A young mother has thanked the people of Cork for their support and assistance in the four months which have passed since her partner was found dead in a slurry pit.

A Cork mother has been describing how she and her two daughters Lily, 4-years-old, and Katie, 2-years-old, have carried on since her partner Diarmuid Twomey was found dead in a slurry pit in Whitechurch in January.

A community has rallied to help a family in north Cork whose home has been gutted by fire just two weeks before Christmas.

An animal rights group has offered a further €5,000 reward for any information on the brutal stabbing and killing of a pet dog in Cork City.

A young woman tried to chop off one of her own fingers with an axe in a desperate bid to end chronic pain caused by a crush injury.

A landlord in Cork City has had his house ruined by a family who blocked all the toilets in his house and kept maggot-infested human faeces in black bags on the floor.

A city has rallied to help a homeless man who was burnt out of his tent.

The Christmas spirit is alive and well in Cork city, where an 11-year-old boy from Fermoy spent most of his Christmas budget to buy gifts for a homeless woman’s children.

A Cork mother has received a report from the NCT on the car her daughter was driving when she died in a crash almost two years ago.

The Bishop of Cork and Ross has distanced himself from comments made by a priest who asked mourners at a funeral to pray that former lord mayor of Cork, John Murray, would be found not guilty of sex assault charges.

A LOCAL authority last night ruled out granting a housing transfer to a young couple based on their claims that their house is haunted.