Gardaí believe they have foiled an attempted 'hit' in Cork city following a tip-off from an alert member of the public.

The students and teachers of Gaelscoil an Ghoirt Álainn are delighted to be finally moving into their very first bricks and mortar school, after spending more than two decades in prefabs in an overflow carpark of Brian Dillons GAA club, writes Jess Casey.

The four-seater was already one of the most open in the country before a single vote was cast as three of the four TDs elected in 2016 weren't on the ballot this time out.

Gardaí say that investigations into six killings that took place in Cork since July are progressing well.

A baby was taken to hospital last night after the second petrol bomb attack on homes in a Cork housing estate in two nights.

Last month’s gruesome attacks are indicative of a trend in violent crime that cannot be divorced from the effect of cuts to policing and other services, says Security Correspondent Cormac O’Keeffe.

Keith Greaney, 23, was with his girlfriend, Nicole O'Leary, when three men broke into his home, dragged him from his bed, beat him with a car exhaust pipe and attacked him with a machete just before 4am.

Gardaí have spoken to two men after a father-of-three was doused in petrol and set alight in Cork.

Gardaí have moved to ease concerns after a spate of violent attacks in Cork City in which one man was doused in petrol and set alight, another suffered a fractured skull in a hammer and baseball attack, and another was beaten by a gang armed with hurleys.

A Cork North Central general election candidate claims just half of a batch of 20 new community gardaí positions promised last year have been filled.

The murder and dismemberment of Drogheda teenager Keane Mulready-Woods last week sent a chill through this society.

The attack happened at a house in the Dunard estate in Mayfield on the north side of Cork city at around 4am.

A fifth-year pupil at a Cork school who has received a last-minute reprieve from deportation has spoken of his dream of playing cricket for Ireland.

More than 30 new gardaí have been temporarily stationed in Cork city to tackle thefts, public order incidents, drugs and traffic issues during the busy Christmas period.

ACCLAIMED filmmaker Damian O’Callaghan is well used to creating cinematic magic on screen.

It is all eyes on Fianna Fáil in Cork North-Central where the party is scrambling to continue its presence in the wake of Billy Kelleher’s departure to Europe.

The Taoiseach has yet to speak with the Garda Commissioner about staffing levels in Cork but has promised that numbers will increase across the country.

The family-friendly parade will mix red-hot jazz bands with fiery Cork characters who will dance through the city streets in a dramatic musical procession.

In the first incident, two men called to a house offering building services which were never carried out. In the other, a man falsely claimed to be a neighbour's relative.

Mikolaj Wilk (35) was murdered at his home in Maglin Bridge, Ballincollig, Co Cork on June 10, 2018.

He struggled with reading and writing and recalls how at the age of 12, he had to sit at the back of the classroom because his teacher, with a class of 35 children, just didn’t have the time to give him the extra help he needed.

Gardaí investigating the murder of 55-year-old Paul Jones in Cork city have reiterated their call for witnesses to come forward.

A murder probe was launched yesterday after a postmortem examination at Cork University Hospital indicated that the death of 55 year old Paul Jones was murder.

Gardaí have launched a murder investigation in Cork city after the discovery of a man's body there yesterday.

Gardaí found the man's body in a house on the Bandon Road yesterday morning.

The dead man is originally from Mayfield on the north side of the city. His body was found by his son when he went to the house on the south side of Cork city shortly today.

A man has been arrested in Cork city after a drug seizure in the city railway station.

Bail was refused in the case against a man accused of assault causing harm to his own mother on Sunday.

There’s always a Twitter wag who can cut to the quick of what a lot of us are thinking: Imagine a competition where men line up in their finery to be interviewed by Gráinne Seoige and to dance a jig while their dads weep in the audience and say how much they love their Irish granny. No? Too much to imagine?

Cork’s love affair with dining out, music, and coffee is driving a retail expansion throughout the city and suburbs.