Gardaí claimed one of the men arrested following an operation targeting heroin dealers was planning an armed robbery of a rural Cork post office.

The young man who admitted stabbing another man 13 times causing his death has no history of committing acts of violence, but there is no shortage of violence in his past.

Two young men involved in a feud between rival families have been arrested in connection with the brutal killing of 51-year- old grandfather in Cork.

THE close family of a man slain in a mass brawl on St Stephen’s night fear that as soon as he is buried a revenge attack will be launched on those suspected of killing him.