If there is a yes vote, legislation will be required before the first directly-elected mayoral elections in 2021.

Business group, environmental body, and sports organisations get behind plan to fight the threat

Building material group, Kingspan, has partnered with a foundation that removes plastic from the ocean and plans to reuse as much of the plastic recovered as it can in the production of insulation products.

While there’s much to be done in making Cork a safer place for cyclists, Bike Week aims to show people of all ages the benefits of pedal-power, writes Caroline Delaney

Cork City Council has insisted correct techniques were used to remove an invasive weed species from a public park, amid fears the methods used would exacerbate the spread.

Today is the day to visit the Open Garden at Reggie and Cynthia Browne’s Oak Farm Estate, Carrigadrohid, Macroom, Co Cork in aid of Marymount Hospice from 2pm to 6pm.

Nothing in the environmental impact statement (EIS) accompanying Indaver Ireland’s planning application to build an incinerator in Ringaskiddy adequately explains the health impact it could have, according to a specialist in public health.

You might normally find money under a mattress but it’s the materials in the mattress itself which have helped get a new recycling business off the ground.

A decision on the Cork County Board’s planning application to redevelop Páirc Uí Chaoimh is expected within a week.

Meet the man who’s pushing the boat out as part of a new initiative to promote alternatives forms of travel to work.

GIVEN the millions of cubic metres of rain that have fallen this summer, it can be difficult to get across the fact that water — no matter how plentiful it appears to be — is a precious resource.

Up to 1,000 protesters will converge on Cork City next week as part of the bitter public opposition to the Government’s proposals to regulate septic tanks.

Cyclists in Cork can swap second-hand bikes in a new initiative launched today by Cork City Council.

CORK city will be a pedestrian-friendly zone on Saturday to promote ‘green’ modes of transport like pedal power.

CORK city will be a pedestrian-friendly zone on Saturday to promote ‘green’ modes of transport like pedal power.

A CITY councillor vowed last night to boycott a bus that has been hired to carry city fathers a few hundred metres to officially launch European Car-Free Day next week.

LABOUR Senator Brendan Ryan has announced that he will seek the party’s nomination to stand in next summer’s European elections.