The tricolour was flown at half-mast as a mark of respect for the Kilkenny mother of two who was awarded the Freedom of the City last February.

Save Cork City (SCC) has written to the Councillors of the city asking for their support in their bid to stop the Office of Public Works (OPW) flood relief scheme for Cork.

The Davis College Model United Nations (DCMUN) is Ireland’s largest student-run simulation of the UN General Assembly in which students from different backgrounds and nationalities represent countries and Non-Governmental Organisations.

The large masts erected on Cork’s northside over the weekend “followed all appropriate planning procedures”, according to the company who put them up.

The large masts erected on Cork’s northside over the weekend have been licensed for three years and do not require planning permission as they are not tall enough, Cork City Hall has explained.

CORK City Council is set to update its housing databases to provide more accurate information on housing needs for the disabled and wheelchair accessible accommodation.

Planners in City Hall will be asked to consider refusing permission for any future drive-thru restaurants in Cork.

Cork County Council is “not happy” that two villages, which are now part of the city, will benefit from a rural funding project.

CITY councillors have called on the State to purchase the site of the former Bessborough mother-and-baby home to stop it from falling into the hands of a private developer.

CITY HALL is developing a plan for Vernon Mount House, but will not consider a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) on the historic building in the near future.

Extensive plans have gone on public display in City Hall for the Togher Public Realm Enhancement Project.

RENT cards for social housing tenants without bank accounts will be considered by City Hall.

CITY Hall is to carry out a survey of signalised pedestrian crossings on the northside after concerns for blind people, children and the elderly were raised.

Cork City Council paid out more than €4. 38 million on compensation claims and associated legal costs in 2018. Of that figure almost €2 million was spent on legal costs, while €2. 44 million was the total amount of compensation paid out.

A COUNCILLOR has said he is ready to lead a protest that will block the main city route leading to the Apple Campus in Hollyhill after a row broke out over roadside bollards in Knocknaheeny.

CAR-free areas outside primary and secondary schools will be discussed later this month by City Hall with a Green Party councillor asking the local authority to introduce “no drop” zones.

CITY Hall management has been accused of launching an “outrageous power grab” by the Green Party, who said democracy in Cork City Council is heading towards a “very uneasy place”.

A ‘living document’ that will act as a template for battling climate change in Cork has been agreed by City Hall. The document outlines seven key principles the council will focus on to adapt to climate change.

PEOPLE living in the city will see no change to their property tax payments in 2020 after councillors voted to retain the status quo.

The personal archive of the journalist, republican and judge Diarmaid Fawsitt has been donated to the Cork City and County Archives.

A SERIES of unsightly concrete bollards along the Kilmore Road will remain in situ for the foreseeable future because the city council does not have the estimated €112k cash to remove them.

The hills of Cork are alive – with the sound of music, theatre, poetry, fireworks, laughter and conversation, as thousands of people descended on the city for this year’s eagerly anticipated Culture Night.

LAPTOPS and iPads provided to Cork's 31 city councillors at a cost of €63,000 will "pay for themselves" within two years as the council goes paperless, City Hall has said.

The bridge is to undergo a €1. 7m restoration project that will take eight months to complete. {element}This morning, engineers removed the first section of the bridge deck, using six winches to lower it onto a barge on the river.

Traders in Douglas Village Shopping Centre received “no real answers” to their predicament at a meeting with City Hall officials on Thursday morning.

Next Thursday, September 12 between 8am and 4pm the Council will accept clean and dry mattresses for free at the civic amenity Site on the Kinsale Road.

CITY council documents show one person was bitten on the stomach by a dog and another had their noses broken in a stair fall on local authority-owned properties in the last two years.

CORK City Council applications for funding to retrofit local authority housing stock to make them more energy efficient will not be affected by the closure of a Government scheme.

CITY HALL had nine senior staff in the top pay grade for local authority positions last year earning as much as €110k each.

CORK city needs a designated public space for quad bikes and scramblers, a city councillor has claimed.

CITY Hall has advertised to fill the role of assistant chief executive with the successful applicant likely to earn almost €130,000 a year.

EFFORTS to return waste management services to public ownership have begun in Cork. Sinn Féin will table a motion in the coming weeks seeking to reclaim bin collections from private companies.

CITY Hall has categorically ruled out footing the bill for the demolition of a property on North Main Street with a report on the issue to be delivered to councillors on Monday.

CORK City Council has reversed a decision to hold its new area committee meetings behind closed doors after pressure from councillors, the press, and the public.

Cork City Council welcomed King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of The Netherlands in City Hall.  The royal couple paid a courtesy visit to the Lord Mayor of Cork City, Cllr John Sheehan as part of their three-day state visit to Ireland.

CONCERNS are growing about reduced levels of public access to City Hall meetings where decisions are made.

More than 30 representatives including Head of States and Ministers, UN representatives and Ambassadors will meet to discuss the impact that climate change is having on island nations.

Strict new bin laws come into effect in Cork city on June 10 with harsh penalties for leaving your wheelie bin out late or early. The new bye-laws will also target homes that may not use authorised bin collection services.

A city councillor in Cork has said requesting special permission for leave to look after a baby is “not a dignified situation” for women in local politics.

The campaign began on Monday when Lord Mayor of Cork Mick Finn took part in the ceremonial raising of the Rainbow Flag at City Hall, while a second flag-raising ceremony took place at Cork County Hall with County Mayor Cllr Patrick Gerard Murphy on ...

CITY HALL is examining the possibility of training apprentices to help deal with a shortage of tradespeople in Cork.

LORD Mayor Mick Finn has confirmed that he will not bestow the freedom of the city on anyone before his term ends. He will be the second successive Lord Mayor to not grant the award after it was presented on five occasions from 2012.

After receiving over 340 applications for this year's awards, over double from the previous year, the judges had the challenge of cutting that down to just three to four for each of the five awards and then the overall award.

Sports clubs are being forced to fork out thousands of euros for developments that are the responsibility of the local authority, according to a Cork Senator.

The Lord Mayor of Cork will open a Book of Condolence for journalist Lyra McKee in Cork City Hall Lyra McKee at 3pm today. Cork's First Citizen, Cllr Mick Finn said her death in Derry was an awful waste of a young life.

CORK City Council footed a bill of just under €11,400 for the Lord Mayor-led nine-day delegation trip to the US in March. The trip took in New York, San Francisco (a sister city to Cork), Miami, and Fort Pierce in Florida between March 1-9.

Cork City Council has announced a painting grant scheme for some of the oldest parts of Cork city. Shandon and the Leitrim Street areas along with Barrack Street and the Bandon Road areas are covered in the 2019 scheme.

CORK city has again missed out on hosting Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann due to a lack of corporate sponsorship. The 2020 event has been awarded to Mullingar despite a bid being lodged by the Douglas branch of Comhaltas.

THE number of derelict sites in the city has gone above 100 for the first time. City Hall officials have confirmed that there are now 101 idle sites on its Derelict Sites Register with such properties attracting annual levies based on their value.

LORD Mayor Mick Finn came in for criticism a few weeks ago when he proposed that Cork City Council should declare a housing crisis in the city.