PLANS for a strategic housing development on Cork’s northside are welcome, but questions still remain over aspects of the proposals, according to a Cork TD.

THE Sinn Féin leader has hit out at the Government response to the Covid-19 pandemic, labelling it “inadequate”.

Appeals have been made for members of the public to stay away from a planned protest against Covid-19 restrictions in the city centre tomorrow.

People with underlying conditions who are at high risk from Covid-19 will begin receiving their vaccines next week, the health minister said yesterday.

A Corkman who has overcome his own stammer problems and is now helping others is hoping to make contact with USA president Joe Biden to raise awareness about the issueCLONAKILTY native Jamie Googan has been working in conjunction with his local TD ...

A protest has been held outside the Mother and Baby Homes Commission office to mark the end of its term.

A survivor has called for Ireland's mother and baby homes inquiry to be extended.

The cabinet sub-committee has agreed a plan to begin the phased reopening of schools from March 1. The plan is for junior infants, senior infants and Leaving Certificate students to return first.

Leo Varadkar said he has contacted Gardai through his solicitors after they launched an investigation into his leaking of a confidential document.

One year on from General Election 2020, TDs from Cork North and South Central reflect on the last 12 months with Sarah O'Dwyer

The Health Minister has said he will co-operate with a Garda investigation into the leak of a confidential document by Leo Varadkar if asked.

The Citizen's Assembly is meeting to discuss the removal of an article on the place of "women in the home" from the Constitution.

A Cork city councillor has condemned an “all lives matter” remark made by Lord Mayor Councillor Joe Kavanagh at an event for Fredrick Douglass week yesterday, saying they are “an embarrassment”.

One year on from General Election 2020, TDs from Cork North and South Central reflect on the last 12 months with Sarah O'Dwyer

One year on from General Election 2020, TDs from Cork North and South Central reflect on the last 12 months with Sarah O'Dwyer

CORK City Council is to borrow a sum not exceeding €40m to be used as a bridging facility in the delivery of affordable homes in the city.

SINN Féin President Mary Lou McDonald has urged the UK to share any excess coronavirus vaccinations with Ireland.

Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald said Brexiteers had to accept that new trading borders between Great Britain and the island of Ireland were a permanent consequence of the UK's exit from the EU.

The Northern Ireland Protocol is not going to be scrapped, the Irish Government has said.

Simon Coveney is being backed to take over as leader of Fine Gael after some speculative bets were placed on him on Tuesday afternoon.

Micheál Martin has welcomed the European Commission's decision not to invoke Article 16 of the Northern Ireland protocol on Brexit.

IRELAND'S Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, Simon Coveney has said the Biden administration heralds "a start of a change in global politics".

The Tanaiste is "quietly confident" a phased reopening of schools will begin next month, a meeting of the Fine Gael parliamentary party has heard.

TWO Cork Fianna Fáil TDs who attended an online meeting with former taoiseach Bertie Ahern have insisted they had no ulterior motive.

The UK variant of Covid-19 cannot be behaving differently in Northern Ireland from the Republic, Stormont's deputy First Minister said.

The reopening of schools for students with special educational needs has been a "failure all round", the Taoiseach has admitted.

Coronavirus vaccinations for over-70s may be delayed due to potential supply issues with the Astra-Zeneca Covid-19 vaccine, the Taoiseach has said.

A CORK TD has called for further restrictions on international travel amid increasing pressure on the Government to introduce mandatory quarantine.

Ireland's strict Covid-19 restrictions could remain in place for the first half of the year, the Taoiseach has said.

The education minister has accused a teachers' union of being "incredibly disingenuous" over claims that it did not instruct its members not to return to schools.

The health minister has asked bosses at the Coombe hospital in Dublin for a "full account" after it emerged that Covid-19 vaccinations were given to family members of staff.

New regulations surrounding the sale and supply of alcohol have come into force. Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly has welcomed the measures under the Public Health (Alcohol) Act which are designed to restrict price promotions of alcohol products.

The Government is considering banning the sale of alcohol after a certain time of day, the Tanaiste has said.

Ireland has reached a "sad milestone" with more than 1,000 patients in hospital with Covid-19. The stark figure comes a day after the Government unveiled strict new lockdown measures amid escalating hospital admissions and a record number of cases.

NOW is not the time for Fianna Fáil to be thinking about a change in leadership.

The US Senate has resumed debating the Republican challenge against Democrat Joe Biden's presidential election victory, more than six hours after pro-Trump mobs attacked the Capitol and forced lawmakers to flee.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has voiced his "concern and dismay" at events in Washington DC, where pro-Trump protestors stormed the Capitol building.

The US Capitol is in lockdown after protesters breached barricades amid violent clashes between President Donald Trump's supporters and Washington DC police.

Ireland's minister for justice Helen McEntee has revealed she has tested positive for Covid-19. Ms McEntee, who is pregnant with her first child, confirmed the news on Twitter.

Update: Cork North Central TD Mick Barry this morning called for the cancellation of the 2021 Leaving Cert exams.

The head of the Health Service Executive has said the number of people in hospital with Covid-19 has surpassed the peak of the first wave. The highest number of patients with the virus in hospital was 881 on April 15.

ANY new laws being considered to address dog theft needs to be enforced. That is according to Sinn Féin’s Cork North Central TD, Thomas Gould.

NOW is not the time for Fianna Fail to be thinking about a change in leadership.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has described Ireland's place on the United Nations Security Council as an "enormous responsibility and honour". Ireland officially took its seat on the Security Council on January 1 for a two-year period.

Micheál Martin has made clear he has no plans to retire after his stint as Taoiseach and has vowed to lead Fianna Fáil into the next election. Mr Martin also ruled out the prospect of a reshuffle of his party's government ministers in the year ahead.

The Foreign Affairs Minister has rejected claims that the reopening of hospitality and allowing home visits in December was a mistake and caused the surge in Covid-19 cases.

The Shared Island Unit is the "nuts and bolts" of the Good Friday peace accord, the Taoiseach has said. The initiative was launched earlier this year following Micheál Martin's accession to head of Government.

The Government is considering plans to introduce an extra bank holiday, the Taoiseach said. dMicheál Martin said it is a "potential" that Ireland will get additional bank holiday next year.

MEP Billy Kelleher has called for clarification on the issue of the recognition of educational and professional qualifications for those living in Northern Ireland post-Brexit.

FORMER UK prime minister Tony Blair’s apology for the Famine, read at a commemoration in Cork in 1997, received a “warm” reaction in Irish official circles, British archives show.