A 44-year-old plumber has been charged with the manslaughter of a woman who died from acute carbon monoxide poisoning at a Co Cork hotel on Jan 9, 2011.

The Courts Service appears to have softened its approach to relocating some of West Cork’s district courts to Cork City.

A judge has replaced a court’s poor box with a “poor court box” in a campaign to retain a sitting district court in Co Cork.

A 49-year old man has been charged with the murder of Cork widow Anne Corcoran.

HUNDREDS of people are expected to pack St Patrick’s Church in Kilbrittain, Co Cork, tonight for the removal of Anne Corcoran, the 60-year-old widow whose body was found in a shallow grave last Friday.

THREE British men have been further remanded in custody in connection with the biggest seizure of drugs in the history of the state.

THE yacht at the centre of last week’s record drugs haul off south-west Cork will be used as an exhibit when the case comes to court.

Three British men appeared at a special court sitting tonight charged in connection with the massive 1.7 tonne cocaine haul seized from a yacht off the west coast.