Considering that the average household has 17 part-used cans of paint lying about, a local authority is anxious to get them recycled so they can be used by charities and community groups.

Dog owners will soon find it easier to be reunited with lost pets or to rehome a dog in need of a ‘forever home’ thanks to a new service which Cork County Council is helping to develop.

Development will stagnate while proposed city boundary extension is implemented, says O’Flynn.

One of the women behind the phenomenal 10-year local campaign to stop a 100,000-tonne incinerator being built at Cork Harbour is hoping to win a seat in tomorrow’s county council elections.