It is all eyes on Fianna Fáil in Cork North-Central where the party is scrambling to continue its presence in the wake of Billy Kelleher’s departure to Europe.

The family-friendly parade will mix red-hot jazz bands with fiery Cork characters who will dance through the city streets in a dramatic musical procession.

Marion Wyatt’s new play recalls the highs and lows of a profession that has all but vanished on Leeside, writes Colette Sheridan.

The economic upsurge isn’t good news for every one. Artists on Leeside are finding it increasingly difficult to find affordable studios, writes Colette Sheridan

Two Nenagh men chased a Cork man who sold them bad drugs — but when they kicked in the door of a house in Churchfield to find him they were set upon and seriously assaulted by neighbours.

Hey. I’m rich but sound, which is why I bought a 2009 Opel for driving up to my tennis-outreach programme in Churchfield, because arriving up in my Merc SLK would be shouting “You people are beneath me”

Des O'Driscoll rounds up the latest entertainment news.

Developing a civic amenity bring site in the midst of a number of housing estates on the northside of Cork city would result in an 'excessive concentration' of waste facilities in the area, according to An Bord Pleanála.

Parents of children as young as six months are being encouraged to get them involved in the first free health and wellbeing festival of its kind in Cork this weekend.

Overcoming a phobia is the ultimate new year’s resolution. Vickie Maye, Pat Fitzpatrick and Breda Graham tell how they beat their fears of water, heights and flying.

They’re a formidable duo who have literally pooled their talents to make Cork the Hollywood of open water swimming, and with a bit of help, could win the global recognition they deserve.

Plans for a recycling facility next to a controversial waste transfer plant on Cork’s northside have been rejected.

Got a dilemma? No problem! Ask Audrey has all the answers.

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for ages.

Residents have expressed concerns about plans to develop another waste management facility in an industrial estate on the northside of Cork City.

The Project Twins, James and Michael Fitzgerald, take part in the Print Symposium.

A cross-party representation of political figures in Cork is to make representations to the minister for children seeking a rise in funding for creches in the most disadvantaged parts of the country.

Parents have urged the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to provide staff funding to seven community creches in Cork city which are at risk of closure.

Seven creches looking after vulnerable toddlers in some of the most disadvantaged parts of Cork City could be facing closure.

Denis McSweeney recalls his first day on the job at the Ford plant on the Marina in Cork in 1971. 

Fourteen wannabe ‘Rocky Balboas’ arrive in Cork this week for what is expected to be the first of many fights between local boxers and rivals from Bristol in the UK.

German discount retail giant Lidl has overcome opposition from an independent retailers’ body to secure planning for a new store at Greystones in Co Wicklow.

A community which led a campaign against a controversial waste facility is gearing up to fight plans for a civic amenity site in their area.

An eight-month jail term was imposed yesterday on a man who trespassed in a house after successfully using the key for his own front door in the house in another part of Cork City.

It was a case of if the key fits.

A refreshing insight into how schoolchildren view the internet, in a Trend Micro-backed competition, produced winners from Kerry to Kildare and Cork to Cavan.

Two Cork businessmen succeeded in obtaining an injunction restraining a receiver from acting over their properties at an industrial estate in Churchfield yesterday, claiming they never missed a payment and there was no justification for calling in the loan.

Owen O’Callaghan’s planning application for another major office development on Cork’s south quays has been lodged.

Eoin English met voters in Cork North Central whose issues are reasonably-paid jobs, services, and housing

On foot of the last Boundary Commission, Cork North Central gained 11 electoral divisions and a population of 17,307 from Cork South Central. It also lost four electoral divisions with a population of 5,048 to Cork North West, and it remains a four-seat constituency.

A jobs centre which was earmarked for closure today in an unemployment blackspot has been thrown a lifeline.

A new food donation programme in Cork aims to create 100,000 meals for people suffering from food poverty.

The first child to use one of Ireland’s most spectacular all-inclusive playgrounds has given it the thumbs up.

A spectacular all-inclusive playground opening in Cork today is set to become a national model in best practice in the provision of play spaces for children of all abilities.

The investigation into the case of a man critically injured in an iron bar attack resulted in two accused facing more serious charges yesterday at Cork District Court.

A 10-year-old boy who slipped on a water slide at the swimming pool in Churchfield in Cork was awarded €3,500 yesterday for an injury to his shoulder.

Two men were charged last night in connection with a brutal iron bar attack in Cork City which has left a businessman fighting for his life.