Former Lord Mayor of Dublin Emer Costello is expected to replace Labour MEP Proinsias De Rossa when he steps down as an MEP next month.

Fianna Fáil could still hold three seats in the battleground constituency of Cork South Central, despite a 7% drop in the party’s vote, according to a poll in today's Evening Echo newspaper.

A marathon debate will take place on the streets of Cork next Monday in aid of the Alzheimer Society of Ireland.

THERE can hardly be a publican, taxi driver or their family in the whole country who do not relish waiting in the long grass for general election day to pay back those who have destroyed their family businesses over the past few years — the Fianna Fáil and PDs.

The Lord Mayor of Belfast, Sinn Fein’s Alex Maskey, has infuriated unionists by announcing he's to place an Irish tri-colour in his office at city hall later today.

Community representatives must help end the serious rioting which saw four police injured in Belfast city centre, a senior PSNI officer said tonight.

Sinn Fein was today preparing to bid to have its first Lord Mayor elected in Belfast.