A local authority is putting its hands up and admits to not having an estimated €50m to repair crumbling footpaths.

WATER supplies will be switched off, at nighttime, to thousands of homes in parts of south Cork over the next 10 days as the county council completes essential works.

THE largest party on the largest local authority in Ireland is set to meet today to hammer out who will lead it and who will be its candidate for mayor.

THE expected defection of a prominent Fianna Fáil councillor to Fine Gael has prompted colleagues to accuse her of betrayal.

THE leader of the Labour party last night called on the Government to restrict candidates’ spending in next year’s local elections.