As gardaí follow more than 300 lines of inquiry over the gruesome killing of Frankie Dunne, his family has said they are “numb and in shock” after his death.

Frankie's family say they hope to raise money for Simon to assist the homeless community in the city.

Gardaí investigating the brutal murder of a man whose decapitated body was found on the grounds of a vacant house in Cork city last weekend are still combing the property for forensic evidence.

The victim of a gruesome murder was not a violent man and garda sources say they do not know what he could have done, if anything, to have warranted being killed in such a brutal fashion.

Murder victim Francis 'Frankie' Dunne was a client of a high-support shelter a short distance from where his decapitated body was found.

Gardaí investigating the gruesome killing of another homeless man in Cork, whose head and arms were apparently cut off, have appealed for witnesses to contact them.

People blessed themselves as they passed the imposing property on the southside of Cork city where the decapitated and armless remains of a man were found over the weekend.

Gardaí investigating the gruesome killing of a man whose head and arms were apparently cut off have appealed for witnesses to contact them.

A murder investigation is underway after the discovery of a man's body outside a vacant house in Cork city.

Rochestown murderer Peter Whelan will be locked up until at least 2025 under the new Parole Act, the Government has confirmed.

A homeless man in his fifties who was savagely beaten to death was a talented chef who had bravely battled alcohol addiction without losing his sense of humour or his spirit.

Gardaí investigating the death of a homeless man in Cork city this morning have called on any witnesses to come forward, and say there may have been a disturbance at the scene of the attack in the hours leading up to the fatal assault.

Loud parties and arguments were not unusual at Joe O’Callaghan’s sheltered housing unit in the heart of Douglas, on the southside of Cork City.

Sunday is the new runday for the Irish Examiner Cork City Marathon as the 2017 race was launched.

The heartbroken family of murder victim Aidan O’Driscoll will gather for his rosary tonight as gardaí prepare for a major security operation for his funeral, writes Alan Healy.

The 25-year-old son of a woman found dead at her home in Cork City has officially been charged with murder.

A file is being sent to the DPP on a man in his twenties who was questioned by gardai about a murder in Co Cork last night.

A post mortem examination is being carried out on the body of a man who was fatally stabbed in east Cork.

A knife has been recovered near the scene of a fatal stabbing in Co Cork in the early hours of this morning.

Gardai have launched a murder investigation following the death of a man in Co Cork.