Latest: It took two recounts and four days but Holly McKeever Cairns has secured the final seat in Bantry West Cork LEA amid high drama on the 16th floor of Cork County Hall.

Cork County Council, in a countywide first, has set up a joint venture company aimed at providing major infrastructure projects which will aid the provision of public and affordable housing.

A special exhibition detailing the building of Ireland’s first skyscraper will remain open in Cork’s County Hall for the next few weeks.

A major development of high-rise student accommodation has been given the go-ahead in Cork.

A proposed new UCC student accommodation building — the 255-bed development at Victoria Cross — is set to rise to eight and up 10 storeys, across four linked blocks, on the former western suburban site of the Crow’s Nest bar.

Tommy Barker admires a well maintained 1950s home in a tranquil setting in Cork’s western suburbs

As many as 4,500 Corkmen died in the bitter battles in Europe during the First World War One.

It may sound like a tall order, but the solution to rows about ocean-based fish farms could well be up in the sky. 

The same cladding used in the multi-fatality Grenfell tower block in London was installed at County Hall, the headquarters of Cork County Council, writes Sean O’Riordan.

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The same cladding used in the multi-fatality Grenfell tower block in London was installed at County Hall, the headquarters of Cork County Council.

A €9m FAI football centre of excellence planned for Cork has been earmarked as a training camp for teams involved in Euro 2020.

One in four deaths of young men aged from 15 to 39 in Ireland is due to alcohol and drink is a factor in half of all suicides, according to the Health Research Board.

Arguably fewer cars troubled Cork this Easter Monday than was the case 100 years ago, as the city centre was taken over by pedestrians for the city’s state commemoration of the 1916 Rising.

Recognition of their relatives’ role was warmly welcomed by families of Cork’s Irish Volunteers and Cumann na mBan members in 1916 and the War of Independence.

Irish companies are “way behind the game” in terms of tapping into the enormous Asian market, partly due to a traditional mindset that’s holding back expansion.

The chair of the group which has recommended a controversial merger of Cork city and county councils wants to hold high-level briefings with those on both sides of the debate amid mounting criticism.

The main author of a report recommending the amalgamation of two local authorities has hit back at academics who have criticised the merger plans.

Developer Owen O’Callaghan says he would consider moving his business to Dublin if a merger of Cork’s local authorities goes ahead.

Budding entrepreneurs behind a number of gadget and gizmo businesses are being given expert advice on how to grow their enterprises.

David Lane, Operations Manager, HSE Drug and Alcohol services, with the Lord Mayor at the launch of the (CLDATF) strategic plan for 2015/17, Cork County Hall.

Plans are being drawn up to create what are likely to be the biggest banners ever displayed in this country, which will highlight next year’s centenary of the Easter Rising.

The family of Irish student Karen Buckley face an agonising wait before they can bring her body home for burial.

Cork City Council is awaiting further information from developers of the proposed reworking for residential use of a former bakery site in Togher.

About 150 objections to a proposed windfarm were yesterday handed to planning officials at Cork County Hall as part of a public protest by residents.

Cork City Council has allowed retention permission for the use of an old city-centre schoolyard as an ancillary to a pub.

As Culture Night kicks off in 900 venues around the country, Alan O’Riordan selects some of the best free offerings in Dublin, Cork and other parts of Munster

Comicbook illustrator Will Sliney tells Don O’Mahony about his new skill-sharing project

He’s always been a rebel — but now it’s official. Web-slinging superhero Spider-Man is from Cork.

Four counts in Cork County Hall saw huge gains for Sinn Féin, a revival for Fianna Fáil, the obliteration of the Labour Party, and a palpable appetite for new candidates.

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have taken a seat apiece in the first result of the day to be called at Cork County Hall.

By Irish Examiner reporter Conor Ryan

A 13-hectare public park in Cork Harbour, with a 3km circuit for walking and running, forms part of a €40m clean-up plan for one of the State’s worst environmental disaster zones.

CANCEL all other engagements. It’s Culture Night 2013, and it’s countrywide. Tonight, art and culture centres and organisations will open their doors until late, for free access to collections, workshops and events. Open your senses to new experiences, sounds, and ideas, and enlarge your awareness of our rich heritage.

BUSINESSES can boost their profile on social networks once they get their “tone of voice” right, says David Levin, a professional tweeter in London.

County councillors are backing solicitors in registering anger at the proposed closure of a courthouse in Co Cork.

With his sceptic’s hat firmly in place, Mark Evans looks at the myth of Friday the 13th, and meets some truly scared believers

Local authority tenants in the greater Dublin area and in cities across the country owe at least €32 million in rent to their local councils.

Up to 1,000 protesters will converge on Cork City next week as part of the bitter public opposition to the Government’s proposals to regulate septic tanks.