water charges petition because it urges people to break the law.
Tue, 09 Jun, 2015
The deputy lord mayor of Cork has dismissed calls from Irish Water protesters for his resignation, and that of the lord mayor.
Sat, 30 May, 2015
Bill O’Herlihy will be laid to rest this Friday, while RTÉ confirmed that the show he was working on at the time of his sudden death was a sports programme that will not now be completed.
Wed, 27 May, 2015
A row has broken out in Cork City Council after the deputy Lord Mayor of Cork refused to accept a petition of 15,000 Irish Water boycott signatures from anti-water charge protesters last night.
Tue, 26 May, 2015
Anti-water charge protesters say they have been snubbed and insulted after the deputy Lord Mayor of Cork refused to accept their petition of 15,000 Irish Water boycott signatures.
The deputy lord mayor of Cork wants a party colleague hauled before a Fianna Fáil disciplinary committee and sanctioned following his call for the removal of the LGBT rainbow flag from above City Hall.
Thu, 14 May, 2015
Cork Airport risks losing its status as Ireland’s second busiest airport following confirmation that more flights are being cut.
Thu, 16 Apr, 2015
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