Independents will hold sway in Cork’s County Hall despite Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael continuing to underline their dominance as the main parties in the local authority.

A single six-seater in 2014, the Kanturk-Mallow municipal district will be two separate electoral areas this time around.

A US group based 5,000 miles away from Doonbeg on Clare’s coast has put the brakes on plans by the Donald Trump-owned golf resort constructing its 38,000 tonne rock barrier.

Almost €50,000 was paid in expenses to four directors of the country’s science funding agency to attend board and committee meetings last year.

Ireland’s qualification for Euro 2016 has triggered a boom in the sale of campervans, as the Green Army prepares to travel en masse to France next year.

A Co Cork parents Association is claiming political bias has prevented their local primary school from receiving a refurbishment promised six years ago.