Spencer Place Development Company, the company with whom developer Johnny Ronan is a director, has said it anticipates that Dublin City Council will rule in its favour in a high-building review this week.

A public awareness campaign is being launched to provide information for around 85,000 people, living in areas of County Cork which are due to come under the control of City Hall on May 31.

The city council is now facing calls for a special task-force to be set up, drawn from several directorates including environment, housing and law, to tackle the issue head-on in several pockets of Mayfield.

Cork’s city councillors were not consulted on the cost of the We Are Cork brand campaign, it has emerged, following criticism of spending on the marketing push.

Cork’s two local authorities have set aside the political friction over the contentious city boundary process to spearhead a new regional branding initiative.

The Mackinnon report’s recommendation of an extension of the Cork City boundary is “nothing more than an attempted rates and land grab”, residents in a Co Cork town have complained.

Unions representing members of Dublin Fire Brigade and the City Council have agreed to mediation.

Rickshaws are facing an all-out ban in Dublin City if the Department of Transport can be persuaded to initiate a clampdown.

Dublin City Council's Housing Committee is meeting this evening to discuss plans for emergency accommodation for homeless families.

A ‘supercouncil’ to cover all of Cork looks to be on the cards after the majority of Cork county councillors said they were in favour of such a move.

Dublin City Council challenged one of the State’s watchdogs in court but the only real outcome is that the taxpayer foots both bills, writes Investigative Correspondent Conor Ryan.

Earlier this week, the Liam Whelan bridge was defaced. Today, the bridge is covered in soccer jerseys in a touching tribute to the deceased athlete.