Pat Buckley, from Midleton, topped the poll with an impressive 12,587 first preferences, which got him elected on the first count as the quota was 10,909.

Here are just a few of the families.

Three young climate activists appeared on RTÉ’s Today with Maura and Dáithí.

There are busy weekends, and then there is the weekend put down by Annie Walsh.

Stephen Ryan, who cannot cycle or play sport and who is afraid of slippery leaves and wet manhole covers, is over the moon that Enable Ireland has finally got the kind of facility it needs to match the “amazing staff” and the “amazing services” the charity provides.

A senior Bus Éireann official has said there's nothing he can do about an anomaly whereby passengers from Youghal, Co Cork, pay double the price to get to Cork City than commuters from Dungarvan, Co Waterford.

East Cork vegetable farmers Joe and Sandra Burns see eating seasonally and educating the next generation as the cornerstones of sustainability, so it’s all hands on deck as their children learn through doing, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

New Yorker Jessica Bonenfant Coogan has noticed a curious discrepancy between east and west when it comes to Cork county; arts infrastructure has tended to be better resourced in the west of Ireland’s largest county.

Tuesday’s Munster U20 final defeat to Tipperary was another disappointing day for Cork hurling. On the back of the seniors recent loss to Kilkenny, another narrow loss — similar to the 2017 All-Ireland minor final and last year’s

Gardaí are at the scene of a fatal crash in Co Cork.

Cork All-Ireland winner Joe Deane on his grip and the art of free-taking.

The 28-year-old announced his retirement from the squad on Monday night, ending a ten-year run with the county senior side.

If anyone deserves to take a bow, it’s Adam King, and this weekend he got to do just that following his debut at the Cork Opera House.

The longest-serving public representative in the State is on the campaign trail as he prepares to contest the local elections in the East Cork municipal district.

Villagers are seeking local authority intervention at a high-risk traffic accident spot on an inter-city route.

Here is all the latest food news with Joe McNamee

Incredible!

Irish photo-artist Jean Curran is causing a stir in the New York art world with her reworking of stills from Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo. She’s come a long way since her days on the newsbeat in Cork, writes Marjorie Brennan.

I wish to make a case for the restoration of the rail line to Youghal in a local, national and international context.

I was astonished to read that the Green Party is opposing the introduction of a cycle path/greenway between Midleton and Youghal (Irish Examiner, October 22) and I begin to understand why it is in such a low position in the polls. You would imagine the Green Party would enthusiastically endorse the project.

Mary O’Connor is chief executive of the Federation of Irish Sport. She is a former acting chief executive of the Camogie Association, holds 12 All-Ireland medals in camogie and ladies football, and is a driving force behind the 20x20 initiative.

The Imokilly press evening was winding down when the division’s successes of the nineties were recalled.

Residents from East Cork go to collect water at the Dolphin's Square car park in Youghal, Co Cork.

Dreams do come true. 19 years ago, Seamus Harnedy thought he was in dreamland lining up for a picture with the Munster Hurling championship trophy beside his local Killeagh heroes, Mark Landers and Joe Deane.

Bureaucracy surrounding the allocation of paediatric resources has added to family stress, writes Health Correspondent Catherine Shanahan.

A design consultant has been appointed to create two single-span footbridges on a busy inter-city route.

I see that Wembley is up for sale, writes Michael Moynihan.

Last year’s Cork senior hurling championship didn’t go to plan for Douglas. Pre-season favourites, they were beaten by Cork IT, and then failed to come through their second-round game with Killeagh.

Do not be fooled into a false sense of security by the big thaw, motorists and returning workers have been told.

A three-year-old boy, whose survival beyond the womb was something of a medical miracle, is now one of 53 children on a waiting list for a wheelchair in the Cork/Kerry region.

She has overcome obstacles, from shyness to cancer to advancing in the once male-dominated bastion of the GAA committee room. So thriving as the first female chair of Cork County Board won’t faze Tracey Kennedy. But she does want to represent females in the GAA and be an effective voice for inclusiveness and change...

Tracey Kennedy of Killeagh GAA made history yesterday in Páirc Uí Chaoimh at the Cork County Board convention, becoming the first female chairperson of the board, writes Michael Moynihan.

Winter may just be beginning but an enterprising couple in Killeagh  are already working on plans to bring back the village’s 150-year-old May celebration, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

Donal O’Keeffe tells the story of the mobile library service which brings a sense of community and joy to people of all ages.