Person: Margaret Murphy-O’Mahony

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Failed election candidates get second chance with Seanad run

Seanad nominations for inside candidates closed yesterday with a number of failed election candidates given a second chance at public office by their parties.

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Two Cork Seanad candidates set out their stall

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Mayor elected as replacements for newly-elected TDs join Cork council

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Holly creates history: 'People said that’s a Fine Gael seat - no, they’re all Cork South West seats'

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Donohoe intervenes to quell ‘bullying’ row

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A family affair as TDs pick siblings to ‘guard patch’ in Cork County Council

Family members may take Cork County Council seats of newly elected TDs

Six seats will have to be filled on Cork County Council as successful general election candidates take up their positions in the Dáil, and there’s little doubt they will be replaced by family members or close friends.

Tue, 01 Mar, 2016

Fresh faces for 32nd Dáil as Fine Gael and Labour counting their losses

With such a large number of sitting TDs now ousted from Leinster House, the 32nd Dáil will be spattered with unfamiliar and fresh faces.

Mon, 29 Feb, 2016

Election betting odds against voters who like to gamble

It’s hard to beat the bookies, but if you have megabucks to put on a dead cert, or like a little flutter on an outsider, Election 2016 presents a few opportunities in the Cork constituencies.

Wed, 17 Feb, 2016

Soldiers of Destiny deploy military gear for poll battle

Armoured cars and tanks and guns... here the Fianna Fáil warwagon comes.

Fri, 12 Feb, 2016

Fisheries body blocks dredging scheme in Cork

Inland Fisheries Ireland has told Cork County Council it will not allow emergency dredging to be carried out in towns where flood relief schemes have been planned by the OPW.

Tue, 12 Jan, 2016

Floods: ‘Bandon caught off-guard by 40 floods in 20 years’

A report issued by Cork County Council says that 71 businesses, 19 houses, and a national school were flooded in the county when nearly 200mm of rain fell between December 4-6.

Tue, 15 Dec, 2015

Government asked to provide a commercial rates break for storm damaged Cork businesses

Cork County Council will be asked to formally endorse an appeal to the Government to provide a commercial rates break to businesses in West Cork which suffered severely in the aftermath of recent storm damage.

Tue, 17 Nov, 2015

West Cork road to be surveyed after unfair penalty points claim

Cork County Council engineers are to survey a section of road in West Cork where it is claimed motorists are getting unnecessary speeding fines and penalty points.

Tue, 17 Nov, 2015

No money to fix storm-damaged roads in Cork

More than €2.3m in damage was caused to roads and bridges in Cork county alone following last month’s storm. Some roads remain closed.

Tue, 13 Oct, 2015

Cost of weekend flooding damage set to run into millions

West Cork was one of the worst damaged regions in the country during storms over the weekend, and the county council is to seek emergency government funding to deal with washed- away roads and bridges.

Tue, 15 Sep, 2015

Cork mayor set to quit Fianna Fáil to run as independent

The outgoing mayor of Co Cork is preparing to leave the Fianna Fáil party and run as an independent candidate in the next general election.

Thu, 25 Jun, 2015

FF’s O’Donovan says he will not run in next election

The leas-chathaoirleach of the Seanad has announced that he won’t be running in the next general election, which means for the first time in a generation a new face will appear on the Fianna Fáil ticket in Cork South West.

Fri, 19 Jun, 2015

Appeals to reverse post office closure

Cork county councillors are seeking an urgent meeting with the chief executive of An Post to discuss its decision to close a post office in a thriving village in West Cork.

Thu, 18 Dec, 2014

Hopes broadband can be installed alongside flood and sewerage works in Co Cork

Councillors in a Co Cork town are hoping broadband will be introduced in tandem with major work on its flood prevention and sewerage systems, to avoid having to re-dig at a later stage.

Tue, 16 Dec, 2014

Tributes paid to ‘colossus of Cork politics’ Joe Walsh

Cross-party tributes were paid to former minister for agriculture Joe Walsh by members of Cork County Council yesterday before they adjourned their meeting as a mark of respect to the "colossus of Cork politics" who left a huge legacy locally.

Tue, 11 Nov, 2014

West Cork councillors: We won’t accept paid parking

Councillors in West Cork have sent a clear message to officials, saying they will not accept the introduction of paid parking in the region.

Tue, 17 Jun, 2014

114 candidates do battle for place in new 55-seat chamber

A total of 114 candidates have declared for Cork County Council with more than one-in-three being non-party hopefuls.

Tue, 13 May, 2014

Tributes paid to Judge Con Murphy

TRIBUTES have been paid to a circuit court judge whose great loves, apart from his family, were the law, politics and the GAA.

Tue, 02 Aug, 2011

140 staff in Fleming Group set to lose jobs

West Cork was today reeling from the news that up to 140 people are set to lose their jobs, following the Supreme Court decision to reject a restructuring plan for the Bandon-based Fleming Construction Group.

Fri, 05 Mar, 2010

Third count in tense Bandon race

A TOWN council count in west Cork had to go to a second recount, with a first-time FF candidate finally unseating a veteran FG member last night.

Tue, 09 Jun, 2009

Region braces for E8m blow as 161 jobs axed

Eddie Cassidy

Fri, 04 Feb, 2005