A motion to reverse the closure of An Post's Cork mail centre will be debated in the Dáil tomorrow.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Martin might be tempted to take some Charles Dickens down from the bookshelf today and start adding in his own, personalised chapter.

A politician was thrown out of Friday night's Cork City vs St Patrick's Athletic League of Ireland soccer match by gardaí after a crowd protest against FAI executive vice president John Delaney.

There have been renewed calls for Ireland South MEP Brian Crowley to resign or clarify his position after not voting once in the European Parliament since his re-election four years ago.

Urgent fire safety upgrades to an apartment complex in Cork can be done without evicting residents, an expert report has suggested.

An overhaul of Cork City Council’s website is underway, after a Green Party member’s review found that almost half of emails sent to displayed addresses went unanswered and more than half of its links were broken.

A single tea bag and four biscuits have resulted in people being fined for bin waste contamination, it has been claimed.

Deeply disappointed Fine Gael TDs have questioned Leo Varadkar’s junior ministerial reshuffle as he faces a backlash over the lack of female appointments.

What jobs there were were mostly for the boys, writes Lise Hand

A coastal community has pleaded for help to tackle beach litter after their beach was destroyed with rubbish over the weekend heatwave.

Health Minister Simon Harris will travel to Cork on Thursday to hear firsthand from hospital consultants why women face inordinate delays accessing treatment for a range of gynaecological conditions, including potential cancers.

Pay-by-lift customers of Country Clean will have to pay considerably more to have their refuse collected after the waste collection company hiked the costs of its pay-by-lift system.

Newly appointed chief whip Regina Doherty has denied there will be paralysis in the implementation of legislation due to the cross-party consensus now needed.

A former councillor who was elected to the Dáil plans to use his €29,000 local authority gratuity payment to establish a solidarity fund for community causes.

The decision to award planning permission to the Port of Cork’s €100m redevelopment of Ringaskiddy harbour has been met with mixed reaction from local representatives in the area.

Concern that water meters will have to be replaced within 15 years have been dismissed as a "ball of smoke" by Tánaiste Joan Burton.

The Highway 6 have pleaded with the filling station landlord to help end their week-old sit-in after securing a major breakthrough yesterday.

The Coalition is expected to announce a raft of junior ministerial appointments today including new positions in social protection and environment.

The results of the third count have been announced in Ireland South.

The justice minister has said the Garda ombudsman has told him that a security threat at its HQ included a wi-fi device connected to a coffee shop below the watchdog’s offices.

THAT’S that one out of the way.

Galway West TD EamonÓ Cuív has been re-instated to the Fianna Fáil frontbench following his resignation last March over his stance on the fiscal compact referendum.

The fiscal treaty was backed by an overwhelming majority despite initial fears in the yes camp that the low turnout could make the result closer than expected.

The Socialist Party has launched its campaign for a 'No' vote in the Fiscal Treaty referendum, saying that the dominant theme from the 'Yes' side is "one of fear".

Cork City last night announced Jonathan O’Brien has stepped down from his position as club chairman to be replaced by Michael Ring.

TDs and senators claimed more than €600,000 in expenses in December, the latest figures show.

Four years into the economic crisis, the Government has confronted the reality of the debt problem which is crippling so many, the head of campaigning group Free Legal Advice Centres has said.

“EDUCATION is a great liberator” — several deputies used this phrase during the course of a Sinn Féin private member’s motion debated in the Dáil last Wednesday and Thursday.

MORE than two dozen academics have branded as “outrageous” the president of UCC’s comment that the pressure of providing access for disadvantaged students was triggering an exodus of top students to study abroad.

FURY among Labour TDs over how Enda Kenny “humiliated” them in the Dáil provoked angry scenes at a tense pre-budget meeting with Eamon Gilmore.

TENSIONS are growing between the Coalition partners in the run-up to the budget, with some in Fine Gael claiming savage cuts will be necessary because Labour is protecting the pay of public sector workers.

IF you’re a socialist, having Joe Higgins in town to help boost your profile in the last week of an election campaign is about as good as it gets.

THE Labour party and Fine Gael are reporting a surge in people interested in canvassing with election candidates in Cork, while Fianna Fáil claims Micheál Martin’s elevation to leadership is warming the reception they receive on doorsteps.

Fianna Fáil Cork North Central TD Noel O'Flynn will not be contesting the next election, it was announced today.

MICHEÁL MARTIN remains the front-runner to be the next Fianna Fáil leader, with the number of TDs publicly declaring they will support him in tomorrow’s vote now in excess of 20.

LAST night’s Fianna Fáil meeting ended with a call of unity from Micheál Martin who told his supporters to unite behind Taoiseach Brian Cowen, following his side’s victory by a significant margin in a vote of confidence in his leadership.