The Lord Mayor of Cork, Labour’s Catherine Clancy, was the most high-profile casualty in the city’s local elections carnage as her party was annihilated.

A Fine Gael TD at risk of losing his Dáil seat has criticised the proposed changes to his constituency, saying they will disenfranchise some voters.

THE comments by the UCC president did nothing to enhance the institution’s five-star status.

FINE Gael has defended its three candidate strategy in Cork South Central which saw the party fail to win a third seat and lose its sitting TD, Deirdre Clune.

THE geographical and past party ties of some candidates in Cork South Central could play a key role in how transfers decide the last one or two seats.

ACCORDING to Newstalk, our politicians remain banned from The Right Hook.

FIANNA FÁIL leader Micheál Martin has just over two weeks to save his party’s second seat on his own turf in Cork South Central.

CONNECTIONS of Monsieur Chevalier believe the youngster has what it takes to win the Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot today.

TWO Fianna Fáil dynasties in Cork have been wiped out after the party lost four seats – almost half its representation – on the city council.

FINE Gael has for the first time become the largest party on Cork City Council, ending decades of Fianna Fáil dominance.

A RETIREMENT has made one thing certain – south central will have at least one new councillor after the elections.

A GANGLAND criminal was being questioned in relation to a firearms, drugs and cash haul in Dublin.

Bryan Smart reports Captain Gerrard to be in terrific shape as he prepares to step up to the highest level for the first time in the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes at York later this month.

CORK North Central will benefit from the transfer of populations from two other constituencies to make up the glaring deficit of population that became obvious in the 2006 Census.

Fianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath is set to be the success story of the election in Cork South Central.

As a clearer picture of the make-up of the new Dáil began to emerge this afternoon, Fianna Fáil looked set to make gains, with the possibility of gaining an overall majority.

Corkonians go to the polls today in what is expected to be one of the tightest general elections in years.

FIANNA FÁIL number-crunchers do not believe Cork Airport’s debt will cost the party seats, and now say the party it will not cancel the debt before polling day.

A POLITICAL row blazed between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil yesterday over claims that the country’s biggest party will lose several seats in Cork in next year’s general election.

THE highest-paid councillor in the Republic last night insisted the people of Cork got value for money for his €82,000 earnings.

Actress Daryl Hannah says she is “not thrilled” about being arrested at a protest to save an urban farm in Los Angeles.

IN response to Deputy Billy Kelleher’s letter headlined ‘Ploughing jaunt won’t fool the farmers’ (Irish Examiner, September 30), it should be pointed out that Fine Gael, unlike Fianna Fáil, are not embarrassed by our record on agriculture in government.

MORE than eight out of 10 people are happy with the overall service from the gardaí, according to a survey.

Bus and rail group Go-Ahead announced today that its chief executive was stepping down.

DRAMATIC changes in Dáil constituencies announced yesterday could militate against smaller parties and Independent candidates at the next General Election.

Expectations of another weak opening on Wall Street left share prices in London drifting today.

Michael Noonan is taking his party’s campaign to Cork today. The Fine Gael leader is expected to outline his proposals to tackle street crime in his visit to the South West.

The trailer for the forthcoming Ali G film has been posted online.