Two Cork candidates for the Seanad election are united in their criticism that the institution is undemocratic.

CervicalCheck campaigner Stephen Teap has demanded a root-and-branch review of Ireland’s register of electors after a general election polling card arrived for his wife, Irene, who died almost three years ago.

A Fianna Fáil councillor has expressed shock at being the subject of a complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission over an alleged incident with an anti-abortion campaigner at a pipe band contest in Dublin last year.

Foreign workers and immigrants living in Cork city are being encouraged to register to vote and help shape the city’s future.