The fire brigade should respond to heart attack emergencies in Waterford until a 24/7 cardiac care facility is developed.

A day after a 62-year-old man was convicted of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old in her hospital bed, CUH was asked what changes it brought in as a result of the horrific case.

Gardaí have moved to ease concerns after a spate of violent attacks in Cork City in which one man was doused in petrol and set alight, another suffered a fractured skull in a hammer and baseball attack, and another was beaten by a gang armed with hurleys.

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.

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.

Students have been invited to help shape Cork’s climate change adaptation strategy which will be published today for public consultation.

The new Lord Mayor of Cork said he wants to build connections between various communities and residents of the newly enlarged city.

Talks on who will become the next Lord Mayor of Cork were already underway even as the last two candidates took their seats with just a single vote separating them following a recount.

Cork’s newest bridge is to be named after Mary Elmes, dubbed Ireland’s Oskar Schindler, following public involvement in the process.

Units of the Cork City and County fire brigade have responded to a fire at a recycling plant in Glanmire this morning.

A Cork woman says she is living in fear because her abuser father is due to move into a house close to her home, having served his prison service for her rape.

"He had a great life and I took that away from him (by taking the case to court)," she said. "I just want him gone...He was not sorry at all (for what he did to me)."

The company which runs four of Cork's largest multi-storey car parks - Q-Park - has launched a loyalty app offering cashback and rewards to encourage shoppers into the city.

Plans for 135 housing units in one of Cork’s fastest-growing suburbs were sanctioned last night after councillors voted to allow the project go ahead on land zoned for business and technology use.

The chief executive of Cork City Council has defended issuing eviction notices to homeless people living in tents on a city quay.

More than 1,200 local authority homes in Cork city are set for repairs and upgrades after council officials were cleared to apply for an €11m loan.

Work on the first flood defences in Cork City could get under way before the end of the year after a €6m quay regeneration project got the green light last night.

The number of frontline gardaí based in several Cork City Garda stations is still at 2010 levels despite the arrival of 15 probationary gardaí in two districts this week.

City councillors have called for the OPW’s controversial flood defence scheme for Cork to be peer-reviewed amid confirmation that work on phase one is due to start this summer.

Cork City Council has urged the local government minister to introduce legislation quickly to give effect to a city boundary extension.

A 35-unit housing development is to be built in an industrial estate on Cork’s southside after councillors approved a material contravention of the city development plan — at the second time of asking.

Private bus operators should help fund the construction of proper drop-off and pick-up facilities for their passengers in Cork city.

An €11m loan for council housing repairs in Cork city is on the way and funding for road repairs and homeless services has been increased as city councillors agreed not to increase commercial rates and parking charges.

Cork City Council has defended the Lord Mayor’s use of the official mayoral car to drive him home from the Fianna Fáil ard fheis in Dublin last Saturday.

A Fianna Fáil politician has apologised unreservedly to a city council colleague for accusing him of making anti-Semitic remarks.

A monument to 1916 leader Thomas Kent, which has been obstructed by an electronic pay station at Cork’s main railway station named in his honour, may have to be relocated.

The new Lord Mayor of Cork says he is confident that a “fair compensation package” for the county council can be worked out to secure a city boundary extension.

A soup kitchen charity has called for an increase in the national minimum wage after seeing people with jobs turning to it for help.

A soup kitchen charity has called for an increase in the national minimum wage after seeing people with jobs turning to it for help.

Campaigners opposed to Cork’s €140m flood defence plan say a tidal barrier is a viable option after costing a cheaper version at a different location.

Housing Minister Simon Coveney will face protests in Cork this morning at a regional briefing on the Government’s multibillion-euro plan to tackle the housing crisis.

A councillor has called for gardaí to be given internment-style powers to lock up young thugs who are terrorising residents in an estate on Cork’s northside.

Residents of an estate blighted by antisocial behaviour disrupted a meeting in Cork’s City Hall yesterday when they were refused permission to address senior gardaí.

The installation of a large electronic pay meter in front of a monument to 1916 leader Thomas Kent has been branded “an affront to his memory”.

The country’s longest running film festival has been saved from financial collapse thanks to a €200,000 loan from a local authority.

Cork City Council finally voted last night to fill a vacant council seat after new legal advice said it was the “option of least risk”.

Ideas are being sought from the open market to help breathe new life into a city-owned historic former bank building.

On foot of the last Boundary Commission, Cork North Central gained 11 electoral divisions and a population of 17,307 from Cork South Central. It also lost four electoral divisions with a population of 5,048 to Cork North West, and it remains a four-seat constituency.

The government is facing a constitutional challenge over the controversial Cork super-council plan following an historic midnight meeting of the city council.

A controversial rent review process affecting almost 6,000 Cork City Council tenants will not be halted despite protests and calls for it to be scrapped.

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.

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 scale of Ireland’s food poverty crisis was laid bare last night with figures showing the country’s first food bank has distributed over 80 tonnes of surplus food to the needy across Munster since November.

Cllr Mick Finn said the plan, which is being introduced at the same time as proposed traffic changes around Grenville Place, will have a huge impact on people living in the Middle Parish, the city’s biggest residential area.

Break out the popcorn — Cork City’s local politicians are getting microphones for their public meetings amid renewed talk that the proceedings could be streamed online to the world.

Cork is finally poised to get a major concert and events centre on a former brewery site after a last-minute deal to increase State investment in the project from €16m to €20m was secured.