Multi-million euro plans have been unveiled to upgrade a historic castle and enhance recreational amenities in a North Cork town.

Sinn Féin has called for an emergency meeting of Dublin City Council to discuss the furore surrounding a supposed housing agreement to redevelop the O’Devaney Gardens site in the north inner city.

There are calls for increased Garda resources to clamp down on violent attacks and crime in Cork city.

They were prompted by several hours of gridlock which was caused by a minor two-car collision in the Jack Lynch Tunnel on Thursday. Nobody was injured in the incident but it caused lengthy tailbacks.

Former minister and Labour TD Kathleen Lynch is quitting politics and will not contest the Cork North Central by-election or general election, saying Labour must pass on the torch to survive.

Great grand-father, Paddy Hansard, suffered serious head and spinal injuries in the alleged attack.

There are calls for a new taskforce to be set up to address the complex issues linked to a ‘super’ Traveller halting site on Cork’s northside.

Dublin City Council settled almost €11.2m in insurance claims in the space of 15 months.

Dublin city councillors have agreed not to sell public land to private developers for housing for the next five years.

The extraordinary performance of the Healy-Rae siblings was the story of the weekend at the count centre in Killarney, where Johnny headed up Kenmare and Maura won Killarney minutes later.

A former mayor of Kilkenny has said that opposition to the planned mosque and Islamic centre in the city was not an issue of religion, but one of traffic management.

"A parliament or institution is only going to be sexy if it is doing things that are relevant to people's lives. Otherwise, it's not going to be particularly attractive."

People in Drogheda are living in fear that someone will die before the violent feud between rival drug gangs in their town is brought under control.

An investigation involving counter-terrorism officers has been launched after four mosques had their windows smashed with a sledgehammer overnight.

It is being reported that a three-year-old boy has died suddenly in Wexford.

Limerick gardaí are probing the theft of a €10,000 mayoral chain from the glove box of a politician’s car.

Cork city and county councils are still in dispute over Cork’s boundary alteration, which will be presented to Government today.

There were heated exchanges last night as Dublin City councillors voted 42-11 against a hike in the local property tax.

A row has broken out over where an anchor from a scuttled gun-running ship should be displayed.

There has been a mixed reaction to news that a new detention centre is being built at Dublin Airport.

Nearly 30% more suspected drink-drivers have been arrested in Cork city and county in the past three months compared to the same period last year.

Latest: Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council leader Nicholas Paget-Brown has said he is stepping down following criticism of the response to the Grenfell Tower disaster.

The 11th-hour decision to shelve Kensington and Chelsea Council's first cabinet meeting since the Grenfell Tower disaster has been branded an "absolute fiasco".

The successful fight against feuding gangs has prepared Limerick well to deal with the threat of Islamic State (IS) terrorism, community leaders have been told.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has been urged to condemn “racist” comments made by a Fine Gael councillor.

Swimmers have been banned at Dollymount and Sandymount strands.

‘Revenge porn’ will become a criminal offence under proposed laws.

More than 200 motorists contacted Cork County Council about the costs incurred from hitting pot- holes in one area of Co Cork, and there are fears that more damage could be inflicted on vehicles because roads are not being properly repaired after watermain leaks.

Kerry has a higher dependency on tourism than any other county in the State, according to a newly-released report.

The OPW is being urged to allow some funding to be released to Cork County Council engineers so that they can carry out interim prevention works to ease tidal flooding.

County councillors have voted unanimously to notify Bord Pleanála of their total opposition to Indaver Ireland’s plan to build a €160m incinerator in Cork harbour.

A 14-year-old girl has died after she collapsed during an underage Gaelic football match in County Wexford.

While bridges have featured in famous war films The Bridge over the River Kwai and a Bridge Too Far, a former mayor of Limerick yesterday warned battle lines are being drawn up over a planned €15m “bridge to nowhere” on the Shannon.

Cork county councillors have lodged an 11th-hour objection to plans by Indaver to build incinerators in Cork Harbour, and a local tourist body has done the same.

Nearly half of all off-licences targeted in a sting operation by gardaí in Cork City sold alcohol to minors.

County councillors have reacted with fury to news that Irish Water has again rowed back on promises to provide a drought-stricken village with a proper supply.

Hidden cameras, a name-and-shame policy and education programmes are among the likely proposals being considered by Cork County Council chiefs to halt public littering.

Nine months after Cork county council was warned by the EU to protect a tiny river creature, no solution has been found.

The extent to which people are illegally dumping rubbish on country roads was highlighted yesterday when it was revealed that a special team of council workers recovered 2.18 tonnes of rubbish in just 12 days.