The injured man was taken to Cork University Hospital by ambulance for treatment, while the driver was unharmed.

A meat factory worker who told doctors he had very restricted movement and was in almost daily pain for six years after a workplace injury was shown on video yesterday lifting wooden pallets and smashing them to pieces with an axe.

A TEENAGER who was showing off to his friends in a souped-up, boy racer-type car almost crashed into a Garda patrol car, a court heard.

WE are being asked in the census advert to see ‘the bigger picture’. By filling in the form, we are told that they will know how many schools to build, by the number of children in the community.

MARIE FARRELL, the crucial witness who withdrew her statements in the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder case, exposed her teenage son to a criminal prosecution by assuring him he was insured to drive, a court heard yesterday.

THE Government and pro-referendum supporters had a Nice day yesterday as the country braced itself for a winter of discontent — weather wise.