THE Sinn Féin candidate in the recent Cork North Central by-election has called for another by-election to be held to fill Dara Murphy’s vacant Dáil seat.

TÁNAISTE Simon Coveney has said the controversy over Dara Murphy’s Dáil attendance didn’t affect the Fine Gael campaign in the lead-up to the Cork North Central by-election.

Pádraig O’Sullivan has been elected to the Dáil for Cork North Central without reaching the quota. He was elected on the tenth count with a total vote of 11,633 ahead of Sinn Féin’s Thomas Gould in second place, with 8,044.

INDEPENDENT city councillor Kieran McCarthy is set to become Lord Mayor in 2023 under the terms of a “civic arrangement” deal with Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, and the Green Party.

The electoral register in Cork has come under fire following the local elections for being out of date and inaccurate.

FINE Gael MEP Deirdre Clune has been reelected to the European Parliament but won't be able to take up her seat until the UK leaves the European Union.

Candidate posters had to be removed by Friday last week but with some still in place across Cork City, the litter warden is investigating as to why they are yet to be removed.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said Ireland should follow Scotland's lead and use electronic machines to count ballots. It follows the lengthy Ireland South count at Nemo Rangers followed by a recount that ended today, 12 days after the election.

SINN Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has lost her seat after conceding her elimination and withdrawing a request for a full recount of Ireland South ballots.

AN unsuccessful local election candidate seeking a ‘burka ban’ has been dismissed by a UCC lecturer as having “no place in politics.

The election is done and dusted and plastic ties left behind from campaign posters bring up the topic of whether posters should be banned permanently.

FIANNA Fáil TD Billy Kelleher is heading to Europe, but Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada was left fighting for her seat after a dramatic turn in the marathon election count.

HUNDREDS of people on Cork’s northside were forced to cast their votes in Blarney because their houses were just outside the city boundary.

A FORMER councillor and cancer patient extended gratitude to his community for taking over election duties following a devastating and unexpected admission to the isolation unit of Cork University Hospital.

JUST under 20% of councillors elected to the new Cork City Council are women raising questions about how females are represented in Cork politics.

FINE Gael MEP Seán Kelly described his reelection to the European Parliament as the greatest moment of his political life.

The ‘Green Wave’ that has swept across local government in Ireland should be viewed by other parties as a public call to tackle the climate crisis currently being faced across the country and the world.

FIANNA Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said that he would not allow himself to be associated with the "shambolic" proposal for a directly elected Lord Mayor of Cork. The proposal was rejected by the people of Cork by 33,347 votes to 33,364.

It's 50/50 for a directly elected Lord Mayor as counting is underway for the plebiscite in City Hall. {element}Though informal tallies over the weekend predicted a landslide for no, the count is now running far closer than anticipated.

ALL seats in the North East ward have now been filled with John Maher (LAB), Ger Keohane (IND), Joe Kavanagh (FG), Ted Tynan (WP) and Oliver Moran (GP) elected on the final count. Sitting Fianna Fáil Councillor Tim Brosnan has lost his seat.

A BOUNDARY extension and a dramatic turnover in seats has changed the shape of Cork City Council for the next five years.

THE final seat in Bantry-West Cork is going to a recount after a single vote separated two candidates.

CORK City South-West poll-topper Derry Canty had a simple message for the executives in City Hall who he warred with for years over the boundary extension: there's laundry list of issues to be dealt with in Ballincollig.

Mick Nugent said he is disappointed with how Sinn Féin performed in the North East ward but believes there is still large on the ground support for the party.

The first of two Green Party candidate for the Cork County was elected in Cobh, by the skin of his teeth. Alan O’Connor, 35, from Carrigtwohill, was elected in the last count, without reaching the quota.

FIANNA Fáil's Mary Rose Desmond has become the first county councillor to be elected to Cork City Council after the boundary extension.

The Green Party has secured a second seat on Cork City Council after former councillor Dan Boyle was elected in Cork South Central. Mr Boyle secured 1,524 votes and was elected on the fifth count.

County mayor Patrick Gerard Murphy (FF) has become the second councillor elected in the Bantry-West Cork ward, after six counts. He joins Independent Danny Collins, who romped home after the first count with more than 3000 votes.

Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil are locked in a scrap for the final seats in the South Central ward.

Voters in North Cork sent a strong message to Cork County Council this weekend that they are tired of being left behind, according to a new councillor in the area.

Former Mayor of Mallow James Kennedy (Lab) was elected to Cork County Council over the weekend. With 1,793 votes, Mr Kennedy was elected on the first count.

"A dream come true" is how 21-year-old James O’Connor described becoming the fourth Councillor to be elected to the Midleton electoral area and the first in the area for Fianna Fail.

A FOUR-WAY battle for the final two seats in the North-East ward has emerged with Ted Tynan (Workers’ Party), Tim Brosnan (FF), Oliver Moran (GP) and Lorraine O’Neill (FG) all vying for a place on Cork City Council after the second count.

LORNA Bogue has become the first Green party councillor in Cork City Council in a decade after she was elected for Cork City south-West on the second count this morning.

Counting is underway in Clonakilty this morning, after a late night that saw five councillors elected across the three wards of west Cork.

Fianna Fáil has secured a major victory on Cork's northside this morning, topping the polls in both the North West and North East wards.

FINE Gael's Derry Canty, a vocal opponent of the city boundary expansion, is set to be elected to Cork City Council after he narrowly missed the quota in Cork City South-West on the first count.

THE green wave has hit Cork's southside, with three seats for the Green Party, according to final tallies from Nemo Rangers GAA Club.

FINAL tallies for Cork's northside predict that Fianna Fáil will top the poll in both wards, with gains for Fine Gael, Labour, the Greens and a big loss for Sinn Féin.

Early tallies suggest that in Cork the Green Party is doing well confirming the results of the overnight exit poll. {element}On Cork's Southside, the Green Wave is likely to come to fruition.

BALLYVOLANE resident Noreen Murphy is so concerned by the intimidation and dumping surrounding the Ellis’s Yard site that she has decided to run in the local elections to bring further attention to the issue.

A UCC lecturer has slammed the remarks of a local election candidate in favour of banning the burka.

A SITTING city councillor has called for a blanket ban on election posters to be agreed by the next council. Ken O’Flynn (FF) said he believes the proliferation of posters is causing distractions for drivers, needless litter and are an eyesore.

BLARNEY Gardaí are investigating the disappearance of a trailer containing the election posters of an independent councillor.

149,000 people will be eligible to vote in the Cork City Council elections and directly elected Lord Mayor plebiscite next month.

Former Lord Mayor of Cork Joe O’Callaghan has quit Fine Gael and is to run as an Independent for a seat on Cork City Council.

As local and European elections loom, Carrigaline's Community Association have passed a motion to ban posters, joining a growing list of towns who have made the decision to stop posters being used in their areas.

Traders and businesses on Douglas Street have issued a ban on election posters saying they interfere in a negative way with the streetscape.

A YOUNG man who had hoped to be the first Traveller to be elected to Cork City Council has withdrawn from the election. TJ Hogan from Farranree has pulled out of the race for the Cork North West ward for personal reasons.

FORMER Lord Mayor Tony Fitzgerald has been added to the Fianna Fáil local election ticket for Cork City North-West.