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.

In the second of a five part series on the newly redrawn city boundaries, Kevin O’Neill profiles the constituency of Cork City South Central.

Free late-night parking will be introduced in Cork’s two public car parks from next weekend in a bid to secure the afternoon car ban on the city’s main street.

The operator of Cork’s derailed tourist train could face legal action following a protracted dispute over its pickup location.

Work on the first flood defences in Cork City could get under way before the end of the year after a €6m quay regeneration project got the green light last night.

Travellers living on halting sites are in need sturdier cabin-like homes, not caravans, to protect from increasingly severe storms, a local authority meeting heard last night.

Tracey Kennedy was confirmed last night as the first female chair in Cork GAA history as nominations closed for annual convention without a challenge to her nomination.

University College Cork is set to transform a landmark former bank into a flagship business school hub after the city last night agreed to sell the building to the college.

A former Paralympian from Cork yesterday cut the ribbon on a new facility for people with physical disabilities in the city and surrounding areas.

There will be no increase in commercial rates or parking charges in Cork City next year despite fears of a €1m reduction in the city’s income.

Cork City Council has avoided dissolution after councillors voted last night to accept the city’s 2015 budget.

The local property tax rate in Cork City was cut by 10% last night.

A local authority has been accused of "endorsing slave labour" for deciding to proceed with the hiring of staff under the controversial Gateway scheme.

A last-minute power-sharing deal secured the election of Fianna Fáil Cllr Mary Shields as the new Lord Mayor of Cork last night.

The Lord Mayor of Cork, Labour’s Catherine Clancy, was the most high-profile casualty in the city’s local elections carnage as her party was annihilated.

The Kerry GAA chairman has described Colm Cooper’s wait for the Player of the Year award as “mind-boggling”.

A RETIREMENT has made one thing certain – south central will have at least one new councillor after the elections.