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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Three charged over Cork cocaine haulFour men will go on trial today in connection with country's largest ever seizure of 1,500 kilos of cocaine at Dunlough Bay, …Wed May 21 2008 - 01:00
Four to face trial today over €108m cocaine haulSECURITY IS expected to be tight in Cork today when the trial starts of four Englishmen charged in connection with one of the…Wed May 21 2008 - 01:00
Man charged over Northern Bank raidA Co Cork man has been remanded on bail charged in connection with the robbery of over £26 million from the Northern Bank in …Wed May 21 2008 - 01:00
Consultant warns against part-time AEA SENIOR consultant in emergency medicine has expressed concern that failure to open the new €4Tue May 20 2008 - 01:00
John O'Donoghue assaulted at race meetingGARDAÍ ARE to prepare a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions after releasing without charge a 50-year-old man arrested…Mon May 12 2008 - 01:00
Man gets 15 years for assaults on girlsA 62-YEAR-OLD man has been sentenced to 15 years, with three years suspended, after a court heard how he sexually assaulted eight…Wed Apr 30 2008 - 01:00
Gardaí say shooting of Waterford man was not suspiciousGARDAÍ INVESTIGATING the shooting of a man in his 50s in Co Waterford on Sunday night confirmed they are no longer treating the…Tue Apr 29 2008 - 01:00
Man killed in explosion at Cork plantTHE HEALTH and Safety Authority and An Garda Síochána have launched separate investigations into an explosion at a pharmaceutical…Tue Apr 29 2008 - 01:00
Petrol flames leave Cork boy criticalA 13-YEAR-OLD boy remained in a critical condition in hospital last night after suffering extensive first-degree burns to his…Tue Apr 29 2008 - 01:00
Garda inquiry after man shot in WaterfordGARDAÍ IN Co Waterford are investigating an incident in which a man his 50s was shot in the stomach while walking in woods at…Mon Apr 28 2008 - 01:00
Decision on €160m Cork port plan due in early JuneA DECISION on one of the first planning applications under the Strategic Infrastructure Act is due in early June when An Bord…Fri Apr 25 2008 - 01:00
Woman questioned about prostitutionGARDAÍ IN Cork are to prepare a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions after last night releasing without charge a woman…Thu Apr 24 2008 - 01:00
Ex-GAA officer in Waterford tickets case found deadA FORMER officer of the Waterford county board of the GAA, who was at the centre of a Garda investigation into the alleged misappropriation…Thu Apr 24 2008 - 01:00
Man jailed over drugs-related offenceA 34-YEAR-OLD Cork man, described by gardaí as “a professional gambler”, has been jailed for six years after he pleaded guilty…Wed Apr 23 2008 - 01:00
Gardai inquiry on GAA cash €142,000 reported missing from Waterford boardGARDAÍ IN Waterford have launched an investigation after a complaint from the local GAA county board that more than €142,000 …Wed Apr 23 2008 - 01:00
Launch of full-time Christian radio stationIRELAND’S FIRST fully-licensed, full-time Christian radio station was officially launched yesterday.Wed Apr 23 2008 - 01:00
Crew of Latvian ship secure back payFour crew members on board a Cambodian registered freighter docked in Cork are to be paid over $60,000 (€38,000) in arrears following…Tue Apr 22 2008 - 01:00
Diocese agrees to give more data on clerical child sex abuse complaintsTHE DIOCESE of Cloyne has reached agreement with the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church (NBSC) on…Tue Apr 22 2008 - 01:00
Chairman of Cork Airport Authority to resignCORK AIRPORT Authority chairman Joe Gantly yesterday announced that he is to resign from the post at the end of July but insisted…Tue Apr 22 2008 - 01:00
TV producer dies after fall from horseTRIBUTES WERE paid yesterday to TV producer Karen Rodgers, who died in a horse-riding accident while participating in a one-day…Mon Apr 21 2008 - 01:00
Paisley thanks Cork for fine welcome and wants more co-operationNORTHERN IRELAND'S First Minister Dr Ian Paisley paid tribute to the people of Cork for the warm welcome afforded him and his…Mon Apr 21 2008 - 01:00
Bishop responds to abuse query claimsThe Bishop of Cloyne, Dr John Magee, has expressed surprise at newspaper reports that the Catholic Church's National Child Protection…Mon Apr 21 2008 - 01:00
Duke offers harbour ownership talksA COUNCILLOR WHO has disputed the Duke of Devonshire's ownership of Youghal Harbour has welcomed an offer by the duke to resolve…Mon Apr 21 2008 - 01:00
Two extra Bus Éireann routes to start in Cork todayBUS ÉIREANN will today start two new bus services in Cork in a €10 million investment in services in the city this year as part…Mon Apr 21 2008 - 01:00
Incoming leaders will work well, says PaisleyNORTHERN IRELAND First Minister the Rev Ian Paisley yesterday expressed confidence that his successor, Peter Robinson, and taoiseach…Sat Apr 19 2008 - 01:00
Cowen says FF talks with SDLP are not pointing to a mergerTÁNAISTE BRIAN Cowen cautioned against interpreting talks between Fianna Fáil and the SDLP as signs of a possible mergerSat Apr 19 2008 - 01:00
Woman censures TD over writing to judge about rapist's reputable familyA YOUNG woman who was raped by her sister's ex-boyfriend yesterday criticised a Labour TD for writing to the sentencing judge…Sat Apr 19 2008 - 01:00
