Lord Mayor of Cork Tony Fitzgerald has convened a special meeting of Cork City Council to begin implementation of the city boundary extension.

The minister for local government is prepared to legislate to extend Cork’s city-boundary within weeks in the absence of agreement from Cork’s two councils.

An investigation is underway after a young boy fell from a second-floor window at an asylum seeker centre near Cork City.

Some East Cork families will be seeing in 2016 in five-star accommodation after their homes were swamped by flood waters, while eels were yesterday swimming down streets in Midleton as Storm Frank took its toll on the region.

An elderly woman escaped serious injury after her car effectively collided with Fitzpatrick’s Shop in Glounthane, outside Cork City.

The first question one could reasonably ask upon glancing through the report recommending a merger of Cork City and County Councils is — Catherine Shanahan asks; will this actually ever happen?

The last time No 38 Cois Chuain was on the market, it was a case of lean times, precious little confidence, even less cash, and a series of price drops needed to secure a sale.

Group to issue recommendations on local government in September, says Eoin English

The mother of a student who has been missing since he was swept into the sea at Baltimore, Co Cork, last week has made an emotional appeal for more divers to help find her son and “bring him back”.

An appeal has been issued for experienced divers to join searches for the last victim of last week’s wave tragedy off West Cork.

A special festival for seafood lovers takes place this weekend in Cork.

The chair of the expert group reviewing Cork’s city boundary and possible merger of the city and county councils has promised full engagement with stakeholders.

The environment minister has given an expert group nine months to review the case for the first extension of Cork’s city boundary in 50 years.

A parish just outside Cork City is one of many urban and rural communities under threat from an invasive alien species.

The wave of protests by residents of Ireland’s direct provision system spread to a fifth accommodation centre yesterday.

Residents at a second accommodation centre for asylum seekers in Cork have begun a protest.

A Cork teenager has broken the Irish women’s record for one of the world’s toughest open-water swims.

Friends of an Irish energy engineer who died in a yachting accident in San Francisco Bay last year have set up a special college scholarship in his honour.

A gang captured while attempting an armed robbery on a businessman’s home may have targeted him two years ago — but abandoned the plan when it was rumbled by gardaí.

The environment minister wants to see concrete progress on the first boundary extension for Cork City in almost 50 years — before next year’s local elections.

I HAVE embarked upon the writing of my last article for the Irish Examiner.

She may be the fastest woman in Ireland but sprint champion Ailís McSweeney was fashionably late for her wedding yesterday.

The owners of a family-run shop have presented the local community with a defibrillator.

PJ Gibbons and Colette Sheridan ask a bunch of celebrities to reveal their plans for tonight, and to reflect on the year gone by

Terry Richardson’s book of photographs says little new about the megastar performer, Ian Forde reports

Irish Rail has is to increase its car-parking charges at train stations across the country, it was announced today.

A 100m transformation of the busiest road junction in Cork will breathe new life into the region and create much-needed jobs, industry leaders said today.

Bus Éireann have said most of their services around the country are operating as normal with some delays and diversions in affected areas.

A VISUAL treat jam-packed with the best the Irish Examiner’s picture archives have to offer, Remember When is the kind of evocative coffee table compilation that has something for everyone in the audience.

THE cult of Irish exceptionalism is a belief system whose central tenet I try to disbelieve.

THERE’S now a market win-win for those who hope to build a house for themselves — site costs have tumbled, as have building and finishing costs. It is a buyer’s/shopper’s market.

THE Cork to Midleton line has the most frequent commuter railway service outside of the greater Dublin area, making it a huge attraction for homeowners and shoppers along the line and beyond.

POKER-faced she ain’t, this bleach-blonde pop product of the naughties and the naughty, Lady Gaga of the blazing bazooms.

THE railway never reached up the Glounthane hill to Kilcoolishal, or the fine family home Glean Alainn, but bits of it now grace this house and grounds.

PLANS to develop a new commuter railway station on Cork’s northside have been approved.

A NUMBER of sites for Cork’s second park-and-ride facility have been identified on the western outskirts of the city.

BOUGHT by its owners back in 1981, but not lived in full-time in recent years, is the high-sited house at 21 The Highlands.

HAVING too much ground around you can sometimes be as much of a liability as a blessing: it can sound the death knell of a modest building in cases where the ground is worth more than the dwelling.

“ACROSS the Tracks” is the unusual name for a big family home in the Glounthane region of east Cork... close enough to walk in just a few minutes to a commuter rail link back to the city.

KEEPING up with the neighbours can sometimes be a bit of a challenge, particularly when the house next door has a historic tower monument grafted on to it.

TRANSPORT Minister Martin Cullen last night indicated he would finally give the go-ahead to the East Cork commuter rail project next week.

SO, just how brave are you?

A MAJOR battle began last night over ambitious plans to extend Cork’s city boundary.