Accused in €440m drugs case tells court of hiding for two daysTWO OF the three men accused in connection with a €440 million drugs seizure in west Cork spent two days hiding in a shed but…Thu Jul 10 2008 - 01:00
Call for common language in healthNEW RESEARCH has highlighted the importance of a common language between professionals at executive management level in the Irish…Tue Jul 08 2008 - 01:00
Accused in €440m cocaine trial 'a good neighbour'ONE OF the men charged in connection with a €440 million drugs seizure in west Cork was described yesterday as a good neighbour…Tue Jul 08 2008 - 01:00
Council unaware of licences to remove slag from HaulbowlineCORK COUNTY Council says it is not aware of any licences being issued to allow for the removal of waste material from the former…Tue Jul 08 2008 - 01:00
Man charged with having false passport says he feared for his lifeA LIMERICK MAN told gardaí he was travelling on a false passport to Amsterdam because detectives in Limerick had warned him his…Mon Jul 07 2008 - 01:00
Teenager and man remanded after gun possession chargeA MAN AND a 15-year-old youth have been remanded in custody after they were charged over the weekend in connection with the discovery…Mon Jul 07 2008 - 01:00
Juror released in Cork drugs trialA juror has been released from service in the trial of three Englishmen charged in connection with a €440 million cocaine seizure…Mon Jul 07 2008 - 01:00
Two remanded in Cork over handgun findA man (29) and a 15-year-old boy have been remanded in custody after they were charged in Cork last night in connection with …Sun Jul 06 2008 - 01:00
What next for Haulbowline's poisonous steelworks?Recent events at the former Irish Steel plant in Haulbowline, Co Cork, are a matter of dispute, but what matters to residents…Sat Jul 05 2008 - 01:00
Fresh appeal over du Plantier murderA GROUP campaigning for justice for murdered Frenchwoman Sophie Toscan du Plantier has appealed to anyone who may have any information…Thu Jul 03 2008 - 01:00
No decline in quality of treatment, says KeaneTHE MEDICAL expert charged with delivering the new national cancer care programme has moved to reassure people in Kerry that …Tue Jul 01 2008 - 01:00
Bons Secours seeks planningTHE COUNTRY’S largest private healthcare provider, the Bons Secours Health System, has applied for planning permission for a €…Tue Jul 01 2008 - 01:00
Traumatised and homeless teens focus of reportEARLY IDENTIFICATION and assessment of problem teenagers could prevent many from leaving home prematurely and becoming homeless…Mon Jun 30 2008 - 01:00
Cork container terminal plan rejectedTHE DECISION by An Bord Pleanála to refuse planning permission to the Port of Cork for a new €160 million container terminal …Sat Jun 28 2008 - 01:00
Bord Pleanála rejects Cork port planThe decision by An Bord Pleanála to refuse planning permission to the Port of Cork for a new €160 million container terminal …Fri Jun 27 2008 - 01:00
Gormley insists steel plant site at Haulbowline is safeMINISTER FOR the Environment John Gormley yesterday moved to assure residents of Cork Harbour that the former Irish Steel site…Fri Jun 27 2008 - 01:00
Planning body rejects Cork terminal planAn Bord Pleanála has turned down a planning application from the Port of Cork to develop a €160 million container terminal at…Fri Jun 27 2008 - 01:00
Gormley denies Cork contamination cover-upTHE MINISTER for the Environment, John Gormley, last night rejected claims by an environmental group of a cover-up over contamination…Thu Jun 26 2008 - 01:00
Hospital staff back surgeon's patient care claimCONSULTANT MEDICAL staff at Cork University Hospital (CUH)last night issued a statement in support of a colleague who was critical…Wed Jun 25 2008 - 01:00
Port of Cork planning decision due todayTHE PORT of Cork will learn today if it has been successful in a planning application to develop a €160 million container terminal…Wed Jun 25 2008 - 01:00
HSE rejects e-mail about Cork patientsTHE HSE yesterday rejected allegations made in a leaked e-mail sent by a consultant to management at Cork University Hospital…Tue Jun 24 2008 - 01:00
Major confident powersharing will lastHAILING IRELAND for its “tolerant” nature, former British prime minister John Major said he was confident the Northern Ireland…Sat Jun 21 2008 - 01:00
Sentence for sex with child criticisedRAPE CRISIS Network Ireland director Fiona Neary yesterday strongly criticised a two-year sentence with 12 months suspended handed…Sat Jun 21 2008 - 01:00
Man died in custody due to misadventureA CORONER has suggested reviewing the guidelines of providing foreign language versions of prisoners’ rights upon hearing that…Fri Jun 20 2008 - 01:00
Man who had sex with schoolgirl jailed for 12 monthsA FATHER of eight who plied a 15-year-old girl with 24 bottles of alcopops on the night she was celebrating her Junior Cert results…Fri Jun 20 2008 - 01:00
