There is light at the end of the tunnel for a drought-stricken village and for a community where women have had their hair turned green by the water supply.

Ballydesmond is not convenient.

County councillors representing north-west Cork have reacted angrily to the redrawing of electoral areas by the Local Electoral Boundary Commission, with a senior council official saying the fall-out from it “will present challenges” to the local authority.

A 27-year-old man admitted assaulting a 65-year-old man at the back door of a pub in Kanturk, Co Cork, but pleaded not guilty to manslaughter yesterday.

A lonely Christmas fuelled by chicken nuggets and chips has provided the spark for a pub’s gesture of providing Christmas dinners to anyone who requests one.

Funeral arrangements are being prepared for devoted teenage sweethearts Gary Kelly and Delia Keary after they both lost their lives following a head-on road collision, last Friday.

More than 1,200 fish have been killed in a suspected slurry spill.

The long-running saga of a very substandard water supply to a rural community in Co Cork seems finally to be coming to an end.

Council officials have been accused of ignoring villages in north-west Cork, which “are dying on their feet” because they are not being included in ambitious plans to tackle the housing crisis.

A county councillor in Cork has claimed the local authority “could do more” to tackle the current housing crisis, by building on its own existing housing-zoned landbanks of nearly 130 acres.

Cork County Council is to write to the European Commission seeking an investigation into why the government continues to stall on releasing Leader funding for rural development projects.

Carrigaline will play senior football for the first time in 2016 after they edged St Michael’s in the Cork Premier IFC final in Páirc Uí Rinn on Sunday.

More than 240 families renting council houses in North Cork will be feeling a lot cosier this winter following the announcement that insulation and draft-proofing works are to start on their homes.

Growing up in San Francisco, all Danny Culloty wanted to do was wear the red of Cork

Clyda Rovers 0-12 Aghada 0-7: James Murphy gave an exhibition of point scoring for Clyda Rovers as they defeated Aghada in the third round of the Cork senior football championship at Watergrasshill on Saturday night.

ONE of the most uplifting aspects of travelling around Ireland now is seeing how the appearance of villages has improved so much in recent years.

Cork County Council is prepared to put €3.5m of its own money into Leader programmes to bridge a massive government cut to their funding.

A woman rearing her family on a widow’s pension since her husband was killed in a workplace accident 14 years ago has failed in a bid to have a €795,000 damages award paid out to her under the State-backed Insurance Compensation Fund.

Ballinora 3-12 Kiskeam 0-13 (AET)

The 2014 Sliabh Luachra Music Trail, celebrating the traditional musical style of the area, will be launched on Friday by Arts Minister, Jimmy Deenihan, TD, at Ballydesmond Community Centre. The aim is a year-round calendar of events, encompassing festivals and venues throughout the region.

A court has heard a former garda leaked information from the Pulse computer system out of misguided loyalty to his partner who worked in retail security.

It’s beach weather, for sure, but there’s no shortage of organised festivities and events this weekend.

Charges have been dropped against a woman who had been accused of disclosing confidential information which had been accessed at a garda station.

Kiskeam 2-09 Carrigaline 1-08

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin wants the Government to recognise that fodder shortages have reached national emergency status, and to introduce measures to relieve pressure on farmers.

A 7-year-old boy who suffered damage during his birth at a Cork hospital and now has cerebral palsy has settled his action for damages against the HSE with a €1.6m interim payment.

Gardaí have thanked the neighbours of a 91-year-old man for their help after the pensioner was forcibly restrained and robbed in his home near a village in Cork.

Rockchapel manager Tom Doody may be no stranger to club football success, but yesterday will rank among his most memorable achievements.

A former garda is to stand trial next July accused of corruption and illegally possessing a shotgun.

Mallow 2-15 Kiskeam 2-12

Having lost the previous three finals, Clyda Rovers must to do things the hard way if they are to reach a fourth PIFC decider in a row after they were beaten by Bantry Blues at Kilmichael on Saturday.

A gang has been using a simple but effective method of “fishing out” money from donation boxes embedded in church walls.

It is 14 years since Boherbue Comprehensive School last participated in a national decider and they are determined to savour tomorrow’s appearance in the All-Ireland Vocational JAFC final.

Ilen Rovers are the early leaders in Division 1 of the Cork County Football League – though only on point scored – after they were one of three two-point winners in the first round of games yesterday afternoon.

FIANNA Fáil will defend its position as the “true republican party” against what leader Micheál Martin described as “recent converts” to democracy.