Development charges on new houses and apartments in Cork city will be halved under new measures to motivate construction.

Members of the Green Party say they have been increasingly concerned about how the party handles complaints.

The estate of deceased Fine Gael Councillor John Bailey has secured a temporary High Court injunction preventing an alleged trespasser on 100 acres of farmland from spreading "poisonous weedkiller" on the property.

A Kerry politician is inviting Garth Brooks to perform in Killarney.

The Spotlight star, and long time anti-fracking campaigner, urged members to support the programme for government, which would stop the import of fracked gas to Ireland.

Waterford Council is conducting a €142,000 (ex VAT) restoration project in Dungarvan town centre within three years of a modernisation project that ran €2.1m over cost being completed.

Green leader Eamon Ryan will today appeal to thousands of party members to take a leap of faith “without the politics of division”and back the coalition deal.

Two thirds of the more than 2,600-strong Green Party membership are required to approve the programme for Government.

Green TDs have embarked on a programme of engagement to have the draft deal for government ratified by their members.

Both the Fine Gael mayor of Tralee and the Fianna Fáil Cathaoirleach of Listowel say they will not support the programme for Government because of the stance on Shannon LNG.

Eamon Ryan is no racist and is a decent, honourable politician who has been one of the foremost champions for social progress and inclusion over the past 20 years.

In Ireland, racism is endemic and institutionalised going back centuries.

A new park is planned for Blarney as Cork City Council has bought land there to create the amenity "for our children and grandchildren".

The Covid-19 pandemic has seen the loss of up to 200 jobs in two companies in Cork and Kerry.

The mother of the 17-year-old boy said that they had experienced "every parent's nightmare".

Young people who staged “Magaluf or J1-style house parties” in rented homes in Cork’s university precinct over the weekend have been accused of “giving two fingers to the community” and of putting people at risk of contracting Covid-19.

Cannabis growhouses were uncovered in Ballymahon in Co Longford and Ballina, Co Mayo.

As the final days of government formation talks are approaching, issues around rural Ireland were back to the negotiating table.

Dublin city council says it is acutely aware of a lack of bathrooms with shopping centres and cafes shut and is working on finding a solution.

An old Cork graveyard is getting a novel makeover job with four goats being 'hired' for the summer to eat overgrowth around headstones and boulders in one of the first initiatives of its kind in the country.

Positive identifications are expected of the youths involved in a mass brawl in a Cork suburb at the weekend.

A local authority forked out €2,650 for a new replacement silver chain of office only for the old missing chain to be rediscovered in a suitcase.

Gardaí staffing a Covid-19 checkpoint helped save a family home from destruction after a “freak” lightning strike saw it catch fire.

Local residents in Caherciveen have rejected the apology from Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan for the way he and his department handled the relocation of asylum seekers from Dublin to the Kerry town.

Gardaí say the scrapyard fire on Dublin's northside this afternoon is not being investigated as a crime at this stage.

The historic Marina riverside amenity in Cork has been pedestrianised for the summer, fuelling hopes that it could become permanent.

The tragedy occurred on Tuesday afternoon just before 5pm on the Whitepark Road near Ballycastle

The chief executive of Cork County Council has said a High Court decision to reclassify an entire river as a special protection area for the freshwater pearl mussel could be “an extremely limiting factor on proposed growth.”

Lens Media is expected to invest €125m in the initial development.

The go-ahead has been given to redevelop a council flat complex in Dublin's north inner city.

Gardaí are investigating an attempted Covid-19 email scam on county councillors, which was swiftly brought to their attention when one of them became suspicious of the supposed origin of an email request.

An investigation is underway into a string of burglaries in the Ballyfermot area of Dublin, but Gardaí say that they have yet to make any arrests.

A former Sinn Féin mayor has apologised after sending a constituent a profanity-laced email advising to “stay the f*** at home”.

Household rubbish dumped at a roadside in Killarney this weekend has sparked outrage in the community with calls to track and prosecute those responsible by combing the litter for clues.

Shocking footage has emerged of a sulky race early on Wednesday morning on the N22 Cork to Killarney Road in which carriages raced each other at 50-kilometre speeds through traffic and onto the hard shoulder.

A video of a homeless child using their artwork to teach other children how they can avoid Covid-19 has gone viral.

More than 1,000 beds have been sourced for the homeless community in Dublin city since the Covid-19 outbreak began, according to a report from the council.

A police investigation is underway in Northern Ireland into claims that social distancing rules were "blatantly ignored" at the funeral of a former Sinn Féin councillor.

There is growing concern that huge numbers were in situ before the latest legislation to restrict movement to second homes and other accommodation

Residents of some of the most beautiful places in Ireland are dreading this weekend.

Kerry County Council is to close all public car parks at beaches around the county for the Easter weekend, it said.

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A number of areas are worried about possible influxes for the Easter bank holiday and the potential spread of coronavirus.

"There is serious disquiet within the party about forming such a long-term coalition.