Car parts firm to cut 300 jobs in Cork and LimerickGERMAN-OWNED car component manufacturer Kostal is seeking 300 redundancies from its 1,100-strong Irish workforce at manufacturing…Sat Jan 17 2009 - 00:00
HSE seeks €80m savings in southern areaTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) South yesterday announced that it is to seek savings of €80 million for 2009, though it said…Fri Jan 16 2009 - 00:00
Alleged victim criticises cardinalA WOMAN who alleges that she was sexually abused for several years by a priest in Co Cork has strongly criticised Cardinal Seán…Fri Jan 16 2009 - 00:00
Two accused of money launderingA FATHER and son went on trial yesterday charged with laundering more than £3 million (€3Thu Jan 15 2009 - 00:00
Public vote of confidence for Cork's fascinating archive of local electionsIT MIGHT look like a party of gentlemen at some Victorian club, complete with tweed suits and the handlebar moustaches, but the…Thu Jan 15 2009 - 00:00
Financial adviser accused of laundering €3.3mTHE TRIAL is due to get under way in Cork today of a man who is accused of laundering more than £3 million (€3Wed Jan 14 2009 - 00:00
UCC awarded for blood test researchA GYNAECOLOGICAL research team at University College Cork (UCC) has been awarded €800,000 by the largest medical research charity…Tue Jan 13 2009 - 00:00
Group hoping to save Cork breweryA HERITAGE group seeking to save the Beamish and Crawford brewery in Cork has expressed hope that new owners Heineken will give…Tue Jan 13 2009 - 00:00
Parents say Bishop Magee can no longer be trustedBISHOP OF Cloyne John Magee can no longer be trusted to handle allegations of clerical child sexual abuse and should step down…Mon Jan 12 2009 - 00:00
Bag snatchers in car drag woman (72) along road in CorkA 72-YEAR-OLD woman is recovering in Cork after being dragged along the road by a gang of youths in a car who tried to steal …Mon Jan 12 2009 - 00:00
'Betelgeuse' 30th anniversary markedTHREE DECADES may have passed but those who lost their lives in the Betelgeuse tragedy 30 years ago have been remembered in Bantry…Fri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
Leaders must reclaim Republic from sectionalism and personal greed - CoxIRELAND'S POLITICAL leaders must reclaim the Republic by asserting the national interest over sectional interest and personal…Wed Jan 07 2009 - 00:00
Victims of 1979 Whiddy Island inferno to be remembered on anniversaryRELATIVES AND friends of those killed in the Betelgeuse oil tanker explosion in Bantry Bay will gather in the west Cork town …Tue Jan 06 2009 - 00:00
Waterford Wedgwood placed in receivershipANNOUNCEMENT: LUXURY GOODS firm Waterford Wedgwood was put into receivership yesterday and trading in its shares on the Irish…Tue Jan 06 2009 - 00:00
Editor of 'Southern Star' dies in CorkTHE DEATH has taken place of one of the longest-serving newspaper editors in the country.Mon Jan 05 2009 - 00:00
Oxford wins debating finals in CorkOXFORD UNIVERSITY went home with a replica of the Sam Maguire Cup at the weekend when its team of James Dray and Will Jones won…Mon Jan 05 2009 - 00:00
UCC hosts world debating competitionTHE SETTING may be academic but the benefits are practical as more than 1,000 visiting delegates are giving an estimated €2 million…Wed Dec 31 2008 - 00:00
Vigil marks du Plantier anniversaryTHE CLUSTER of candles burned welcome in the night as family and friends of murdered French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier…Wed Dec 24 2008 - 00:00
Toscan du Plantier support group hopefulA GROUP set up to campaign for justice for murdered French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier have said they are very hopeful…Tue Dec 23 2008 - 00:00
Big two banks insist executives will stay despite dealAIB AND Bank of Ireland have rejected any suggestion they should remove their respective chief executives, Eugene Sheehy and …Tue Dec 23 2008 - 00:00
Toscan du Plantier file review given to French judgeA REVIEW of the Garda handling of the investigation into the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier has been made available to a…Mon Dec 22 2008 - 00:00
Diocese failed to act properly on sex abuse allegationsDamning report: young people exposed to harm by church authoritiesSat Dec 20 2008 - 00:00
Ordeal took 'massive chunk from our lives'BACKGROUND: YESTERDAY'S OPEN verdict into the death of their son Brian was perhaps as much as Pat and Siobhán Rossiter could…Sat Dec 13 2008 - 00:00
Parents hope their son's death will not be in vainREACTION: THE PARENTS of Clonmel schoolboy Brian Rossiter yesterday said they hoped their son's death would not be in vain and…Sat Dec 13 2008 - 00:00
Open verdict given at Rossiter inquestA JURY yesterday returned an open verdict at the inquest into the death of 14-year-old schoolboy Brian Rossiter who died two …Sat Dec 13 2008 - 00:00
