A two-year-old boy who was knocked down in a hit and run in Mahon on the south side of Cork city has been diagnosed with a diffuse axonal injury (DAI) to the brain.

The entire Mahon community is rallying around the family of toddler Zac Higgins, who was injured in a hit-and-run a week ago.

Gardaí have arrested a juvenile in his late teens today in connection with a hit-and-run incident in Cork yesterday.

A city councillor has called for a full investigation to identify the person responsible for defecating on Cork's landmark St Patrick's Bridge.

A former Lord Mayor of Cork has called on a triple rapist not to return to his native city following his release from prison on the grounds that women in the area have expressed fear about his presence in the local community.

Alan Kelly has rejected claims made by Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Chris O'Leary, that the decision to merge Cork City and County Councils is a "wreckless act of political vandalism".

The Cork Rokk Choir brings back the best of the 60’s to Fitzgerald’s Park. 

Cork City Councillors are discussing one of their most difficult annual budgets in recent years this evening.

Cork City Council has backed the Highway 6 workers engaged in a filling station sit-in and accused their former employer of treating them appallingly.

It is hoped that some of the 25 jobs at a waste management firm in Cork will be saved.

Liadh Ní Riada has been selected as the Sinn Féin candidate to contest the next EU elections in the southern region.

The former Green Party Councillor Chris O'Leary has joined Sinn Féin.

Dublin City Councillor Bronwen Maher has resigned from the Green Party.

There was speculation this morning that another Green Party Councillor, Dublin City representative Bronwen Maher, could resign from the party.

A Green councillor in Cork city has resigned from the party today in protest at the party's performance in the coalition government.

A teenager jailed for fire years for firebombing the home of a politician who he had a grudge against has had his appeal against severity of that sentence dismissed by the Court of Criminal Appeal.

The Green Party today pledged to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities by increasing the disability payment and implementing the National Disability Strategy.

The Green Party today unveiled proposals to bring a light rail system to the city of Cork.

A Green Party spokesperson Chris O'Leary has called on Cork City's elected representatives to withdraw the city's twinning with Shanghai following further reports of human rights violations.

A teenager remains in Garda custody in Cork this morning in connection with an arson attack on the home of a city councillor.

It has emerged that there is a loophole in the Government's affordable housing scheme which means that owners can sell their house for a profit.

A SENIOR garda has claimed his force’s resources are so “finite” that they will need the help of communities and Government agencies to combat the growing trend in anti-social behaviour.

CORK’S image as Europe’s cultural capital took another bashing yesterday as the city’s waste row entered its second week.

Eoin English

THE two candidates most likely to take the first two seats in the Euro South contest were taking nothing for granted on the campaign trail yesterday.

GAME on. What was supposed to be the most predictable of the four European constituencies has taken an intriguing twist.