Arson attack youth (17) jailed for seven yearsA 17-year-old youth was yesterday sentenced to seven years in jail with two years suspended for a spate of attacks, including…Thu Nov 16 2006 - 00:00
Privacy Bill badly planned- expertConcern was expressed yesterday by a leading expert on media law that the Government may lack the political will to introduce…Thu Nov 16 2006 - 00:00
Man with 11,000 child porn images gets suspended termA 57-year-old Dutchman has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence at Cork Circuit Criminal Court for possessing over…Wed Nov 15 2006 - 00:00
Councils clash on boundary planCork City Council is to propose extending the city boundary after councillors last night unanimously backed an expansion plan…Tue Nov 14 2006 - 00:00
Discussions continue on buying title to Mallow parkCork County Council is anxious to retain Mallow Town Park for the people of the town but will not pay an excessive sum for the…Tue Nov 14 2006 - 00:00
Cork City Council to seek backing for growthCork City Council is to seek the backing of councillors today for a proposed expansion which would mean a 50 per cent increase…Mon Nov 13 2006 - 00:00
Lowering weir for salmon opposedConsultants are to be appointed to examine ways of resolving a dispute over the lowering of a weir on the river Blackwater which…Thu Nov 09 2006 - 00:00
Merck to create 120 jobs in TipperaryUS multinational pharmaceutical company, Merck & Co is to invest €100 million in the expansion of its plant in Co Tipperary…Tue Nov 07 2006 - 00:00
Man gets jail term for assault on Brian RossiterA 26-year-old father of two was yesterday jailed for two-and-a- half years after he pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to…Tue Nov 07 2006 - 00:00
Pig farmer fined for feed additive offencesA pig farmer was yesterday fined in excess of €15,000, given a five- months suspended jail sentence and ordered to pay over €…Sat Nov 04 2006 - 00:00
Cork council backs reopening of Midleton lineCork City Council is strongly supportive of the proposed reopening of the Cork-Midleton rail line as it would facilitate the …Fri Nov 03 2006 - 00:00
UCC hopes review will end controversyThe chairman of the governing body of University College Cork , Prof Enda McDonagh, yesterday expressed hope that the appointment…Thu Nov 02 2006 - 00:00
Cork parents protest over delays in diabetes careSome 40 parents and children yesterday picketed Cork University Hospital (CUH), calling for an urgent improvement in services…Thu Nov 02 2006 - 00:00
Garda breached woman's rights, court toldA garda had acted unlawfully and had breached a citizen's constitutional rights when she opened the car door of a woman whom …Wed Nov 01 2006 - 00:00
UCC governance inquiry announcedThe Higher Education Authority announced last night that the governing body of University College Cork is to appoint an "external…Wed Nov 01 2006 - 00:00
40,000 could spend up to €25m at weekend Cork Jazz FestivalThe organisers of the Cork Guinness Jazz Festival say they expect more than 40,000 people to attend this year's event over the…Fri Oct 27 2006 - 01:00
Brothers agree to put stay on handover of park from councilTwo brothers seeking the repossession of a park given to the people of Mallow in north Cork by a philanthropic ancestor have …Fri Oct 27 2006 - 01:00
State asked for written promise it will not take houseA 42-year-old mother of two yesterday said she would like to see a written commitment from the State that it would not seek to…Thu Oct 26 2006 - 01:00
Assailantsfire pellets at cars and properties around CorkGardaí in Cork are searching for three youths who almost injured an elderly woman and caused extensive damage to a number of …Thu Oct 26 2006 - 01:00
Bord Gáis power plant is approvedAn Bord Gáis has been granted permission for a €300 million gas-fired power plant at the ConocoPhillips site at Whitegate in …Wed Oct 25 2006 - 01:00
Gardaí raid cocaine-mixing factory in CorkGardaí in Cork believe they have broken up a major cocaine distribution operation following the seizure of €500,000 worth of …Wed Oct 25 2006 - 01:00
Motorist (32) dies after his car crashes into bridgeA motorist was killed and his two passengers were injured when his car went out of control and crashed into a bridge before plunging…Wed Oct 25 2006 - 01:00
Man held over Waterford murder releasedGardaí investigating the murder of Waterford woman Meg Walsh are to prepare a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions after…Sat Oct 21 2006 - 01:00
Gardaí close to arresting suspect in Walsh murderGardaí investigating the murder of Waterford woman Meg Walsh believe that they are making good progress in closing in on her …Fri Oct 20 2006 - 01:00
Breakthrough in hunt for killer of Waterford womanGardaí investigating the murder of Waterford woman Meg Walsh are confident they have made a significant breakthrough.Thu Oct 19 2006 - 01:00
