More than 1,200 local authority homes in Cork city are set for repairs and upgrades after council officials were cleared to apply for an €11m loan.

Any time a person combines alcohol with misuse of pain medication, they are putting their life at risk, an expert has warned.

The HSE has issued a warning about contaminated ‘party pills’ as a teenager fights for his life after taking what is believed to be a potent designer street drug at a party in Cork City.

On June 4, 1919, HM Submarine L55 sank in the Baltic Sea. L55 had been targeting two Bolshevik warships. It is unclear whether the submarine was sunk by Bolshevik gunfire or from straying into a British-laid minefield.

A pensioner who took exception to the price of an item at a DIY store assaulted the shop assistant and stamped on his phone when he tried to call gardaí.