Cork County Council is preparing to take eight legal cases against AIB because the bank has refused to release insurance policies it holds on developers who have not finished off ghost estates.

Legendary broadcaster Donncha Ó Dúlaing is to be honoured with a special civic reception in his native county.

Over 40% of home seekers on a Cork County Council waiting list are separated or divorced.

Civil war has broken out over ownership of the 1916 commemorations in Co Cork, with some Fine Gael councillors backing Fianna Fáil against Sinn Féin.

Newly formed municipal districts in Co Cork will have the power to decide on introducing or axing pay-parking, but doing the latter will see them lose funding from Cork County Council.

At the current rate of allocations, it will take at least three years before enough money is made available to secure land needed to construct a badly needed bypass in mid-Cork.

The Government has been accused of ignoring the huge potential for jobs creation in the dairy foods sector in Cork, as funding in the county’s roads network continues to plummet.

Cork County Council spent nearly €7m employing external consultants in 2014, while it forked out a total of €3.13m on legal advice during the past three years.

Cork County Council has been accused of sitting on €15.2m which it took in as development levies and which should be spent on improving roads, lighting, and footpaths.

Cork’s county manager Martin Riordan has strongly indicated there will be no postponement of a blueprint for future development, although there is already enough land zoned in the county council area for 77,000 new homes.

The Government has been accused “of giving the two fingers” to people who live alongside publicly owned rural cul-de-sacs in Co Cork who will now have to pay double to get them repaired.

History is being made with the retirement of the last county engineer in the country — or as he put it himself, “The last of the Mohicans” .

Cork County Council is losing at least €350,000 a year in rental income because it isn’t repairing its vacant homes fast enough.

Cork County Council has been left with “egg on its face” following a cock-up which resulted in notices about the household tax being addressed to people who are deceased.

Cork County Council successfully made claims against only two developers last year for not completing housing estate projects.

FORMER customers of Cork County Council’s refuse service – which was recently sold to a private company – owe more than €2 million in arrears, it has been revealed.

THE finances of Ireland’s largest local authority have been thrown into further turmoil after the Department of the Environment refused it permission to seek a €20 million loan.

SAMPLE testing for lead in the drinking water supply is to start later this week in 11 areas within the environs of Mallow, Co Cork.

THE leader of the largest party in Cork County Council says public representatives should resign from the job if they don’t attend at least 75% of local authority meetings.

SCHOOLS in Cork may benefit from grants enabling them to harvest, store and use rainwater, thus dramatically cutting hefty bills they will have to pay for using the mains supply.

SCHOOLS in Cork may benefit from grants enabling them to harvest, store and use rainwater, thus dramatically cutting hefty bills they will have to pay for using the mains supply.

CORK County Council is to examine proposals aimed at forcing developers to provide land free of charge for schools and graveyards.