Holohan family 'very disappointed'Reaction: The parents of 11-year-old Midleton schoolboy Robert Holohan yesterday expressed disappointment at the decision of…Thu Oct 19 2006 - 01:00
Gardaí hope new drive will cut road deathsGarda Commissioner Noel Conroy expressed hope that the new Garda policy of targeting some 400 roads with high levels of crashes…Wed Oct 18 2006 - 01:00
Ahern accepts Glennon decisionTaoiseach Bertie Ahern yesterday played down the decision by Dublin North Fianna Fáil TD Jim Glennon not to run in the next election…Tue Oct 17 2006 - 01:00
Murdered woman died of head injuriesMurdered Waterford mother of one Meg Walsh (35) died from head injuries following a severe beating with an implement, a postmortem…Tue Oct 17 2006 - 01:00
Gardai set to launch murder inquiry over head woundGardaí are to launch a murder inquiry following the discovery yesterday of the body of 35-year-old Meg Walsh who was missing …Mon Oct 16 2006 - 01:00
Gardaí to check tides in Suir estuaryGardaí will consult with fishermen in Waterford on tidal movements in the river Suir to try to establish where exactly the body…Mon Oct 16 2006 - 01:00
250 guests for Flatley weddingFormer taoiseach Albert Reynolds and former tánaiste Mary Harney are among the 250 guests who will attend the wedding in Fermoy…Sat Oct 14 2006 - 01:00
Allergy, baby formula linkA research study by a team drawn from University College Cork and Cork University Hospital plans to investigate the influence…Tue Oct 10 2006 - 01:00
Ahern hopeful of North talks progressTaoiseach Bertie Ahern has expressed confidence that there is a determination by all parties to make progress at the talks in…Mon Oct 09 2006 - 01:00
Festival screens controversial Bush filmThe 51st Cork Film Festival opened last night when a packed Cork Opera House gave an enthusiastic reception to the European premiere…Mon Oct 09 2006 - 01:00
Cork reels in years with drive-in filmsThe Cork Film Festival will host a series of drive-in movies at the Marina next week, an initiative now in its second year which…Sat Oct 07 2006 - 01:00
Fears grow for safety of missing woman (35)Gardaí were last night growing increasingly concerned for the safety of a 35-year-old Waterford woman who has been missing from…Sat Oct 07 2006 - 01:00
Tourism chief sees potentail for Spike jailThe former prison on Spike Island in Cork Harbour could be converted at very little cost into a major tourist attraction similar…Fri Oct 06 2006 - 01:00
Pepsi to build €10m R&D plant in CorkGlobal soft drinks and snack food manufacturer PepsiCo has announced plans to build a €10 million research and development facility…Fri Oct 06 2006 - 01:00
Brothers seek possession of Mallow parkTwo brothers living in England are seeking to take possession of Mallow town park at the end of this month when a lease granted…Thu Oct 05 2006 - 01:00
Drink-driving may validate garda's actions, says solicitorThe consequences of drink-driving were so serious they should outweigh any question of whether a garda was entitled to open the…Wed Oct 04 2006 - 01:00
'Examiner' staff get €600,000The Labour Court has recommended that Examiner Publications pay €600,000 in compensation to the company's 339 employees over …Wed Oct 04 2006 - 01:00
Residents protest as Fermoy tolled bypass opensMinister for Transport Martin Cullen yesterday said the opening of the €295 million Fermoy and Watergrasshill bypass in Co Cork…Tue Oct 03 2006 - 01:00
PDs say they have no need to question Ahern in DáilMinister of State and Progressive Democrats' president Tom Parlon last night ruled out any question of the party seeking time…Tue Oct 03 2006 - 01:00
UCC president insists university's finances are soundThe president of University College Cork, Prof Gerry Wrixon, has told staff that UCC is not facing a major financial crisis following…Tue Oct 03 2006 - 01:00
Minor reductions in daily salt intake could prevent 900 deathsA reduction of just 3g a day in salt intake by Irish people could result in a 13 per cent reduction in the incidence of stroke…Tue Oct 03 2006 - 01:00
GP struck off medical register to appeal caseA Cork GP has confirmed that he has lodged appeal papers with the High Court seeking to overturn a Medical Council decision to…Tue Oct 03 2006 - 01:00
FF TD criticises editorWaterford Fianna Fáil TD Ollie Wilkinson yesterday criticised Irish Times Editor Geraldine Kennedy, claiming she was seeking …Mon Oct 02 2006 - 01:00
Landowners say Cork power line compromise reachedA group of west Cork landowners who got support from farmers in other parts of the country in their campaign against an overhead…Sat Sept 30 2006 - 01:00
UCC complaints referred to HEAThe Department of Education has referred a series of complaints by a member of the governing body of University College Cork …Sat Sept 30 2006 - 01:00
