The population of the Macroom electoral area is 36,844 and, despite the removal of Blarney from the district into the city jurisdiction, the number of seats up for grabs there will remain at six.

Locals who tried to save two men who died in a house fire have told of how the heat and flames beat back their efforts even as a woman jumped to safety from an upstairs window.

One of the more prominent features on the front of Nóirín McAuliffe’s house in Macroom is a satellite dish, prompting thoughts about what she might have been watching on Sunday night.

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have taken a seat apiece in the first result of the day to be called at Cork County Hall.

By Irish Examiner reporter Conor Ryan

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

A local authority is putting its hands up and admits to not having an estimated €50m to repair crumbling footpaths.

Helen O’Callaghan talks to five people in highly pressured jobs and lifestyles about how they manage their work/life balance.

Because of changes to a number of Co Cork’s electoral areas, there will be casualties among big-name councillors, and they’re more likely to be from Fine Gael, writes Sean O’Riordan

Cork County Council is seeking permission from the Department of Environment to increase the penalties it can impose on derelict sites owners.

Independents and Sinn Féin are likely to be the biggest winners come next year’s local elections in Co Cork.

A Fianna Fáil councillor was on call to come back from his honeymoon after a plot was hatched to prevent Fine Gael retaining the office of mayor of County Cork.

A mother of six, aged in her 80s, has died following a house fire at Macroom, Co Cork.

Two brilliant bowls from Corcoran’s bridge to the cottage secured Killian Kingston’s win over Gavin Twohig at Pouladuff on Sunday.

Since my criticism of Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney here last week, for what I perceive to be a lack of vision in relation to Ireland’s objectives in the CAP reform, I’ve had a number of interesting — but at times not very satisfying — conversations on the subject.

Just two out of the 31 Fine Gael and Labour councillors on Cork County Council are outwardly opposed to the planned septic tank charge and inspection regime, which has generated massive resistance across the county.

WORK could resume today at one of mid-Cork’s biggest employers, despite a massive fire that destroyed part of the premises yesterday.

FORMER FG national executive member Áine Collins secured a Dáil seat at her first attempt and pledged job creation will be the party’s priority.

THE inclusion of a Ballincollig- based candidate on the Fianna Fáil ticket in Cork North West will be a boost rather than a hindrance to Fine Gael, local FG election hopeful Derry Canty claims.

LABOUR PARTY leader Eamon Gilmore told voters yesterday he will “be tough on anyone who stands in the way of reform” in the public sector.

Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Innovation Batt O’Keeffe has quashed rumours that he will not be standing in the forthcoming General Election.

SLIGO farmer Gabriel Gilmartin has been elected president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA).

Sligo farmer Gabriel Gilmartin has been elected president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) at last night’s vote in Portlaoise.

THE campaign is well under way for the election of the next president of the Irish Farmers Association.

SINN FÉIN may be poised to make greater gains in the local elections in Co Cork than Labour.

THE number of seats up for grabs in this electoral area has increased from three to four a result of a boundary revision which saw the addition of Ballincollig.

FIANNA FÁIL’S local election candidates are “afraid” to knock on voters’ doors, the main opposition parties claimed last night.

CORK County Council is poised to reopen housing adaptation grant applications for elderly and disabled people — despite not having enough cash to fund the schemes.

THE finances of Ireland’s largest local authority have been thrown into further turmoil after the Department of the Environment refused it permission to seek a €20 million loan.

ICSA president Malcolm Thompson and several current position holders were re-elected unopposed at the recent ICSA national executive meeting.

Turnout in Cork North West was among the highest in the country, with figures this morning indicating up to 73% of voters went to the polling booths yesterday in this constituency.

FARMERS are confused and cynical over the charges and deductions that are applied to the prices they are paid from the sale of their cattle at beef processing plants, according to the findings of a survey published today.

LABOUR leader Pat Rabbitte has accused the Government of now downplaying expectations about the Budget's childcare package after building up high expectations for months.

THE annual beef crisis is upon us. The elements of international big business that operate in the Irish beef sector have yet again manipulated trade to their advantage.

TÁNAISTE Mary Harney has been urged to intervene immediately in the impending closure of the country’s only working tannery with the loss of 60 jobs.

Caroline O'Doherty observes sadness and defiance

Fianna Fail's Michael Moynihan has won the first seat in the three-seat Cork North West constituency.