A GP on Cork’s northside is set to be elected Lord Mayor of the expanded city tomorrow night even as last-minute talks on a voting deal continue.

Talks on who will become the next Lord Mayor of Cork were already underway even as the last two candidates took their seats with just a single vote separating them following a recount.

Fianna Fáil is on course to retain its position as the largest party on Cork City Council with Fine Gael a close second after the “green wave” swept Sinn Féin aside over the weekend.

Fianna Fáil councillor Mary Rose Desmond has made history after becoming the first sitting county councillor to be elected in the newly-expanded Cork City Council.

There is going to be a large number of new faces in Cork’s County Hall after the local election counts are completed and their appearance may well alter the balance of power within the local authority.

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In the final of a five-part series, Kevin O’Neill profiles the competitive Cork City South-East constituency.

A special committee of Cork County Council is to look at the possibility of setting up women’s refuges and ‘safe houses’ after an impassioned plea was made by a councillor who described how she was once a victim of domestic abuse.

Cork county councillors have urged their officials to look at the possibility of buying a dockyard to stimulate urban regeneration.

Cork county councillors are to ask the Government to reintroduce an incineration levy following a decision to grant Indaver planning permission for an incinerator in Ringaskiddy.

The lack of approval from Irish Water is preventing Cork County Council “taking in charge” 74 housing estates.

Many residents in Co Cork are experiencing excessive noise pollution as a monitoring agency lacks sufficient personnel to enforce legislation, described as “inadequate”.

Residents and major industries in Ringaskiddy are united in their opposition to the proposed M28 motorway route as it will sever the Co Cork harbourside village.

Controversial plans for a €3.5m greenway in Cork harbour were narrowly passed by members of the county council after fears were raised that elderly walkers could be blown away “like skittles” by cyclists.

Cork County Council is to employ its own occupational therapists to clear a backlog of claims for housing adaptation grants because the HSE does not have the personnel to manage the job.

The remains of one of Ireland’s finest Georgian villas could face demolition after it was gutted in a suspected arson attack.

Cork Opera House is to get a grant of €170,000 from Cork County Council despite objections from some councillors who felt it should not receive any more handouts as it is in profit.

County councillors have voted unanimously to notify Bord Pleanála of their total opposition to Indaver Ireland’s plan to build a €160m incinerator in Cork harbour.

It is hoped that revised plans for a €180m road between Cork and Ringaskiddy will ease the fears of some residents’ associations who expressed major concerns with the initial blueprint when it was launched in October.

Cork county councillors have been lobbied by a developer to review the zoning of a parcel of land on the city’s outskirts to pave the way for the first phase of a multimillion-euro science park.

Cork county councillors will send a blunt “hands off” message to a minister that they won’t tolerate him interfering in their decision to ban industrial incinerators in certain areas.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said that acts of self-defence in the Middle East need to be "proportionate" and the death of 1,000 people in Gaza is "not satisfactory."

Fianna Fáil have made approaches to senior Sinn Féin figures in the hope the two parties can form a coalition on Cork County Council.

Four counts in Cork County Hall saw huge gains for Sinn Féin, a revival for Fianna Fáil, the obliteration of the Labour Party, and a palpable appetite for new candidates.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin believes his leadership is safe and that the results of today’s elections will demonstrate evidence of the party’s growth and renewal.

Fianna Fáil has moved to quell internal rumblings after party leader Micheál Martin’s parliamentary assistant was unveiled as a local election candidate.

The Cork Society of Chartered Accountants (CSCA), and a District Society of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, will host their annual Daffodil Day Breakfast in aid of Irish Cancer Society Nursing Services on March 23 in the Clarion Hotel.