A man with a driving record described by a Cork judge as the worst he has seen in 15 years has avoided jail.

A man swallowed a handful of tablets as gardaí went to search him in connection with a drug-dealing investigation.

A Polish woman attending Mass in Cork came to the assistance of an 80-year-old man who was attacked by a heroin addict smashing a collection box, it was claimed yesterday.

A young woman with mental health and addiction issues, evicted from a flat after losing her rent allowance, was found dead in a tent in Cork City after taking a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs.

Heroin worth over €1,000 was found concealed inside a teddy bear during a house search in Cork City, a detective said yesterday.

THE collapse of the cocaine market with the economic downturn meant those at the top of Cork’s drug trade had to diversify — and they diversified into the more downmarket heroin, according to the city’s top garda.

A man involved in a fight tried to pulled a garda over a wall during an attempted arrest.

A district judge has jailed a man that forced his parents to barricade themselves into their bedroom to keep him away from them.

A TALENTED young soccer player who had trials for Glasgow Celtic has been jailed for four months for stealing beer and vodka.

A DIRECTORY highlighting new services for people seeking help for alcohol and drug abuse in the south has been launched.

GOVERNMENT officials have been accused of repeating the mistakes of Dublin’s 1980s heroin epidemic by failing to tackle the massive surge in cases in Cork over the past five years.

KENNETH Russell was meant to travel to Drogheda last Wednesday to start a new life with his girlfriend.

More than €1.5m is being ploughed into centres housing young people with drug addictions, it emerged today.

A HOST of ceremonies took place north and south yesterday to remember soldiers who had died during battle and while on duty.

Heroin addicts in Cork will no longer have to travel to Dublin for their methadone treatment.