Anxious householders and businesses in a Cork satellite town will have to wait until the year-end before finding out if Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure, Paschal Donohoe, will approve an €8.5m spend on a flood prevention scheme.

A Joint Policing Committee (JPC) is demanding answers as to why, more than two years after a Government announcement, no progress has been made to replace a garda station which has been described as one of the worst in the country.

The trial use of street lamps as electric car charging points is expected to lead to a quicker national rollout of power-up options for drivers and an increased changeover to emission-free vehicles.

There will be just 8,000 electric vehicles (EVs) on Ireland’s roads by 2020, less than half of the Government’s repeatedly revised target.

You should all be ashamed of yourselves. All 32 of you.

An internal war has broken out in Fine Gael over election selection for Cork North West, with former TD Áine Collins declaring she feels “betrayed” by a party decision to woo an independent politician onto the ticket.

He is not a gambler, he is a mathematician. He plots three, four steps ahead. He will not risk a Theresa May calamity on the basis of two or three polls. He genuinely wants this to go on, writes Daniel McConnell

Nearly 30% more suspected drink-drivers have been arrested in Cork city and county in the past three months compared to the same period last year.

A number of politicians have welcomed what appears to be a breakthrough in finding a solution to tackling excessive gynaecological waiting lists at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH).

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.

Minister Simon Harris received letters in May and October about the state of gynaecology services at CUMH but did nothing, writes Health Correspondent Catherine Shanahan

Recognition of their relatives’ role was warmly welcomed by families of Cork’s Irish Volunteers and Cumann na mBan members in 1916 and the War of Independence.

Of the six newcomers co-opted onto Cork County Council, three are siblings of councillors elected to the Dáil.

Politics has always been a family matter for newly elected TD Aindrias Moynihan. Yesterday may have been his first day to take a seat in the Dáil as an elected representative for Cork North West, but he is certainly no stranger to Leinster House.

With such a large number of sitting TDs now ousted from Leinster House, the 32nd Dáil will be spattered with unfamiliar and fresh faces.

A three-seat constituency that has only ever returned Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael TDs stayed true to form, despite a dramatic late twist which nearly provided a Lazarus-like comeback for an Independent candidate.

Cork’s county councillors came under pressure at a public meeting on Tuesday night concerning a wind farm between Tarelton and Coppeen.

The Office of Public Works is finalising plans to protect more than 300 communities in the country and hopes to publish a priority list of works for them next year.

A number of further estates could have their roads, footpaths, public lighting, water and sewerage taken in charge by Cork County Council this year.

A bid to name one of Cork’s busiest roads after the War of Independence group, Cumann na mBan, has hit a speed bump.

The National Roads Authority (NRA) has said that it has no problem renaming Cork’s South Ring Road after women who fought in the War of Independence, but for operational reasons it will still refer to it as the N40.

Councillors will get a chance midweek to press Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe about the importance of building a bypass to relieve congestion in a grid-locked Cork town.

It is hoped that the newly appointed minister for transport will speed up stalled work on a much-needed bypass of one of the lastremaining bottlenecked towns in Co Cork.

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have taken a seat apiece in the first result of the day to be called at Cork County Hall.

A total of 114 candidates have declared for Cork County Council with more than one-in-three being non-party hopefuls.

Cork County Council spent more than €18m on employing external consultants during the past two years, according to figures released by the local authority yesterday.

A number of roads, public buildings, parks and bridges in Co Cork could soon be named after members of Cumann Na mBan.

More roads that ever before will be gritted in Co Cork if there is a repeat of the severe cold snap of Dec 2010 — and maps detailing the routes covered have just been posted online by the county council.

Independents and Sinn Féin are likely to be the biggest winners come next year’s local elections in Co Cork.

Plans for a multimillion euro 40km bypass of one of the worst bottlenecks on the main Cork to Kerry road have taken a major step forward.

A mother of six, aged in her 80s, has died following a house fire at Macroom, Co Cork.

The death of a 16-year-old schoolboy while playing a match yesterday brings to two the number of young people who died suddenly in Cork over the past few days.

PROTECTED slugs which forced the redesign of a €200 million bypass are to be moved from certain areas along the route after An Bord Pleanála gave the road project the green light.

FINE GAEL councillors have been forced to make an embarrassing climbdown following a controversial row over appointments to Cork County Vocational Education Committee (VEC).

A COMMUNITY is to block a section of the Cork-Killarney road (N22) on Tuesday morning to highlight safety fears.

THE number of seats up for grabs in this electoral area has increased from three to four a result of a boundary revision which saw the addition of Ballincollig.

NEARLY two years after Cork County Council adopted bylaws to crack down on drinking in public places, not one on-the-spot fine has been issued.

COUNCIL officials have admitted that not all refuse collection trucks operating in South and East Cork have been certified as having accurate weighing equipment.