John Major 'touched' to receive freedom of CorkFORMER BRITISH prime minister John Major has written to Cork City Council to express his gratitude at being chosen, along with…Thu Jun 19 2008 - 01:00
Over 1,000 dare to bare all for the sake of artThe naked truth: men and women pose for photographer Spencer Tunick in the grounds of Blarney CastleWed Jun 18 2008 - 01:00
HSE centralisation strategy criticisedONE OF the State’s busiest breast cancer treatment units has expressed concern at HSE’s plans to close down the unit at the end…Tue Jun 17 2008 - 01:00
Aiken says there is no crisis in concert businessONE OF the country’s leading concert promoters has strongly rejected media reports that the Irish concert business is in crisis…Tue Jun 17 2008 - 01:00
Blarney will see 1,000 daring to bare allMORE THAN 1,000 Corkonians have taken up the Dare to Bare challenge from American photographer Spencer TunickMon Jun 16 2008 - 01:00
Mother lost temper and scalded toddlerA YOUNG woman yesterday pleaded guilty to assaulting her 14-month-old daughter by shoving her arm into a bucket of hot water …Wed Jun 11 2008 - 01:00
Carney says rise in rate of fatal stabbing cases is set to continueTHE NUMBER of fatal stabbing cases coming before the Central Criminal Court is increasing and a steady pattern of yet further…Wed Jun 11 2008 - 01:00
Streets close over collapsed buildingCORK CITY Council engineers are to prepare a report into the collapse of a building which forced the closure of Shandon Street…Tue Jun 10 2008 - 01:00
Hospital gets planningPLANNING PERMISSION has been granted for a new €60 million private day hospital close to Cork University Hospital (CUH)which, …Tue Jun 10 2008 - 01:00
A&E training in alcohol abuseHEALTH SERVICE Executive South has launched a new training programme for emergency department staff at Cork University Hospital…Tue Jun 10 2008 - 01:00
College worker took blood bags homeAN EMPLOYEE of one of the country’s leading institutes of technology was fined €3,000 and told he was lucky that he was not going…Thu Jun 05 2008 - 01:00
Cocaine trial is told 'some idiot' put diesel in petrol engine of boatA RIGID inflatable boat discovered semi-submerged beside a €440 million cocaine haul was found to contain diesel in its petrol…Thu Jun 05 2008 - 01:00
Cowen highlights economic benefits of using the euroECONOMY: IRELAND'S ADOPTION of the euro has helped Ireland economically, and will continue to do so in the uncertain times ahead…Wed Jun 04 2008 - 01:00
Primary care team project launchedA PRIMARY care team involving some 11 GPs and up to 20 Health Service Executive (HSE) professionals which will cater for a population…Tue Jun 03 2008 - 01:00
10,000 babies await TB vaccineBOTH THE Minister for Health Mary Harney and the HSE have been accused of failing to recognise the health risks posed by TB after…Tue Jun 03 2008 - 01:00
Cocaine in Cork haul was 10 times purer than normTHE 1.5 TONNES of cocaine recovered off the west Cork coast last year had a purity level 10 times that of cocaine typically found…Fri May 30 2008 - 01:00
Coast Guard spotted 'drop gone wrong'A SENIOR officer with the Irish Coast Guard in west Cork told the trial of three Englishman charged in connection with a €440…Thu May 29 2008 - 01:00
Drugs trial hears farmer's evidenceA MAN who made it ashore when his boat sank in Dunlough Bay near Mizen Head in west Cork twice assured a local farmer that two…Wed May 28 2008 - 01:00
Demand rises for breast testsRECENT HIGH-PROFILE cases of breast cancer misdiagnosis have resulted in a growing awareness among women of the importance of…Tue May 27 2008 - 01:00
State case against three will rely on circumstantial evidenceTHE CASE against three Englishmen charged with possessing €440 million worth of cocaine for sale or supply in west Cork will …Tue May 27 2008 - 01:00
Cocaine had street value of €440m, court toldOVER 1.5 tonnes of cocaine recovered by gardaí and Customs officers from choppy seas off west Cork last year had a street value…Tue May 27 2008 - 01:00
Court told Cork drugs worth €440mOver 1.5 tonnes of cocaine recovered by gardaí and customs from choppy seas off West Cork last year had a street value of €440…Mon May 26 2008 - 01:00
Unofficial rail dispute affects 20,000 travellersABOUT 20,000 rail passengers were affected yesterday as the unofficial industrial dispute by Iarnród Éireann drivers spread from…Sat May 24 2008 - 01:00
Man dies one week after collapsing in hospitalGARDAÍ IN Cork were last night awaiting the results of a postmortem by Assistant State Pathologist Dr Margaret Bolster on the…Thu May 22 2008 - 01:00
Trial begins in case of record west Cork cocaine haulTHREE ENGLISHMAN went on trial in Cork yesterday on charges relating to the largest drugs haul in the history of the State when…Thu May 22 2008 - 01:00
