An Post says it has contacted the Data Protection Commissioner following a breach involving 250 of its customers in Cork.

“It’s a disaster for the village,” is how the owner of Falvey’s pharmacy, Conor Falvey, summed up the fallout from the weekend fire in Douglas Shopping Centre that has forced its temporary closure.

A man who stole almost €47,000 from the State by claiming his dead aunt's pension has avoided a jail term because he "informed on himself" and paid back all the money.