The city boundary extension will remove nearly all of Glanmire from the former Glanmire-Cobh municipal district.

Those who held a protest against the Port of Cork's closing of a supposed public right of way for the arrival of Cobh's first cruise liner of the year have been urged to ditch their placards for the sake of the town's tourism industry.

The owners of the cross-river ferry service in Cork harbour have told Cork County Council they don't believe it's economically viable to put on a second ferry at peak evening times.

County councillors have said it is “sinful” and “unbelievable” that 57 acres of local authority-owned land has lain unused in a Co Cork town for more than 20 years.

Cork County Council warns it’s “a long way” from breaking even on money it has invested in Spike Island, even though the island has won a number of international tourism awards.

Fine Gael senator Jerry Buttimer has insisted he has no intention of being parachuted into the Cork north central constituency at the request of party headquarters, despite ongoing rumours about the plan.

A garda has warned there could be “a serious loss of life” if gangs of youths continue rampaging at a municipal park in a Cork satellite town.

Landowners will face legal action if they fail to chop down hundreds of potentially dangerous trees along one of the most scenic roads in Cork.

Plans are being drawn up to ensure future weather storms will not trap people in a famed seaport town.

Plans are being drawn up to ensure future weather storms will not trap people in a famed seaport town.

After the great storm, the big clean up. As crews start to work around Co Cork, much of the fallout from Storm Ophelia will centre on the Cobh area.

Plans are to be drawn up to twin two of the world’s biggest natural harbours — Sydney and Cork.

A €12.3m upgrade to an ageing sewage treatment plant will facilitate more housing and industrial development in and around East Cork’s pharma hub.

A new scheme to incentivise start-up businesses in County Cork is to be voted on shortly by county councillors.

Members of the public may be asked to volunteer as safety wardens outside a number of schools in Cork county.

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.

Councillors want to enlist the support of GPs working in a part of Co Cork in an effort to force the National Ambulance Service (NAS) to provide better emergency cover for the local population.

Cork county councillors have lodged an 11th-hour objection to plans by Indaver to build incinerators in Cork Harbour, and a local tourist body has done the same.

An industrial powerhouse in Cork contributing €30m in rates is grinding to a halt due to traffic gridlock.

Start-up businesses planning to take over vacant premises in Co Cork could benefit from a proposal to receive rate rebates over a three-year period.

Cork County Council is preparing bylaws to control casual trading in towns, but may not be able to control it on country roads.

A campaign has been launched to extend late-night services on one of Cork’s busiest commuter rail lines.

A Cork harbour town has received a major tourism boost with the announcement that it is to get a 74-berth marina.

A 32-year-old local election candidate who was once a pop sensation has a secret canvassing weapon — hordes of children.

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

Two mechanics cheated death yesterday after a fire broke out in a garage as they worked.

A TD has claimed it may be illegal for a town council in Cork to use taxpayers’ money to mount a legal challenge against Environment Minister Phil Hogan’s plans to abolish the country’s 80 town councils.

Flares were fired off the Cork coast to mark the end of year-long centenary commemorations of the sinking of the Titanic.

Miss Cork, some of her glamorous modelling friends, and a former popstar turned politician are saddling up to help some of Cork’s flood victims.

A GRIEVING son who lost his mother to cancer and a young woman whose baby died when he was just a day old were among the 10,000 participants in the four-mile Evening Echo Women’s Mini Marathon in Cork yesterday.

IRISH politics is famously full of “cute hoors”.

MICHAEL HEGARTY, the Fine Gael leader on the county council, topped the poll in 2004 with 3,089 first preferences and the Ladysbridge man is expected to be there or there abouts this time out.

BEING a former pop star with piercing eyes and a Colgate smile is certainly no barrier to successful canvassing.

AN aspiring MEP has got to know their geography and, with the wide expanse of the European constituencies, it’s easier said than done.