An investigation into Vita Cortex’s refusal to pay redundancy to 32 workers will not be possible, the Taoiseach told the Dáil.

BARELY had the ballot boxes opened than the recriminations started in the Cork South Central constituency.

DAN BOYLE’S immediate political future is inextricably linked to the outcome of last night’s Green Party conference.

FINE Gael insists it will win two seats in the crucial Cork South Central constituency, but won’t reveal the polling data it has to support that contention.

THE most powerful party in the largest local authority in the country will go into conclave next Monday to elect a new leader.

FINE Gael's Simon Coveney will announce today whether he will run for the Dáil at the next general election or remain in the European Parliament.

TOM HANLON secured a 14% share of first preferences and the second seat on Passage West town council with his 243 votes in the 1999 local elections.

THREE-SEAT constituencies did not markedly favour the main parties in the 2002 General Election.

The High Court will today decide whether or not the Minister for Health, Micheál Martin, breached the statutory limit on spending when he contested the general election last year in the Cork South Central constituency.

John Dennehy has won the final seat in the Cork South Central constituency after a second recount left him six votes ahead of Kathy Sinnott.