A teenager has spoken of the anxiety and despair caused to her when she was asked to engage in a sex act after she was picked up by a 42-year-old man while hitch hiking two years ago.

It would take a heart of granite not to be moved by the words of the mother of little Avery James Greene, from Cork, who died in a swimming pool in Spain last summer.

The mother of a three-year-old Cork boy who drowned while on holiday in Spain last August has told of her anguish at the toddler’s death, and is now campaigning for government-funded swimming lessons for preschool children.

Eoin Aher is from Cork and has been looking after the entertainment, band bookings and promo at Cyprus Avenue and the Old Oak in the city since 2003.

CBC students Donal, Max, Theo and Jack used joint birthday party to raise €880 for Cork Penny Dinners.

A homeless chef who was killed on the streets of Cork said in a moving radio interview last winter that he felt unsafe on the streets and had been hospitalised three times following assaults on his person.

Nearly all of the damaged vehicles which can be removed from the multi-storey car park at Douglas Village Shopping Centre have been taken out of the building, but some remain in the section which will be demolished.

The mother of a 24-year-old man who was murdered just days before the birth of his first baby has issued an appeal to the killer to hand himself in.

"I am so happy they are coming. The worry of it all nearly killed me."

Gardaí have almost completed their investigation into the murder of a Cork toddler earlier this summer and are putting together a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

At least 10 files have been sent to the director of public prosecutions (DDP) by the gardaí after people allegedly identified Ana Kriegel’s murderers on social media.

The latest radio listenership figures made good reading for RTÉ stalwart Marian Finucane, who is among those celebrating an increase in listeners in the latest JNLR results.

Journalist Niall O'Connor has been fined €2,500 by a Central Criminal Court judge after he named one of the boys convicted of Ana Kriegel's murder during a live radio broadcast.

A Central Criminal Court judge has granted leave to issue a contempt of court motion after a journalist allegedly named one of the boys convicted of Ana Kriegel's murder twice on a Cork radio show.

Andrew Willis, 36, was last seen walking along a private road from his friend's house late in the Coolmore area of Carrigaline last Monday evening.

With just two Cork witnesses present from a list of 22, the dissemination of evidence at the Ian Bailey murder trial resembled an attempt to flesh out the personality of a guilty man, in the absence of a direct link to the crime, writes Michael Clifford in Paris.

Gardaí in Fermoy are trying to establish who is responsible for placing 13 dead rabbits on a pathway in the village of Conna in East Cork this morning.

Marian Finucane was the big winner in the latest radio listenership figures with her total audience for the weekend rising by 75,000.

The father of a man who is presumed to have been murdered in Cork’s 'House of Horrors' in 1994 has issued an appeal for information that will lead to the recovery of his son's remains.

A toddler who was diagnosed with a brain injury after he was knocked down in a hit and run last month is sitting up, smiling and laughing but cannot yet speak or walk.

Paul Linehan, from Cork, is the singer and bass player of The Frank & Walters. On Friday, May 10, the band headline the entertainment at the Barry Group Race & Taste Festival which takes place at Cork Racecourse Mallow on May 10 and 11.

Update: Eddie Smyth has been located safe and well.

Rosarie McCarthy is thrilled to have rejoined the workforce since participating in last year's #JobShadowDay.

Derek Burke is from Lisgoold, near Midleton, Co Cork.

A Cork woman says she is living in fear because her abuser father is due to move into a house close to her home, having served his prison service for her rape.

Des O'Driscoll shares the latest from the entertainment world

Passengers have hit out at Ryanair after claiming they only received notification that their return flight to Cork from Lanzarote had been cancelled hours before take-off.

A voluntary organisation comprised of seven different religious denominations took to the streets of Cork last night for the Leaving Certificate celebrations in order to assist young people who were in difficulty after the festivities.

Videographer and former Red FM host Victor Barry has shared an inspirational photo essay about weight loss, relationships and living life to the full.

Cork manager Paudie Murray may look at making changes for his side’s trip to Trim to play Meath in Saturday’s Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, but that should not be interpreted as the Rebels taking anything for granted.

Members of a Cork health and fitness centre were left in limbo after the gym announced its closure suddenly and without warning.

Gardaí say their investigations are ongoing after a house party in Mayfield got out of control and resulted in fighting on the streets.

A man who pulled two young boys from a Cork river on Saturday afternoon said adrenaline spurred his actions as he dived into the currents to save them.

Richard Satchwell has denied that he was controlling in his relationship with his wife, Tina.

Cork manager Paudie Murray yesterday hit back at UCC Ladies Football chiefs in a row over dual players.

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These were the scenes at the Rebel Óg annual overall awards at the Clayton Hotel Silversprings.

When the drive to go west hit Europe in the 19th century, it was not uncommon for fathers to cross the ocean ahead of their wives and children in search of work and a place to live.

A father of three proposed to his love of 14 years in a novel way over Christmas, enlisting the help of Santa and the elves at a branch of Dunnes Stores in Cork.

Some of the ace faces of the Irish scene tell Jonathan deBurca Butler about their musical highlights of 2017.

A mother of five young children who lost her husband to cancer last month has been dealt another devastating blow after she saw all of her belongings go up in flames following a fire at the family home in Mallow, Co Cork.

RTÉ News has appointed multinedia journalist Brian O'Donovan, as the station's Washington correspondent, to replace Caitriona Perry.

A district judge said it was dangerous and downright stupid for a radio station to fuel a 67-year-old learner driver’s belief that the Road Safety Authority had a conspiracy against him.

A young biochemistry student with cerebral palsy is attempting to raise funds to buy a bionic walking device that would enable her to continue her studies and to complete subsequent laboratory work.

It’s six months since Ray Foley joined Red FM. He talks Dublin-Cork commutes with Marjorie Brennan

RTÉ 2 FM were the big winners in the latest radio listenership figures with big gains for its peak weekday shows.