Roy Keane will today check for himself on the form of rising star Danny Crowley when the Ireland assistant manager attends the League One fixture between Barnsley and SwindonTown.

Kevin Grealish, father of Jack Grealish, has denied reports his son has opted to declare for England instead of Ireland.

He’ll be back on the stage he belongs tonight when Everton visit Oakwell in the Capital One Cup but whether Conor Hourihane can stay there while at Barnsley remains to be seen.

Arsenal wonder kid Danny Crowley has already been praised by Arsene Wenger and Roy Hodgson but his former GAA coach reckons he’ll end up representing Ireland.

Many people face being buried outside their own towns and villages as a graveyards run out of plots and there’s difficulty finding suitable alternative land in their localities.

Badly needed water and sewerage schemes worth tens of millions of euro in West Cork could be delayed because it is feared Irish Water will prioritise projects in urban centres.

Department and council planned project on land they did not own

Over €1m of taxpayers’ money has been “wasted on a white elephant housing project” in Co Cork which an expert said should never have been contemplated in the first place, it has been claimed.

Cork County Council has submitted a “business case” to Irish Water for a €8.8m sewage treatment plant and the upgrading of water mains in Castletownbere because it makes economic sense.

The decision by a former Mayor of County Cork not to contest next summer’s local elections is the latest in a line of shock resignations to hit County Hall.

A Fianna Fáil county councillor has criticised his party for its local election strategy and says he won’t be seeking re-election.

People will ‘rest in peace’ more comfortably in West Cork than other parts of the county — knowing the cost of a burial plot in the coastal haven is a fraction of the price elsewhere.

Maintaining roads and water supplies in Co Cork is becoming increasingly difficult because Cork County Council hasn’t got enough personnel to keep pace with the workload.

Independents and Sinn Féin are likely to be the biggest winners come next year’s local elections in Co Cork.

Fears have been expressed that senior county council management may be withdrawn from West Cork as a result of boundary changes and local government reform.

Environment Minister Phil Hogan is to be urged to halt a number of changes to the new local election boundary areas because it is claimed they will disenfranchise many people living in Co Cork.

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.

A Co Cork town known for its summer pong will soon to be smelling of roses after the Government confirmed it is giving the go-ahead for a €6.5m upgrade of its sewage treatment system.

Frightened families remain on alert as hill fires rage in West Cork and Kerry.

A county councillor who voluntarily took a lie detector test has spoken of his “huge relief” after the High Court quashed his conviction for assault.

A voluntary organisation is set to unveil plans to convert a former convent into sheltered housing which will help fill a void in providing accommodation for older couples and single people.

County councillors in West Cork are to meet with Inland Fisheries Ireland officials shortly to outline concerns that legislation protecting fish is putting people’s lives at risk.

Motorists will shortly not be permitted to instantly renew driving licences in Cork due to new centralisation measures.

Senior NRA officials have pledged to lobby for major improvements on the only national route in the tourist haven of West Cork.

Visits to recycling centres in Co Cork could become more costly if the private sector takes over their running.

The Oireachtas committee on health is “to be thoroughly briefed” by councillors battling cutbacks to West Cork’s ambulances before it questions HSE officials on why they have reduced the service.

It could take at least another three years before Castletownbere receives a long-promised multi-million euro waste water treatment plant.

The OPW is to fast track flood relief work in the Clonakilty area with a public consultation process likely to take place in the West Cork town within the next six weeks.

The future of a number of rural Garda stations in West Cork hangs in the balance as concern mounts over a second round of station closures.

Bank of Ireland looks set to poach business from rivals AIB after the latter decided to close its branches on a West Cork peninsula.

Local authority members want both Coillte and privately-run forestry operations to pay for damage by pounding trucks to rural roads in Cork county.

A local authority is considering asking the public to acquire burial plots “well in advance” to help offset the cost of new cemetery sites.

Cash-stricken Cork County Council cannot afford to fix some of the “appalling” and “impassable” roads on its seven inhabited islands.

A dedicated hotline set up by a local authority to speed up repairs of broken water pipes did not work — because its phonelines were over capacity.

A number of West Cork county councillors are “keeping their counsel” in a continuing controversy over a planned new €3.5m fish farm in Bantry Bay.

One of the country’s largest local authorities collected a record €95.7m in rates last year, up more than €16m from the peak boom year — 2006.

The flagship boat for a €150,000-a-year Youthreach project has been locked in a boatyard since 2007, writes Investigative Correspondent Conor Ryan

A CORK county councillor and his brother withdrew their appeal yesterday against their conviction for assaulting the owner of a bar in Adrigole earlier this year.

MICHEÁL MARTIN has admitted the Fianna Fáil hierarchy didn’t listen to its county councillors and must do so in future to rebuild the party.

CORK County Council officials are looking at proposals to extend the operating hours of Ireland’s only cable car.

CORK County Council is prepared to offer its expertise to the embattled MV Julia should its owners, the Fastnet Line, require help.

THE Irish Trotting & Harness Racing Federation (ITHRF) is objecting to Cork County Council plans to introduce bylaws on beaches which will severely curtail their sport and a number of other activities.

CORK County Council is to take court action against property developers who owe the local authority nearly €14.5 million in development charges.