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.

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.

The expansion of Cork City’s boundary has resulted in a shake-up of electoral wards. In the first of a five-part series,

The owners of a prime riverside site in Cork have been given three months to deal with a vast rubble mound left following the demolition of a landmark office block.

A review of Cork city centre’s retail strategy has been announced as the surge in online shopping threatens Ireland’s high streets.

Major design changes to Cork’s €140m flood defence scheme have been unveiled that will see demountable flood defences, rather than walls, used to protect the most historic city centre areas.

Free late-night parking will be introduced in Cork’s two public car parks from next weekend in a bid to secure the afternoon car ban on the city’s main street.

The longest-serving councillor in Cork City has called for an emergency meeting after a European Court ruling delayed a key part of the city’s flood defences.

There have been calls for City Hall to help “mend the hurt” caused by a complex and at times bitter 12-year planning saga over the future of a green in Cork City.

Cork’s historic Coal Quay needs a new vision, City Hall has admitted, conceding that its original vision of creating a thriving market precinct “hasn’t been fully realised”.

City officials in Cork have defended the timing of the issuing of more than 70 summonses for non-payment of commercial rates just weeks after the St Patrick’s St car ban controversy.

Almost €1m has been paid out in compensation on foot of 54 public liability claims within a decade, following incidents on some of Cork City’s most pedestrian-friendly streets.

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 controversial afternoon car ban on Cork’s main street has been suspended until early August.

City officials have ruled out scrapping the car ban on Cork’s main street which traders say has “decimated” afternoon trade.

The relocation of a footbridge as part of the first major flood defence works in Cork city has been ruled out after the ESB refused to pay for the diversion of high voltage cables.

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.

Just four dog fouling fines have been issued in Cork City since legislation was brought in more than 20 years ago.

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

Another tier of support is urgently needed to ensure homeless people who are barred or ejected from emergency shelters do not have to sleep on the streets.

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.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has criticised “scaremongering” over the contentious Cork city boundary extension issue and has urged the two local authorities to “engage constructively” with the group set up to implement it.

Cork’s county councillors have been accused of abusing a provision of the 1991 Local Government Act to stall the extension of the city boundary.

A veteran Cork City councillor has accused the county council of a Trojan horse-style ‘stroke’ designed to delay and frustrate the implementation of a city boundary extension.

Securing a significant extension of Cork’s city boundary is now of national importance, a city councillor warned last night as they rejected a land offer from the county.

An investigation has been launched into a suspected pollution incident in Cork city’s Atlantic Pond, which is an important breeding ground for grey herons.

A “masterplan” is to be prepared to develop a former psychiatric hospital campus in Cork City after a disused unit was gutted in a suspected arson attack.

City officials have warned against suspending new visitor controls at Cork’s famous English Market.

Concerns have been raised about the impact of new tour group protocols which are due to come into effect today in Cork’s famous English Market.

Irish and Munster rugby legend Ronan O’Gara last night said he was “humbled and honoured” to receive the Freedom of Cork.

Cork’s €140m flood relief project should be future-proofed by Dutch engineers who are world experts in flood scheme design.

More than 30 new sites in Cork City have been declared derelict as part of a concerted effort to tackle dereliction in the city.

More than 30 new sites in Cork City have been declared derelict as part of a concerted effort to tackle dereliction in the city.

City officials have insisted that they are working flat out to reopen a public library which has been forced to close because of a faulty boiler.

A councillor has called on Cork City Council to scrap a generous discount deal for Cork Chamber on the hire of City Hall’s concert hall venue for one of the business group’s flagship social events.

Trips and falls cost Cork City Council more than €4m in compensation last year, with average payouts higher than ever at close to €25,000.

Cork City Council has forked out almost €17m in compensation for trips and falls on city streets in the last five years.

Private cars could be banned from Cork City’s main street by the end of next year after contentious traffic plans were approved last night.

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.

Councillors refused last night to rezone a former pitch and putt course in Cork city for a housing project.

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

May I ask President Higgins to bear in mind that at a cost €40 million a further General Election may well be the best option for the Irish people when one considers that Department of Finance officials have confirmed that Independent TDs had already submitted proposals costing €13 billion.

Pressure is mounting on University College Cork authorities to restrict the opening hours of its bars during Rag and Freshers Week.

The filling of a vacant seat on Cork City Council has been deferred again after councillors got legal advice which said they had no legal entitlement to proceed with the move.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has agreed to consider alternative locations for a step-down facility to house female ex-prisoners as the first choice site has provoked controversy being in the vicinity of no less than eight schools.

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