A garda working on Scouting Ireland sex claims told Diarmuid Higgins he had been accused. He was never in the scouts, says Mick Clifford.

The late father of former Republic of Ireland player and Assistant Manager, Roy Keane, considered all of his children to be stars, his funeral mass has heard.

The two-year-old will be laid to rest this afternoon in St Catherine's cemetery in Kilcully after the service at the North Cathedral in Cork.

Two charges of endangering the lives of gardaí were brought yesterday against a 31-year-old man yesterday.

The researching of Cork ancestors is being made easier through the online availability of records for the city’s biggest cemetery.

The first draft of an enlarged Cork City to drive the region’s growth for the next half century should emerge within weeks.

Securing a significant extension of Cork’s city boundary is now of national importance, a city councillor warned last night as they rejected a land offer from the county.

Local Government Minister Eoghan Murphy has remained tight-lipped on a surprise offer from Cork County Council to cede land to the city.

Data justifying the scale of the proposed Cork City boundary extension has emerged ahead of a crunch meeting on an alternative boundary suggestion.

There’s something very attractive about this property, reckons its selling agent Michael O’Donoghue of REA O’Donoghue Clarke.

Two of the country’s largest local authorities are to explore the option of developing Columbarium memorial walls to accommodate cremation urns and caskets in light of a shortage of grave plots.

The Menu has long been meaning to make mention of the wonderful little Garden Café, sited in a Victorian glasshouse perched just above the heart of Blackpool, and a wonderful combination of pop-up supper and photo exhibition has given him ample reason to do so. 

The family of one of two homeless people whose bodies were taken from the River Lee on Sunday night has asked that donations be made to the Cork Simon Community.

Bodybuilding steroids mixed with alcohol triggered a formerly successful young hurler to launch a violent attack on his girlfriend when he kidnapped and terrified her at his home.

Helen O’Callaghan talks to five people in highly pressured jobs and lifestyles about how they manage their work/life balance.

She cooks, decorates, buys the gifts and cleans up. And she loves it, says Áilín Quinlan.

A parish priest is among those disappointed over the refusal of planning permission for the first privately operated graveyard in Cork.

FIONA QUINN was taken aback when her 12-year-old daughter revealed the latest Confirmation trend — designer cakes.

Two teenage brothers out lamping rabbits ended up being caught in the spotlight of Cork District Court yesterday.

A Cork man has been killed in the African state of Mozambique.

“Your mum is safe in heaven and now nothing can ever hurt her again.”

A man, who passionately believes people should have the right to be buried in the area they resided, is seeking planning permission for the first privately-run cemetery in Co Cork.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is to write to the family of a young Cork fan of the club who died after a kickabout with his friends.

Friends of a popular 14-year-old schoolboy who collapsed and died after a game of soccer are urging Liverpool FC to highlight his memory when they play Hearts in the Uefa Cup tomorrow.

CCTV cameras have been installed outside a graveyard on the outskirts of Cork City to deter thieves targeting mourners’ cars.

NO stranger to tantrums and tiaras, few would have faulted Sir Elton had he thrown a hissy fit in the Marquee last night when his grand piano failed to produce the desired effect.

TESTS are taking place amid fears that a Cork father may have died from the rare, lethal brain disease Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).

A FORMER lord mayor of Cork and a legend on the city’s northside devoted his entire life to the service of others, mourners were told yesterday.

TWO young men who died after being struck by a car driven by an off-duty garda were yesterday laid to rest amid a continuing investigation into the incident.

DESPITE the severe shortage of jobs for architects, the first graduates from a joint degree at Cork’s two third-level colleges are hopeful for a bright future.

DESPITE the severe shortage of jobs for architects, the first graduates from a joint degree at Cork’s two third-level colleges are hopeful for a bright future.

VOLUNTEERS are being sought to help a cash- strapped local authority maintain an historic cemetery which has become overgrown due to government cutbacks.

COUNCIL officials have blamed Government cutbacks for the overgrown state of a burial ground in which some of Ireland’s best-known republican martyrs are buried.

SINCE the fatal road accident in Knocknaheeny last Thursday night, rumours have flourished over the exact reasons behind the tragedy.

GARDAÍ have met with senior members of all families connected to last Thursday’s tragic road deaths in Knocknaheeny, Cork, amid growing tensions in the area.

THE BIG freeze may have given way to torrential rain but the country’s drinking water supply is still under threat due to burst mains pipes and over-usage during the cold spell.

A STONEMASON stabbed to death in Cork city was yesterday remembered at his requiem mass as having been a cheerful, outgoing person who had a love of travel and cooking.

IT’S one of the most sought-after areas of Cork’s northside, so the launch of serviced sites in Kilcully should create a bit of trading-up stir.

A CITY council is to introduce strict restrictions on the size of headstones in its cemeteries following the furore surrounding a huge monument erected to a well-known horse dealer.

A FORMER lord mayor of Cork is to ask the city council to cap the height and width of headstones used in graveyards.

HOLLYWOOD stars mingled with mourners yesterday as actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers bid an emotional farewell to his beloved mother.

Some of the biggest names in the world of entertainment stood side by side with actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers this morning as he said a final farewell to his late mother.