Jury returns open verdict at Rossiter inquestA jury has returned an open verdict at the inquest into the death of 14-year-old schoolboy Brian Rossiter who died two days after…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Possible scenarios of Rossiter death outlinedCLONMEL SCHOOLBOY Brian Rossiter was more likely to have suffered the injury which caused his death a matters of hours rather…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Rossiters call for CCTV in all Garda stationsThe parents of Clonmel schoolboy, Brian Rossiter said this afternoon they hoped their son’s death would not be in vain and welcomed…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Rossiter inquest hears from forensic pathologistClonmel schoolboy Brian Rossiter was more likely to have suffered the injury which caused his death a matters of hours rather…Thu Dec 11 2008 - 00:00
'People around here are very angry' in Mitchelstown, Co CorkMany in Ireland’s key pig-producing region are detecting a game of brinkmanship over their calls for compensationWed Dec 10 2008 - 00:00
Majority of rural helpline users are male and singleA HSE evaluation of a helpline set up to assist people in rural communities in Cork and Kerry has found that the majority of …Tue Dec 09 2008 - 00:00
Haulbowline site is safe, report findsMINISTER FOR the Environment John Gormley yesterday pledged to ensure the former Irish Steel site at Haulbowline Island in Cork…Tue Dec 09 2008 - 00:00
Local pressure groups call for more work to be done on siteTHE STUDY by environmental consultants White Young Green into the risks to human health from waste at the former Irish Steel …Tue Dec 09 2008 - 00:00
Shocked workers lost for wordsTHE BLUE and silver lights may have been twinkling brightly on the huge Christmas tree outside the mock-Tudor frontage weighing…Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Cork hospital's €4.7m emergency department opensTHE MERCY University Hospital in Cork yesterday opened its new €4.7 million emergency departmentThu Dec 04 2008 - 00:00
Witness claims garda hit schoolboyA WITNESS yesterday told the inquest into the death of 14-year-old schoolboy Brian Rossiter that she saw him being hit by a garda…Thu Dec 04 2008 - 00:00
Doctors differ on time of fatal injuryTHE INQUEST into the death of 14-year-old schoolboy Brian Rossiter yesterday heard from three consultants on when they believed…Wed Dec 03 2008 - 00:00
Schoolboy hit by garda, witness tells inquestA witness today told the inquest into the death of 14-year-old schoolboy Brian Rossiter that she saw him being hit by a garda…Wed Dec 03 2008 - 00:00
Patients presenting to skin clinic earlier than to other hospitalsPATIENTS WITH melanomas or malignant skin cancers are presenting at a rapid access clinic at the South Infirmary Victoria University…Tue Dec 02 2008 - 00:00
Friend says he received a few slaps from gardaí in stationA FRIEND of 14-year-old schoolboy Brian Rossiter who was arrested less than 30 minutes before him yesterday told the inquest …Tue Dec 02 2008 - 00:00
Rossiter inquest hears earlier injuries most likely cause of deathThe consultant neurosurgeon who operated on 14-year-old schoolboy Brian Rossiter told his inquest today he believed that the …Tue Dec 02 2008 - 00:00
Garda said boy had taken drugs, inquest toldTHE FATHER of Clonmel schoolboy Brian Rossiter yesterday told the inquest on his son that a detective told him that Brian had…Tue Dec 02 2008 - 00:00
Three further remanded over drugs haulThree Britons charged in connection with a €500 million cocaine seizure off the west Cork coast earlier this month have been …Thu Nov 27 2008 - 00:00
Murder victim stabbed 11 times, trial is toldA 24-YEAR-OLD father was fatally wounded in a stabbing attack while trying to flee from two men in a Cork suburb over a year …Wed Nov 26 2008 - 00:00
Murder victim was stabbed 11 times, trial hearsA man was stabbed eleven times when he was attacked by two men in Cork last year, the prosecution alleged today on the opening…Tue Nov 25 2008 - 00:00
Brian Rossiter told friend in next cell gardaí beat himTHE INQUEST into the death of 14-year-old schoolboy Brian Rossiter yesterday heard evidence from a friend of his who said Brian…Sat Nov 22 2008 - 00:00
Cork woman (20) not guilty in dangerous driving caseA 20-YEAR-OLD woman was found not guilty of dangerous driving yesterday after a jury had heard evidence about the crash in which…Sat Nov 22 2008 - 00:00
Du Plantier postmortem reveals nothing newA POSTMORTEM on the body of Sophie Toscan du Plantier by pathologists in France, as part of an inquiry there into her killing…Fri Nov 21 2008 - 00:00
Woman (20) acquitted over deaths in car crashA 20-year-old woman walked free from court today after a jury took 90 minutes to find her not guilty of dangerous driving causing…Fri Nov 21 2008 - 00:00
Man remanded over Cork cannabis seizureA 30-year-old man has been remanded in custody with consent to bail after he was charged today in connection with a €500,000 …Fri Nov 21 2008 - 00:00
