A long-serving county councillor’s shock resignation was prompted by power being stripped from local authorities.

Reducing the number of councillors in West Cork is a blow to local areas, says Sean O’Riordan

The leader of Fine Gael on the country’s largest local authority said he was “working on a repayments process” with Revenue after his business got into difficulties.

VOTERS in Ireland’s least populous county are three times better represented by local politicians than in more populous areas of Cork, according to statistics released yesterday.