Twenty-four women who attended the cancer centre at Cork University Hospital and 16 from University Hospital Waterford are among the 209 nationally who were failed by smear tests.

Work on the first flood defences in Cork City could get under way before the end of the year after a €6m quay regeneration project got the green light last night.

The unprecedented growth of student accommodation in Cork City over the past two years has raised concerns.

Cork’s city planners will consider purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) projects on a case-by-case basis rather than blocking them in certain areas.

The controversial afternoon car ban on Cork’s St Patrick’s St looks set to be suspended tonight after just three weeks.

A review of the local electoral areas in Cork city and county has been announced as the Government prepares legislation to give effect to the first extension of the city’s boundary in more than 50-years.

Traders in one of Munster’s oldest suburban shopping centres have given a qualified welcomed to plans for a €100m regeneration of the complex.

The State could be facing a raft of compensation payouts arising out of several road traffic accidents linked to water pooling problems on one of Cork’s busiest roads.

The cheer that raised the rafters of Triskel Christchurch at 2.26pm yesterday was spontaneous and effortless, unlike the painstaking effort it took to get there in the first place.

We’ve done our bit — now it’s up to the minister.

We’ve done our bit — now it’s up to the minister, writes Eoin English of the Irish Examiner.

Engineers are set to tackle potentially lethal water pooling at a flyover which opened just three years ago on one of the country’s busiest roads.

A local authority has been criticised for its decision to place for sale a derelict historic structure with links to the first agricultural college in Ireland or Britain to teach girls.

There have been calls for a full review of Cork City’s tree policy after it emerged that Storm Ophelia may have knocked up to 600 trees citywide — with the clean-up expected to cost millions.

One of our great achievements is that third-level education is the norm rather than the exception.

A planning crackdown on student accommodation in suburban Cork is on the cards in a bid to prevent the areas being swamped by overdevelopment.

Concerns have been raised about the Jack Lynch Tunnel drainage system after a lane closure during heavy rain in Cork City yesterday.

Cha and Miah legend Frank Duggan has paid an emotional tribute to his friend and comedy partner of 44 years, Michael Twomey, who has died.

Warm tributes have been paid to theatre giant Michael Twomey — one half of the legendary comedy duo Cha and Miah — who died yesterday aged 84.

Securing a significant extension of Cork’s city boundary is now of national importance, a city councillor warned last night as they rejected a land offer from the county.

A sheltered housing scheme for downsizing over-60s was among four social housing projects approved for Cork City last night.

The new Lord Mayor of Cork says he is confident that a “fair compensation package” for the county council can be worked out to secure a city boundary extension.

The first supported-student accommodation complex of its kind in the State will provide vulnerable young adults with a gateway to a new life, Cork’s city councillors say.

There have been calls for a halt on the development of student accommodation in residential areas of Cork City until a coherent planning policy on such projects is adopted.

A 348-bed student apartment complex up to five storeys high is set to go ahead in Cork’s western suburbs after councillors voted to materially contravene the city development plan.

The HSE has been strongly criticised for the slow progress in reinstating a helipad at Cork University Hospital — Ireland’s only level 1 trauma centre.

Transport chiefs have been accused of treating women as second-class citizens by refusing to implement the renaming of one of Cork’s busiest roads after the “forgotten women” of the Irish revolution.

Two of Ireland’s great soccer academies battle for glory today as UCC and UCD meet in the Irish Universities Collingwood Cup final at Maynooth University (2.30pm).

The Office of Public Works (OPW) has extended by a month its deadline for submissions on the largest flood defence scheme in the history of the State.

Residents have called for the scrapping of a bus lane on one of Cork City’s busiest roads after figures show there have been more than 100 accidents in the area since it was installed.

Cork City’s commercial rates will increase for the first time in eight years and funding for hugely successful Christmas festival, Glow, has been slashed after a lengthy and at times chaotic city council budget meeting.

Cork City Council’s decision not to increase the local property tax (LPT) next year means it will be €777,000 better off — but local householders will face hikes of up to €70 each as a result, depending on the valuation of their home.

A helipad could be operational at Cork University Hospital by December 2017.

Cork’s City councillors have been asked to consider seeking ministerial approval for a €40m long-term loan to fund public works such as road and footpath repairs.

A politician who lost his business and came through the “difficult and chaotic” personal insolvency process was celebrating last night after being elected the Lord Mayor of Cork.

Retail giant Dunnes Stores has been accused of “giving two fingers to the people of Cork”, after apparently ignoring the Lord Mayor’s request for a meeting to discuss the closure of one of its largest city stores.

Pressure is mounting on University College Cork authorities to restrict the opening hours of its bars during Rag and Freshers Week.

Ideas are being sought from the open market to help breathe new life into a city-owned historic former bank building.

An average of 75 motorists in Cork City were issued with parking fines by traffic wardens each day last year.

The introduction of pay and display parking meters in Cork City has been ruled out on cost-grounds.