The pop-megastar, 20, released a video on Instagram in which she explained her reasons for voting and urged her followers to do the same.

A Fianna Fáil TD has called for gardaí to investigate reports that Sinn Féin provided its members with fake IDs to pretend they were part of a polling company.

CORK journalist Michael Dorgan who is now based in New York has enjoyed a dramatic year in the Big Apple, with the news reporter covering a range of diverse events such as Covid-19, widespread rioting, and the recent US presidential election.

A CORK man who has been living in America since 1986 has warned that “civil unrest” might ensue if Donald Trump does not step aside for the expected new president Joe Biden.

Joe Biden’s supporters in his ancestral home in the west of Ireland are confident they will welcome him back as the new US president.

The main Kremlin party has retained its dominance in regional elections but the opposition made gains in some areas in a challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to early official results released on Monday.

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo has declared victory in her fight to win re-election in the French capital.

France is holding the second round of municipal elections in 5,000 towns and cities which had to be postponed because of the country’s coronavirus outbreak.

The Green Party have announced that Bernie Connolly has been added to the general election ticket in Cork South West. Ms Connolly, who’s the current Coordinator of Cork Environmental Forum, previously stood for the party in the 2004 local elections.

PEOPLE in Cork who have yet to register to vote in the upcoming general election are being reminded that they don’t have long to do so. There had been confusion regarding voter registration given the timing of the election.

People Before Profit have announced that they are running a candidate in the Cork South Central Constituency.  Bobby Murray Walsh, a 24-year-old call centre worker from Douglas, has been put on the general election ticket.

A COMMUNITY activist is bidding to become Cork’s first Traveller TD. TJ Hogan from Farranree has thrown his hat in the ring as an independent candidate in Cork North Central.

Sinn Féin have confirmed Councillor Thomas Gould as their candidate for Cork North Central in the upcoming general election.

The Labour Party have confirmed that they will be fielding a candidate in the Cork South Central constituency in the upcoming general election. Ciara Kennedy, who contested the local elections in May, has been selected.

AFTER February 8 was announced as the date for the General Election, our reporter Roisin Burke took to the streets to ask the people of Cork who will be getting their number one in the polls.

The Sinn Féin representative for Cork South Central has laughed off the “phoney war” between his constituency colleagues, Tánaiste Simon Coveney, and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin.

Ireland's second-youngest general election candidate hails from Youghal and is already involved in politics, with the 22-year-old taking a seat in Cork County Council last year.

COUNCILLOR Kenneth O’Flynn has announced that he is to stand as an independent candidate in the forthcoming general election for Cork North Central, ending 25 years with Fianna Fáil.

FIANNA Fáil leader and Cork South Central TD Micheál Martin has written to the Taoiseach seeking a date for a general election. Fianna Fáil confirmed that Mr Martin sent the letter, but will not release it to the media.

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.

Voter turnout in the Cork North Central by-election has been described as ‘low and slow’ in many areas so far today.

Voters in the Cork North Central constituency go to the polls today to elect a TD to replace Fianna Fáil’s Billy Kelleher. Housing, healthcare and proper northside representation have been the issues encountered by prospective TDs in recent weeks.

A CORK North Central by-election candidate believes there’s been a targeted campaign against him ahead of polling on Friday.

A BUTTEVANT man is aiming to become the first Cork leader of the country’s largest farming organisation in 40 years. John Coughlan is one of three men currently vying for votes from the Irish Farmers’ Association membership across the country.

TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar, Tánaiste Simon Coveney and Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy have turned the sod on a development on Cork’s Northside, which will see 153 new affordable and social homes developed.

With a by-election coming up, people in the Cork North Central constituency are being reminded to register to vote. Cork City Council have warned the deadline for the Supplement to the Register of Electors is Fast approaching.

Voters in the Cork North Central constituency are set to go to the polls on Friday November 29th. Writs for the four by-elections in Cork, as well as Dublin Fingal, Dublin Mid-West and Wexford were formally moved in the Dáil on Thursday afternoon.

Writs for the four by-elections are to be moved later this week. Motions regarding the by-elections in Cork North Central, Dublin Fingal, Dublin Mid-West and Wexford are penciled in on the Dáil schedule for Thursday November 7th.

CORK man Graham O’Shea is appealing to local public representatives to establish a fund to cover the extra expenses facing election candidates with disabilities.

SUPPORTERS of Simon Coveney are gearing up for a leadership battle against Leo Varadkar as the Maurice McCabe controversy continues to erode Enda Kenny's position as Taoiseach.