Ballydesmond is not convenient.

County councillors representing north-west Cork have reacted angrily to the redrawing of electoral areas by the Local Electoral Boundary Commission, with a senior council official saying the fall-out from it “will present challenges” to the local authority.

The number of garda stations without a permanent garda has continued to rise, despite a net increase of 600 in the size of the force last year.

The country’s wastewater treatment infrastructure will be fully in place and contaminated sites cleaned up within the next three years, according to Irish Water.

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An ‘eyesore’ section of a ghost estate is constantly hampering community efforts to better the area.

Does the idea of being away from your phone give you the heebie jeebies?

A growing number of towns and villages with Garda stations no longer have a dedicated garda, with eight stations losing their last permanent officer last year.

Councillors have welcomed news that there is eventually light at the end of the tunnel for householders living in an unfinished estate in North Cork.

Council officials have been accused of ignoring villages in north-west Cork, which “are dying on their feet” because they are not being included in ambitious plans to tackle the housing crisis.

The imminent demolition of houses in a ghost estate in Lismire is a major breakthrough for Cork County Council and two other estates are in line for a big revamp.

Colourful silage fields will spread the message of support for children’s hospitals and raising breast cancer awareness this summer.

The 1916 Easter Rising commemorations will continue today around the country, including a state ceremonial event in Cork City — the only such event in Munster.

OF THE companies that marched to Mount Leader outside Millstreet, Rathduane was the largest; all its 29 members at Easter 1916 turned out.

A man has been arrested and charged with a count of assault causing harm to an 79-year-old man in Cork City.

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More than 240 families renting council houses in North Cork will be feeling a lot cosier this winter following the announcement that insulation and draft-proofing works are to start on their homes.

Cork County Council is taking legal action to recoup an insurance policy to fix what has been dubbed “the worst ghost estate in Ireland”.

More than 5,200 families are living in unfinished estates in Cork which are deemed problematic developments by the Government.

Farmers in areas designated for hen harrier protection are hoping a new scheme will be introduced in 2015.

It’s gas! A pungent smell wafting around an area sparked a major alert and resulted in a surprise find — a cannabis grow-house.

A woman has been forced to abandon her family home after freak flooding surrounded it by “an ocean of water”.

I read with interest the piece by Caroline Delaney on Dec 3 about accents. It has grated on my ear for a long time now how the vowel ‘o’ has disappeared from certain ways of speaking in Ireland, especially on RTÉ.

A 38-year-old man had four counts of sending threatening text messages to gardaí dismissed by a judge because the prosecution failed to prove they were sent within the State.

A woman was dragged from a house and beaten by her former partner, then dragged 150 metres down a country lane on her back, lifted over a gate and subjected to a horrific attack in a field.

A man whose heart stopped during a game of soccer has paid an emotional tribute to the emergency services who saved his life.

Senior gardaí are insisting the public will get the same level of service despite plans to disband two Garda districts in Co Cork.

“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude.

Motorists are asked to be patient this weekend as agri co-op trucks deliver urgently needed hay and other animal feed to farms nationwide.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin wants the Government to recognise that fodder shortages have reached national emergency status, and to introduce measures to relieve pressure on farmers.

It was a done deal as far as gardaí were concerned when they collared a young man who was trying to sell equipment he’d stolen on the internet.

A new computerised system is to be launched by gardaí in Cork as part of a radical shake-up of the force in the city and county which, it is claimed, will improve their service to the public.

Police are investigating if the North Cork couple, whose two-year-old son and unborn child were killed in a car crash in Devon, were the victims of a suicide bid.

A major shake-up of policing is on the cards for Cork which will involve the axing of two garda districts.

Teenager Ronan Kiely, who has been waiting for an artificial leg since last November, has been told he will shortly get a replacement.

A teenager who lost a leg when he was just two years old has spoken of his “anger” at being denied a proper, active life by the HSE, which claims it can’t afford €4,000 for his replacement prosthetic.

Cyclists are saddling up for a fundraising tour through one of the most scenic regions of Cork to help fight homelessness.

THE parents of an Irish university student who fell to his death from a motorway bridge in northern Spain are preparing to travel to Zaragoza today to bring his body home.