A Cork TD has pledged to tackle the sale of so-called ‘company cars’ following a horror crash in his community which claimed the life of one teenager and left teen fighting for his life.

The four-seater was already one of the most open in the country before a single vote was cast as three of the four TDs elected in 2016 weren't on the ballot this time out.

Pat Buckley was elected on the first count in Cork East.

A Cork North Central general election candidate claims just half of a batch of 20 new community gardaí positions promised last year have been filled.

Sinn Féin councillor Thomas Gould is set to be announced as the party's candidate in Cork North-Central.

A proposal to rezone sports land for an apartments scheme planned by a well-known Cork hurling club has been shot down.

Gardaí say they have had no official complaints regarding a reported ramming incident on the northside of Cork city this week.

A row has erupted over the branding of Cork’s MacCurtain St as part of the Victorian Quarter ahead of War of Independence centenary commemorations next year.

It was a good day at the office for Fianna Fáil, according to party leader Micheál Martin, and it was hard to disagree.

Fianna Fail's Padraig O'Sullivan claimed the seat in the Cork North-Central by-election on the tenth count.

Latest: Senator Colm Burke was eliminated in the ninth count of the Cork North-Central by-election.

The performance of Labour's John Maher has marked him out as a contender for 2020, according to Labour TD Sean Sherlock.

The county councillor has 28.19% of the vote after the tally, giving him a seven-point lead over Fine Gael's Colm Burke.

Firefighters from Ballyvolane and Cork city have spent hours tackling a blaze at the Sunbeam Industrial Estate on Redforge Rd in Cork city this evening, as dramatic images emerged of the blaze.

The number of people on Cork city’s social housing waiting list has jumped by almost 1,500 arising out of the city boundary extension.

In the third of a five-part series on the local elections, Kevin O’Neill profiles the revamped Cork City North-West district

A young mother and her three children have been evicted into homelessness from the home she rented for nine years.

More bus lanes are needed before a second bus-based park and ride facility can be developed in Cork, officials have insisted.

Galway denied Cork their fourth consecutive All-Ireland minor title at the Gaelic Grounds yesterday.

John O’Rourke and David Hubbard will meet in the North Cork Junior A final, following O’Rourke’s impressive semi-final win over Derry Cooney at Peake.

Olivia Kelleher rounds up the start times for the parades in Cork and further afield. 

Dunboyne 2-13 Kinsale 2-12: A 54th-minute point from midfielder Dee Blayney was the difference at Parnell Park yesterday, when Dunboyne claimed their first-ever LGFA All-Ireland Intermediate Club Championship title in a dramatic encounter against Kinsale.

Dee Blayney’s 54th-minute point proved the winner as Meath’s Dunboyne captured the All-Ireland intermediate ladies club football championship at Parnell Park today.

The HSE has been criticised for the slow pace of work addressing the future of a former listed asylum in Cork city which was gutted by fire more than a month ago.

There was a sense of sad inevitability yesterday as plumes of smoke rose from the gutted remains of yet another historic listed building in Cork City devastated by fire.

Five units of the Cork City Fire Brigade were needed to tackle a large blaze at the old St Kevin’s unit at the former Our Lady’s Hospital site in Shanakiel.

A chronic shortage of local authority housing officers in Cork City has sparked fears about an increase in serious antisocial behaviour.

Cathal Toal secured his place in the Ulster final of the Joe McVeigh Cup qualifier for the Ból-Fada with a line-to-line win over Bryan O’Reilly and Eddie Carr.

Ronnie O'Sullivan crashed to a 4-1 defeat to Neil Robertson in the second round of the Ladbrokes World Grand Prix in Preston.

There were two notable casualties in the first round of the Ladbrokes World Grand Prix on Wednesday - Mark Selby and Anthony Hamilton.

Anthony Hamilton will play Ali Carter in the final of the German Masters following a surprise win over world number two Stuart Bingham.

Martin Gould continued his bid for back-to-back titles in Berlin with a 5-2 quarter-final victory over Ryan Day.

Garda patrols have been stepped up on the northside of Cork City amid retaliation fears after the shooting of an innocent young woman at the weekend.

Peter Nagle had the first significant championship win of 2016 when he beat Anthony Gould in the last shot at Templemichael in the Cork City Junior A race.

Eoin English met voters in Cork North Central whose issues are reasonably-paid jobs, services, and housing

Colin O’Donovan scorched to within three metres of the line in 12 brilliant shots to beat David Cotter by a bowl of odds in the Dinny McCarthy Cup final at Derrinasafa.

Two water charge protestors denied they had committed any offences during a protest against the installation of Irish Water meters at a housing estate in Cork last August, but they were both convicted and fined.

There will be no increase in commercial rates or parking charges in Cork City next year despite fears of a €1m reduction in the city’s income.

A water charges protester arrested three times since last Friday has vowed to continue his resistance to the installation of water meters.

Erin’s Own 3-19 Na Piarsaigh 2-18: What might have appeared to be a stroll in the park for favourites Erin’s Own when they turned over at half-time with a 14 points advantage ultimately proved to be a struggle to gain their quarter-final place in the Cork SHC at Pairc Uí Rinn last evening.