A group representing independent supermarkets has failed to block the development of a large new Lidl outlet in north Cork.

A man whose wife and daughter died in a freak road traffic accident has called on the transport minster to give gardaí the power to impound cars driven by unaccompanied learner drivers. 

A man whose wife and daughter died in a freak road traffic accident hopes their deaths will result in new road safety improvements before the end of the year, writes Eoin English of the Irish Examiner.

A public health warning has been issued after it was confirmed an adult with measles visited a number of locations in Mitchelstown, Co Cork, and in Clonmel, Co Tipperary, in recent weeks.

A 21-year-old woman has appeared in court charged with dangerous driving causing the death of a mother and daughter who were killed three days before Christmas.

A 21-year-old woman has appeared in court charged with dangerous driving causing the death of a mother and daughter who were killed three days before Christmas, writes Joe Leogue.

A seven-year-old boy remains in critical condition after he was pulled from a river yesterday evening in Co Cork.

A DETACHED, dormer bungalow is on offer at Watergrasshill, at the moment, at a guide of €350,000, through DNG Dorgan Landers.

PHARMACEUTICAL giant Pfizer has launched an investigation into the loss of three potentially harmful solvent containers which fell from a vehicle transporting them for testing.

A judge has hit out at the way that people get notice of speeding fines imposed on them.

A BLOCKADE of a new €200 million motorway may be mounted by truck drivers furious over toll charges.

THE proposed closure of a section of the N8 to Rathcormac village, Co Cork, will subject unsuspecting motorists to “highway robbery”, MEP Kathy Sinnott said yesterday.

CONTROVERSIAL plans for a 100-bedroom hotel and 66 houses in Co Cork have been turned down, but Marymount Hospice has received permission to build a 129-bed hospital.

Nine days after Robert Holohan went missing, his family face the horror of being told he will not be coming home, writes Dan Buckley.

THE OLD Rustic Bridge By The Mill is one of Ireland’s lesser-known beautiful ballads; the location in question is also one of Ireland’s lesser-known beauty spots.

MONKEY puzzle trees are synonymous with a certain type of property.

DAIRYGOLD plans to axe up to 2,000 jobs as part of a three-year rationalisation programme, Tánaiste Mary Harney has been told.

A 91-YEAR-OLD woman and a 18-year-old man were among three people killed in separate road accidents which marred the Bank Holiday weekend.