The announcement was made at the council’s February southern committee meeting.

Pat Buckley, from Midleton, topped the poll with an impressive 12,587 first preferences, which got him elected on the first count as the quota was 10,909.

Pat Buckley was elected on the first count in Cork East.

The prospects for FG junior minister David Stanton have improved and many believe that he will now win the second seat being well ahead of his running partner Pa O'Driscoll.

Independent county councillor Mary Linehan-Foley hasproposed that Bessborough, formerly a mother and baby home in Cork, be bought by the Government rather than allow it fall into the hands of private developers.

A public representative who was born in a mother and baby home won unanimous support from her colleagues to call on the government to buy the home rather than see it fall into the hands of private developers.

A sculpture dedicated to a 1956 film directed by John Huston and starring Gregory Peck will shortly go on display in the town which was one of its main shooting locations.

A senior Bus Éireann official has said there's nothing he can do about an anomaly whereby passengers from Youghal, Co Cork, pay double the price to get to Cork City than commuters from Dungarvan, Co Waterford.

Community groups are likely to become the frontline force in the battle against dog-fouling in Co Cork amid concerns that an increasing volume of volunteers are undertaking jobs traditionally done by the council.

Councillors said the state of rural roads was the main issue on the doorsteps during their local election canvasses.

A poll-topping councillor in West Cork has been elected the Mayor of the County of Cork.

The Independents look likely to form an alliance with Fianna Fáil to take control of Cork County Council when newly elected councillors meet for the first time on June 7.

The longest-serving public representative in the State is on the campaign trail as he prepares to contest the local elections in the East Cork municipal district.

Some of the cabling for the part of the €930m Celtic Interconnector, from France to Ireland, may run along the former Midleton-Youghal railway.

A couple who were left traumatised when a car hit their home last year say they live in constant fear of speeding traffic on their narrow street.

Fears have been raised that wastewater treatment works planned for a pier in East Cork could undermine the structure and cause untold damage to the local fishing industry.

A scheme which could help increase the population on the seven islands off West Cork cannot supply the social houses needed because it costs around 40% more to build homes on the islands than on the mainland.

Road repairs, grass-cutting, and other services are not being delivered to a lot of people in Co Cork as the local authority is starved of money due to the Government taking 20% of the local property tax (LPT).

Questions are being asked as to why a teenage girl was placed in an all-male ward at a Cork hospital where she was allegedly sexually assaulted by an older man.

Parking wardens are to be deployed into a busy provincial town to tackle some town centre businesses and other motorists flouting a two-hour parking limit.

One of Co Cork’s premier sandy beaches is in danger of being blown away unless works are carried out soon.

The speed at which 82,000 people are transferred into Cork City Council’s jurisdiction through its boundary extension will depend on how quickly the Department of Local Government agrees to provide additional staff to the county council to handle the changeover.

Ambulance crews have warned that county roads in Cork are in such a bad condition that it is taking longer to transport seriously ill patients to hospital.

HSE officials will be asked to explain why a county councillor had to wait three hours for an ambulance and why its crew then spent a further two and a half hours outside a Cork hospital before they were given back the trolley on which she had been lying.

Resentment is being caused in communities in Cork county as people, residing up to 70km away, are edging out locals on a waiting list for council houses.

Justice may be seen to be done shortly with the possible disposal of a magnificent, but vacant, courthouse building.

The majority of Cork county councillors see the proposed extension of the city boundary as being nothing more than a “money grab” which could put rural areas at a serious disadvantage in the future.

Over €6.2m was paid out last year by Cork County Council in relation to claims for personal injuries and damages to vehicles, in particular.

A sick animal can be treated quicker in some parts of Co Cork than a sick person, according to county councillors.

A local authority has been told to get tough on contractors who delay the refit of vacant county council houses.

Hopes have been raised that a further 92 private estates could soon have their everyday maintenance taken over by Cork County Council.

About two thirds of winter storm-damaged roads in east Cork have been restored, especially national primary and secondary routes, but local routes remained untreated due to a shortage of funding.

A partly-closed car park, child safety risks, unauthorised tents pitched on a playground and restricted access to the beach all made for a disappointing time for sunseekers at three seaside locations in east Cork.

An East Cork councillor has called on Irish Water to either lift the boil water notice it has imposed on the area for the next eight months or explain the specific risks associated with the supply in the region.

An east Cork harbour town’s hopes of acquiring a floating pontoon to boost tourism stand high and dry amid allegations of post-election ‘treachery’.

Youghal’s Mary Linehan-Foley could claim a big scalp with a hard campaign on the ground, reports Sean O’Riordan