FIANNA FÁIL TD Billy Kelleher looks on track to win a seat in Cork North Central, according to an internal Fine Gael poll.

CAN I take it Tom Parlon’s recent criticism of John Gormley means the Green party must doing something right.

A GREEN PARTY local election candidate has pledged that if elected on Friday, he will plough all his council payments and expenses into developing public parks.

BOUNDARY changes, a retirement, and a clerical error have thrown the race for the fourth seat in this redrawn northside ward wide open.

I AGREE totally with Ken Walsh (Letters, November 10). It seems we are now shamefully putting horses and greyhounds before the future health of all 12-year-old girls in this country.

I NOTED with interest the recent announcement that the Mercy and South Infirmary hospitals in Cork are to amalgamate into one new hospital, the location of which is still to be decided.

I NOTE from recent reports that Cork City Council is expecting a windfall in development fees.

LAST Thursday I went for a walk on a beach near Kinsale.