Two cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in Cork - one in UCC and one in a small primary school.

A vital €6m transport and public realm upgrade designed to open Cork’s docklands for more development must go through the planning process again after City Hall admitted a technical administrative omission in a planning notice.

An investigation is underway following the demolition of a building on Cork’s MacCurtain Street to pave the way for a €7m ‘city-sleeper’ hotel.

Gardaí have backed calls to stop taxis parking in the cycle lane on Cork's Washington Street.

The four-seater was already one of the most open in the country before a single vote was cast as three of the four TDs elected in 2016 weren't on the ballot this time out.

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

Mr Ryan is "quietly confident" undecided voters will "break green" in the coming days

Fianna Fáil members who would consider entering Government with Sinn Féin should either remove Micheál Martin as leader or else rule out such a coalition, Fine Gael senator Jerry Buttimer says.

Fianna Fáil members who would consider entering Government with Sinn Féin should either remove Micheál Martin as leader or else rule out such a coalition, Fine Gael senator Jerry Buttimer has said.

There aren’t many constituencies facing as much of a shake-up as Cork North-Central.

Sinn Féin councillor Thomas Gould is set to be announced as the party's candidate in Cork North-Central.

It was a good day at the office for Fianna Fáil, according to party leader Micheál Martin, and it was hard to disagree.

Fianna Fail's Padraig O'Sullivan claimed the seat in the Cork North-Central by-election on the tenth count.

Latest: Senator Colm Burke was eliminated in the ninth count of the Cork North-Central by-election.

The performance of Labour's John Maher has marked him out as a contender for 2020, according to Labour TD Sean Sherlock.

An emigration monument on Penrose Quay in Cork city centre has been damaged by vandalism, prompting calls from local politicians to restore it to its former glory.

The Department of Transport spent 1% of its land transport budget on cycling infrastructure last year, according to an estimate from cycling advocates who want a tenfold increase in this month’s Budget.

What kind of country do people want, and how do they want politicians to deliver it? The questions arise in light of some of the clown-acting this week in local authority chambers.

City business groups have backed the development of a skyscraper hotel in Cork's docklands, but concerns have also been raised about retaining access to the river.

Students have been invited to help shape Cork’s climate change adaptation strategy which will be published today for public consultation.

Climate change protesters in Cork decided to lay down the law yesterday — by staging a ‘die-in’ in the city centre.

Residents cheered last night as a controversial public transport plan that would have seen parts of some of their front gardens along one of Cork’s busiest roads sacrificed for bus and bike lanes was shot down.

Cyclists must have greater input into the design of cycling infrastructure, Cork's city councillors have said after getting first-hand experience of life in the bike lanes.

The controversial Cork city flood defence proposals and the ambitious Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Study (CMATS) are to be reviewed by a new ‘climate action committee’ which is to be established by the city council.

Sinn Féin has accused the larger political parties on Cork City Council of shafting long-serving councillors off certain committees during a tense council meeting last night.

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.

The Green Party has urged the government to go back to the drawing board on proposals for directly-elected mayors in Cork and Waterford and engage people through a Citizens Assembly process.

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.

The people of Cork city and Waterford may be asked to again consider the proposal of directly-elected mayors after voters narrowly rejected a mayoral plebiscite.

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.

Sinn Féin could be set to lose as many as half of its seats on Cork City Council as the Green Party look set to make significant gains.

The Government is under fire amid confusion over who will bear the additional costs of directly elected mayors in Cork, Limerick and Waterford.

The proposed 66-apartment, 13-storey tower in Glanmire would have been just four metres shorter than the Elysian tower, the tallest building in Cork.