A three-year-old boy who had been crying for help when his father arrived to collect him from a crèche has been awarded damages of €20,000 in the Circuit Civil Court.

A hat-trick from Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe, coupled with a shambolic defensive display, saw Cork City’s season plunge to new depths at Turner’s Cross last night as Derry City ran riot to inflict another painful defeat in what is turning out to be a shocking season for last season’s runners-up.

A pair of first-half goals couldn’t be added to as Sligo Rovers and Cork City finished with honours even at the Showgrounds tonight.

Simon Madden scored a dramatic equaliser deep into injury time as St Patrick’s Athletic snatched an unlikely point from Cork City.

Teenager Cian Bargary enjoyed a memorable league debut when scoring the only goal of the game to get Cork City back to winning ways at the UCD Bowl.

Cork City suffered their first defeat under interim manager John Cotter as Premier Division leaders Dundalk took the points at Turner’s Cross.

Goals from Karl Sheppard and Graham Cummins made it two from two under interim manager John Cotter for Cork City.

John Cotter’s tenure as Cork City interim manager got off to a winning start as Conor McCarthy’s first-half goal was the difference at Dalymount Park tonight.

Cork City’s woes continued as a 76th-minute equaliser from captain Keith Cowan secured a draw for Finn Harps at Turner’s Cross last night.

Now without a win in six league games and having failed to score yet again, Cork City’s season shows no sign of improving judging on yesterday’s disappointing scoreless draw against fellow strugglers Sligo Rovers at Turner’s Cross.

Cork City’s home troubles continued as second-half pressure failed to yield a winner at Turner’s Cross on Monday evening.

While off-field developments haven’t been positive for Waterford this week, the Blues faithful had something to cheer at the RSC.

A second-half implosion saw Cork City fall to their fifth league defeat of the season away to UCD last night.

Cork City suffered a fourth league defeat in eight games as Shamrock Rovers proved far superior at Turner’s Cross on Friday night.

Cork City retained the Munster Senior Cup for the third year on the spin as goals from Darragh Rainsford, Dan Smith and Liam Nash saw off a battling Midleton side in last night’s final at Turners Cross.

This was a night of firsts in the league at Turner’s Cross this season — the first home goals and the first home win for Cork City as well as a first defeat for Bohemians.

New Dundalk head coach, Vinny Perth, says that Saturday night’s President’s Cup win over Cork City was the team and management proving themselves.

Nine people, including a suspect who was shot dead by an officer, have died after a man opened fire during a gathering to watch American football at a house in suburban Dallas, police said.

At least eight people have died after a shooting at a home in Texas.

The modernisation of IT structures is leaving a huge majority of large Irish companies in a muddle, with 95% experiencing skills shortages, new research indicates.

An IT bottleneck caused by companies moving to more modern systems is hindering their ability to innovate, adding to security concerns and costing them thousands of euro more per year. New research suggests that as companies transition from old IT infrastructure to cloud-based services, innovation is suffering and costs are spiralling.

A thief tried to hide his identity with a clear plastic bag.

Carnival Cruise Lines has cancelled a dozen more planned voyages aboard the Triumph.

No-one could ever have accused Lucian Freud of being a sentimental painter.

A FORMER hypnotist who sexually preyed on 10 women was jailed for four years yesterday.

A former hypnotist who sexually preyed on 10 women was jailed for four years today.

The sentencing of a former hypnotist who indecently assaulted 10 women was delayed for a second time today.

A YOUNG biker ticketed for allegedly riding his motorcycle at 205mph has set tongues wagging all over America — some out of disapproval, others because they doubt he went that fast.