114 candidates do battle for place in new 55-seat chamber

A total of 114 candidates have declared for Cork County Council with more than one-in-three being non-party hopefuls.

Fine Gael, for years the largest party on the local authority securing 24% of the vote and 22 seats in 2009, is running 29 candidates.

Main rivals Fianna Fáil field 22 candidates and Sinn Féin, currently with one seat, puts forward 12.