TWO significant retirements from Dáil Éireann were marked this week one political dynasty continues while another Cork family severed links with Leinster House.

AN ex-Lord Mayor of Cork, allegedly “deserted” by his Fianna Fáil party, is threatening to stand in the election as an independent candidate.

The results of The Evening Echo newspaper’s Red C poll for the Cork North Central constituency released today have shown a fall of 10% for Fianna Fail from 41% to 31%.

THE Moriarty revelations about Charlie Haughey should make many of us blush.

IRISH people living illegally in America were yesterday warned not to celebrate prematurely after the US Senate passed an immigration bill offering a path to citizenship.

AT the funeral Mass of Máirín Lynch in Cork’s North Cathedral yesterday, an old friend flicked through a small photo album and fought back tears.

THE mother of a young Corkman, who died after a struggle with nightclub bouncers, is to stand as an Independent candidate in the local elections.

SWEDISH retailer IKEA has told the government it will provide 500 jobs and invest €100 million in its first Irish store if the cap on retail warehouses is lifted.

TDs are to fight for Government compensation for victims of flooding in Cork, so payments to hardship cases can be made by the Irish Red Cross in the same way as to other victims in Athlone, Dublin and Meath.

Bernard Allen (FG) and Kathleen Lynch (Lab) have both been elected in the Cork North Central constituency.

A new initiative to reduce emissions from cars is being launched across the country.

This year's winner Irish Tidy Town's competition has been named as Castletown

The Minister for State at the Department of the Environment, Dan Wallace, has criticised the Green Party for campaigning for a No vote in the upcoming referendum on the Treaty of Nice.