Gardaí in Cork are investigating separate acts of random vandalism - one in which all 88 greenway spotlights were ‘irreparably’ damaged in a drill attack and the other which caused some €2,000 damage to dugouts at a soccer club which has produced a Champions League-winning goalkeeper.

A family touched by personal tragedy has helped get a life-saving initiative off the ground in one of Ireland’s largest towns.

Woman who lost her father two years ago raises money through golf event to help install first telephone box defibrillator in Carrigaline