A single six-seater in 2014, the Kanturk-Mallow municipal district will be two separate electoral areas this time around.

The country’s largest local authority is considering bringing in private contractors to fill in its potholes because it can’t cope with the workload.

Environment Minister Phil Hogan is to be urged to halt a number of changes to the new local election boundary areas because it is claimed they will disenfranchise many people living in Co Cork.