A man with serious addiction problems was jailed for six months yesterday for stealing drink from behind the counters of bars and at shops around Cork.

A spike in third-level students registering with mental health conditions has been attributed to better supports and reduced stigma.

A couple who were homeless broke into a house in the hope of finding a place to stay and yesterday they were both jailed for four months.

A couple who were homeless adn who claimed they broke into a house in the hope of finding someplace to stay were both jailed for four months yesterday.

A man has been arrested and charged with a count of assault causing harm to an 79-year-old man in Cork City.

A 70-year-old former Fianna Fáil senator has been jailed for his role in attempting to extort €100,000 from a Department of Agriculture veterinary inspector.

A professional Limerick courier rented an apartment in an affluent part of the city to run a huge drugs operation for a gang in order to pay off gambling debts, a court heard.

A GROUP representing college students with disabilities believes University College Cork president Michael Murphy did infer they were weaker academically but believes similar views are held across higher education leadership.

The UCC president wanted to discuss how to help gifted students but could have framed his words more wisely, says Education Correspondent Niall Murray

A KANTURK publican pointed a shotgun at a customer’s head and then raised the gun to fire a shot into the ceiling to let him know he was facing a loaded firearm.

Two thirds of workers would hide their mental illness from colleagues and employers, campaigners claimed today.

JUST one in six of blind or visually impaired students enter third-level education, compared to more than half of students with no disability, a study has found.

Blind children are not getting the support they need in school to excel with just one in six making it to third level education, new research today revealed.

UP TO 80% of graduates with a disability conceal it when applying for a job and only 60% of graduates with a disability actually get positions, research has shown.

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The purity of a kilo of cocaine being smuggled into Ireland is reduced by up to five times before it is sold on the streets here, a trial has heard.

A Detective sergeant who took part in a Garda raid on a house in Limerick where a suspected Continuity IRA meeting was taking place has said he saw a number of men move from the front room as gardaí were breaking down the front door.

A Detective Sergeant who led a garda raid on a house in Limerick where a suspected Continuity IRA meeting was taking place told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today that he believed it was "possible and probable" that firearms were in the house when he ordered another garda to break down the front door.

A Detective Sergeant who led a garda raid on a suspected Continuity IRA meeting in Limerick denied at the Special Criminal Court today that shots had been fired during the swoop.

Garda drug seizures point to a serious abuse problem in Limerick writes Mícheál Lehane