Driving a car can be as potentially lethal as firing a gun. 

The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has been urged to issue an immediate safety alert about the opening of empty oil drums, because a young apprentice was killed in a workplace explosion.

Warning signs were missed and there had been a series of communication failings in a labour ward in the hours before a baby suffered catastrophic brain damage during birth.

A husband and wife wept as they recalled bringing their baby home in a tiny white coffin after his death from a devastating brain injury suffered during birth.

A jury has returned a verdict of accidental death after an inquest heard how an experienced cyclist, who raised thousands of euro for Cork charities, struck a parked jeep after its driver pulled into the hard shoulder of a dual carriageway to ask him for directions.

A young father with severe headaches who was sent home from hospital three times in three weeks diagnosed with migraines died days later from a brain bleed.

A young father with severe headaches who was sent home from hospital three times in three weeks diagnosed with migraines died days later from a brain bleed.

A husband thought he was doing the right thing by rushing his beloved wife back to Cork University Hospital’s (CUH) mental health unit after she overdosed. He thought the unit’s medical staff, who had been caring for her earlier, could organise the urgent care she so desperately needed.

An inquest jury has returned a verdict of accidental death after viewing CCTV footage of a freak cherrypicker accident at Cork City’s main bus depot.

A teenager who risked his life and braved strong currents in a bid to save a man from drowning has been hailed a hero.

A coroner has highlighted the need for extreme vigilance on farms after an inquest heard how a toddler died in a farmyard accident in West Cork last year.

High-support units should be introduced in all Irish prisons and prison staff should get ongoing training on mental health issues, an inquest jury recommended yesterday after returning a verdict of suicide in the case of a prisoner who was found dead in his cell over three years ago.

A man who was arrested after being found “ranting and raving” in a neighbour’s back garden in the early hours of the morning died soon after falling ill, while handcuffed in a garda van.

An inquest into the death of a man, gunned down in a gangland-style attack on the southside of Cork City over six years ago is set to proceed after the DPP directed there be no prosecution at this time.

Prison officers have told an inquest that they would have placed a prisoner, deemed by medical staff in another prison to be at “unprecedented” risk of suicide, in a padded cell had they known the level of risk.

A Corkwoman who was killed in her home died as a result of a stab wound to her head, the inquest into her death has heard.

The Irish Red Cross has offered to conduct free checks on community-based defibrillators across the country in the wake of a diving tragedy off Cork.

Inquest heard man used up his air while removing a weight caught on guide line above harbour wreck

A coroner has issued a second warning about prescribing a popular antibiotic to patients already on cholesterol-lowering drugs after details of another death caused by a rare but potentially fatal interaction between them emerged yesterday.

A prosecution is under way following the death of a man in a workplace accident at University College Cork (UCC).

Two people who availed of Cork’s homeless services before their bodies were recovered from the River Lee died from drowning.

A cyclist who died in a fall at the bottom of one of Cork’s steepest streets had no working brakes on his bike, an inquest has heard.

A woman who died when a van skidded on ice was most likely the person driving, an inquest established yesterday.

The family of a man who shot himself days after his first experience with a magic mushrooms-type drug has issued a stark warning about the dangers of drugs.

The family of a pensioner whose beaten body was found bound and dumped on the floor of his home almost seven years ago has made an emotional appeal for help tracing his killers.

Vulnerable recluse Christopher ‘Gussie’ Hornibrook, 73, was loved and cared for but shunned help to live the life he wanted, his devastated family said.

Dunnes Stores has tightened lock-up procedures at its flagship Cork City store after a woman lay dead overnight in its toilets.

The mother of a young woman who was killed while driving a defective car said she is "delighted" she will receive the report from the vehicle’s final NCT.

A grieving mother, whose daughter was killed while driving a defective car, has been denied access to an NCT report which could shed new light on what caused the crash.

A leading motor assessor has accused the national car testing service, which is refusing to release NCT results on a car which was involved in a fatal road traffic accident, of hiding behind data protection laws.

A roofer sustained catastrophic injuries when he fell almost three metres from a ladder in a workplace accident at Cork Institute of Technology.

A coroner has praised a woman, whose entire family was wiped out in a car crash in England caused by a suicidal driver, for her courage and dignity in the face of unspeakable tragedy, and for her selfless campaign to raise awareness of suicide risk assessment.

Gardaí should get regular refresher courses in CPR, a jury recommended after an inquest yesterday into the death of a man who collapsed in a Garda station cell.

A young boy suffered devastating head injuries when he was thrown from a horse after it was spooked and bitten by dogs, an inquest has heard.

The widow of a 34-year-old fisherman who died in a tragic accident on board a trawler off the Cork coast has settled her action for damages for €450,000.

The jury at an inquest into the death of a toddler who fell from an upstairs window has urged the HSE to immediately publish the findings of an external review into the handling of the 999 call after the accident.

A jury has returned a verdict of unlawful killing after an inquest heard a man who left a party when a row flared in a Cork City flat was followed onto the street and stabbed in the heart.

A man who left a party after a row flared in a Cork City apartment complex was followed outside and stabbed through the heart.

An inquest into the death of a man who was critically injured during a row outside a Cork pub has been adjourned pending a manslaughter trial.