Cork County Council will not investigate claims that a number of people were removed from the electoral register in West Cork, as the onus remains on voters to ensure they are registered.

A landmark West Cork hotel is set for major refurbishment after it was bought out of receivership by a local consortium.

Since winning Cork’s intermediate football championship in 2005, Carbery Rangers’ stock has risen gradually.

A Government TD has criticised the pace of efforts to market Cork as a single tourist destination.

An umbrella organisation which represents more than 1,800 community groups has put its weight behind the Port of Cork’s plans for a €100m upgrade of its deepwater terminal at Ringaskiddy.

Cork’s county councillors came under pressure at a public meeting on Tuesday night concerning a wind farm between Tarelton and Coppeen.

West Cork tourism businesses will be hoping to learn from the experiences of a group in Co Clare who secured an accolade of ‘best place to holiday’ in Ireland.

Last Thursday, Environment Minister Alan Kelly said an expert review group would make recommendations on Cork’s boundaries and its local government.

Gardaí in West Cork are investigating an incident in which two vans connected to Irish Water were burnt out at the weekend.

Communities on nine non-Gaeltacht islands have expressed concern at the news that the Department of the Environment, Community, and Local Government is to terminate funding to their five community development company offices from the end of next month.

Fianna Fáil's Christopher O'Sullivan has been elected in Cork West on Count 13.

The owner of an impounded chip van got a lucky break in court yesterday when a judge cleared him of a careless driving offence.

Beara enjoyed a comfortable passage through to the Cork U21AFC semi-final with a comprehensive victory over Youghal in Macroom on Saturday.

CAMPAIGNERS fighting for new planning laws in west Cork have arranged two public meetings to collect case studies of bizarre planning decisions for review by the county manager.

PROTESTERS who staged a sit-in at Cork County Council headquarters last Monday have vowed to strike again if they don’t get firm commitments from councillors to make planning guidelines less restrictive in west Cork.

WITH the Olympic year in the offing, chief show jumping selector Peter Leonard is confident Ireland can produce the goods and win the country’s first gold medal in the code.