An “island of disadvantage” has been identified on the southside of Cork City, as research finds almost two thirds of working families are at risk of poverty.

Almost 100 council homes in Cork City suffered water damage after the installation of faulty or incorrect roof ventilation products during attic insulation work.

Cork is set to get a €50m slice of social housing funding announced by the Government yesterday.

A woman claimed she was put in fear by her ex-husband when he arrived at her home at night and allegedly smashed the wing mirror off her car with an iron bar but he said through his solicitor that this was “all lies”.

The case taken against the Labour Party by an electioneer who fell and injured himself while putting a candidate poster on a pole settled out of court yesterday. The case taken by Tom Stanton, aged 49, of Friary Mews, Friar’s Walk, Cork against the Labour Party was due to go into its second day at the High Court sitting in Cork but was struck out on undisclosed terms, Mr Justice John Hedigan was told yesterday.

A time-honoured practice of electioneers climbing ladders to put up candidates’ poster on poles at every crossroads in the country is on the way out, due to health and safety matters.

Plans to build a primary care centre on a city-owned landbank at the centre of a drawn-out sale controversy have collapsed.

Efforts to sell a publicly-owned landbank in Cork — which have been mired in controversy since 2011 — look set to be scrapped again.

Councillors objecting to plans to sell a publicly-owned landbank in Cork want legal advice on four key issues relating to how the land disposal process was handled.

Cork City Council has been threatened with legal action, exposing it to potential damages of up to €15m, over a second attempt to sell a publicly owned landbank for development.

A community leader has raised concerns about plans for a supermarket on a publicly owned landbank which is earmarked for sale on the southside of Cork City.

The controversial sale of a public land bank in Deanrock, Togher, is among the issues to be discussed at tonight's bi-monthly Cork City Council meeting.

A publicly owned landbank which has lain idle for six years is finally set to be sold, paving the way for the development of a primary healthcare centre.

Members of the club where Irish athletics latest world champion honed his skills will walk their hero tonight through the streets where he grew up.

Two men remain in garda custody in Cork this morning in relation to dissident republican activity.

TOGHER, CORK €100,000

A PUBLICLY-owned landbank which was pulled from the market amid controversy earlier this year has been put back up for sale.

A COMPANY operating a bingo hall yesterday spoke of its “enormous relief” after the High Court declared its activities were lawful.

A YOUNG man crashed a stolen Honda Civic into a Garda car injuring the driver and then sped off and did not stop until he crashed and wrote off the car.

AN action arising from Garda actions against a bingo hall in Cork city has been adjourned on terms that include gardaí having to give 24-hour notice to the operator of any likely district court warrants.

An action arising from a Garda "raid" on a bingo hall in Cork city has been adjourned on terms including that if a Garda Supt wants to seek warrants against the bingo operator, he has to do so on notice to the operator.

A two-year-old boy was killed and his mother and brother left fighting for their lives after an early morning blaze.

CORK’S city manager has scrapped a controversial tender to sell a prime publicly owned city site to protect the integrity of the process.

FURIOUS councillors halted a controversial land sale last night after learning about it first in this newspaper.

IT MAY be headline news, the talk of political commentators and spin doctors, and the butt of jokes on Twitter.

CORK’S city manager has defended the policy of taking money from developers in lieu of affordable homes.