Chris Patten said he did not object to fair prosecutions of former soldiers or others.

Legendary publican Brian O’Donnell of the Hi-B bar was yesterday given a fitting send-off by his family and a large gathering of friends who came together on a cold and cloudless day to remember a man as warm and as wildly eccentric as the city itself.

Pre-tax profits at the firm that operates Griffith College last year increased by 27% to €3.38m.

Two men have been jailed in connection with the "execution" of Aidan "The Beast" O'Driscoll, who was killed on a busy Cork street in a "well-planned" hit as part of an internal dispute between the Real IRA and the New IRA.

Aidan 'The Beast' O'Driscoll was "executed" on a busy Cork street in a "well-planned" hit that was part of an internal dispute between the Real IRA and the New IRA, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

A man has been found guilty of assaulting his neighbour in a row sparked by straying cattle, while his partner has been convicted of blocking the road with a car.

Profits at the company that operates Griffith College trebled last year to €2.5m.

Barrow Rangers (Kilkenny) 2-14 Shanballymore (Cork) 1-15: Kilkenny’s Barrow Rangers advanced to the All-Ireland JBHC final after defeatomg Cork champions Shanballymore in Killeedy yesterday.

A voluntary centre which helps keep marginalised and vulnerable teenagers in education is facing closure over a funding crisis.

Douglas Road, Cork

Whoah.

A Shelbourne soccer fan who punched and kicked a 16-year-old Cork City fan during a post-match brawl has had his sentencing adjourned.

Archaeologists have trained volunteers to map headstones and record the stories and folklore from historic cemeteries as part of a nationwide project aimed at reaching out to the Irish disapora.

A VOLUNTEER group has developed an interactive website mapping the graves of some of the most famous people buried in Cork’s historic St Finbarr’s Cemetery.

A VOLUNTEER committee has been formed to help plan a major clean-up of one of Cork’s most historic cemeteries.

VOLUNTEERS are being sought to help a cash- strapped local authority maintain an historic cemetery which has become overgrown due to government cutbacks.

COUNCIL officials have blamed Government cutbacks for the overgrown state of a burial ground in which some of Ireland’s best-known republican martyrs are buried.

THE original legal charter conferring the title of Lord Mayor on the head of Cork City Council has been returned to the city where it is being put on public display.