Update: Homes, farms and businesses are still without power supply following bad weather overnight after almost 10,000 customers were affected this morninhg, mainly in Cork, Tipperary and Wexford.

A popular plus-sized model and blogger, Katie Higgins, has revealed how she has been left very upset and shaken after being verbally abused and "fat-shamed" by a man yesterday.

A man with multiple sclerosis who displays a disabled driver badge in his car was arrested and taken to Cork Prison in his wheelchair after refusing to pay a €40 parking fine.

Let the bells ring out — and not before time. Cork’s landmark Shandon clock, which has been at a standstill for months, is set to tick again within weeks.

The build-up started with Cork’s 96FM’s ‘below the belt’ promotion directing a thinly veiled personal swipe at their former prizefighter.