WARM tributes were paid last night to former Cork and Limerick city manager, Jack Higgins, with councillors describing him as “very efficient public servant” and “a strategic thinker”.

SOME of Cork’s best- known figures have spoken of their sense of place and belonging as part of a new book.

SOME of Cork’s best- known figures have opened their hearts to speak of their sense of place and belonging for a new book.

THE three daughters of one of Ireland’s greatest composers were presented with a birthday cake yesterday to mark the centenary of their father’s birth.

LEGENDARY athlete Sonia O’Sullivan was conferred with an honorary doctorate at University College Cork yesterday.

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

A LOCAL election candidate who mistakenly registered to stand for election in the wrong area is considering taking a High Court challenge.

A LOCAL election candidate was left devastated last night after it emerged that she has been registered to stand for election in the wrong area.

POLITICAL legend Pearse Wyse, who died in Cork yesterday, was described as a man of principle who was devoted to public service.

AT the centre of Irish politics for over three decades, veteran politician Máirín Quill was honoured with a civic reception last night ahead of her retirement from public life.

WORLD boxing champion Bernard Dunne is to be honoured in Cork this week on the same day a legendary Leeside-born boxer is commemorated.

THE president praised the organisers of the country’s biggest Irish language and cultural festival last night for continuing to make it modern and relevant.

HUNDREDS bid a fond farewell yesterday to a much-loved man who believed the arts and sport were the heartbeat of humanity.

A VETERAN Fine Gael politician followed in his late father’s footsteps to become lord mayor of Cork last night.

CORK city’s political landscape is to change significantly, with the northside set to lose two city council seats to the southside.

VETERAN politician and Progressive Democrats co-founder Mairín Quill insisted last night that she will retire from politics next year.

IF YOU don’t know your Sober Lane from your Elbow Lane then help is on the way.

CONCERNS were raised last night about plans to move one of Cork’s best known landmarks from its century-old home.

Four people remain in hospital this morning following a bus crash in Cork city last night.

STRICT guidelines to protect Cork’s skyline from development have been drawn up.

I AM a glutton for newspapers. I am lucky enough to have my copy of the Irish Examiner delivered through my letterbox at 7 o’clock each morning.

POLITICIANS have united to fight controversial plans to build Cork’s second park and ride facility on a greenfield site on the city’s northside.

WORLD-RENOWNED sculptor Seamus Murphy is to be honoured in Cork next year to mark the centenary of his birth.

THERE have been calls for a complete overhaul of the mechanisms used to distribute over €350,000 of public money to fund the arts in Cork.

THE proposed Cork City Council/Simon facility at 34 Leitrim Street is the final part of the city council’s challenging strategy on homelessness in Cork.

FINE GAEL leader Enda Kenny led tributes last night to his former party colleague, Liam Burke, who died yesterday aged 78.

I WAS fascinated by the letter (Irish Examiner, June 14) from my esteemed neighbour Mairín Quill, who has done so much good work for the arts in Cork.

I APPLAUD Mairín Quill’s Suggestion of The Singing Bridge for the new crossing of the River Lee.

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell warned Sinn Féin local election candidates yesterday that they will have no say in the future policing of the State as long as they still support the IRA.

SO Alderman Máirín Quill is the latest public figure to join the parent-bashing brigade (Irish Examiner, January 29).

IT is said that it takes a whole community to rear a child. In the light of trends in children’s behaviour and lifestyles in recent times, the time has come when the community must take its responsibilities seriously. A city centre is no place for 13-year-olds at 10.30pm. In fact in the light of sad experience it is probably the worst possible place to be.