Five men have been arrested after a spate of car break-ins and separate burglary incidents across Cork.

Irish soldiers have tested a new generation of air defence weaponry in Sweden to ensure the Defence Forces has a “state of the art” system for the next 20 years.

A 24-year-old man has died in Beaumont hospital today following a crash on Adelaide Road on August 22, 2017.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following a serious crash at the junction of Adelaide Rd and Earlsfort Tce, Dublin 2 yesterday evening.

Dozens of holiday makers had a lucky escape this afternoon after a car ploughed over a low wall and crashed onto a beach in Co Clare.

Flights to the UK are to resume at Waterford Regional Airport after a year-long hiatus which has seen no scheduled commercial services at the facility.

The Department of Defence has been embroiled in further allegations that it failed to provide necessary paperwork for clearance into a foreign country after claims emerged that an Air Corps plane was prevented from entering Swedish airspace. The plane barely had sufficient fuel for the return trip to Ireland.

A successful and wealthy Google engineer had little joy in his life so he set out to formulate an equation for happiness, writes Helen O’Callaghan.

Four members of one family pleaded guilty at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to engaging in a violent disorder in Mallow where damage was caused to the property of another family.

The pace of change mainly in product development at Volvo is pretty astonishing right now. 

Twelve counties left, 10 weeks to the All- Ireland Senior Final, one hurling question in neon, writes PM O’Sullivan.

WHAT have the Chinese ever done for us? Well, aside from being a cradle of civilisation, having the largest population in the world as well as being the world’s fastest growing economy, it has given us paper and printing, noodles, gunpowder, the compass, the coffin, the rowing oar, Beijing Duck, acupuncture, the banknote, the bristle toothbrush, alcohol, toilet paper, the hand grenade, tea, and the restaurant menu, among other things.

Garda checkpoints and armed patrols are back in the heartland of the Kinahan cartel in south Dublin to prevent retaliation for the “barbaric” murder of Hutch associate Noel Duggan.

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has begun testing a system that would allow air traffic control functions at Shannon and Cork airports to be undertaken from a remote centre in Dublin.

Army bomb experts are to develop a hi-tech system to deal with a chemical, biological or nuclear explosion.

There was a time not so long ago when it was feared — with some reasonable justification — that Volvo was about to disappear down the same hatch that swallowed whole its’ fellow Swedish manufacturer Saab, writes Declan Colley

ZIMBABWE: Zimbabwe’s reigning Mr Ugly faces tough competition in this year’s contest, with organisers saying they received a record number of entries.

John Vahey shows us around his 1910 Model T Tourabout at the start of the Irish Veteran and Vintage Car Club Brass Brigade Run at Dungarvan Park Hotel, Co Waterford.

A lost drug shipment was suspected of sparking the appalling violence that resulted in a hard-working and loving family “losing everything”.

A young man was stuck in the boot of a car driven at high speed through the northside of Cork City before it crashed, it emerged at Cork District Court.

"Well that's her car"

General Motors said yesterday it was recalling 524,384 cars and sport utility vehicles globally in two actions dealing with potential latch problems and loose parts and would stop sales of two new truck models with potential air bag defects.

A man questioned by gardaí in West Limerick in connection with a shooting at a housing estate which left a brother and sister wounded, has been released without charge.

The army has unveiled its first €1m computerised firing range which will make a camp in Co Cork one of its finest and busiest training centres.

Separate rush-hour accidents yesterday on either side of the South Ring carriageways almost forced the closure of the Jack Lynch Tunnel in Cork.

Six of the seven men charged with carrying out an aggravated burglary at the home of a young family last month have again been remanded in custody following their latest court appearance.

A Saab automobile car rolled off the assembly line yesterday for the first time in more than two years.

A new Saab car has rolled off the Swedish production line for the first time in two and a half years.

The brother of murdered dissident republican Alan Ryan and another man have been found not guilty of the possession of an assault rifle and a handgun by direction of the Special Criminal Court.

The Special Criminal Court will rule next week on the admissibility of evidence of the arrest of two men on trial for the possession of an assault rifle and handgun.

A former army sergeant, who survived an IRA bomb blast, has stabbed his two children to death before killing himself.

The buyer of bankrupt Saab completed the deal to acquire most of its assets in a step that advanced its plans to make electric cars but said it would not be able to use the Swedish firm’s distinctive griffin head logo.

An electric car-making consortium has penned a deal to buy the better part of bankrupt Swedish car-maker Saab, rescuing the brand from insolvency.

Gardaí in Co Wicklow are seeking the public's help in finding a 63-year-old woman who has been missing since yesterday afternoon.

Trustees of bankrupt Saab Automobile said today that they have received several potential bids from international and Swedish investors looking to rescue the car maker from insolvency.

Gardaí in Cork investigating an armed robbery at a petrol station there on Wednesday are appealing for help from the public about the car used in the incident.

ARMED raiders who stole over €100,000 from a cash delivery van in Cork disguised their getaway car as an unmarked Garda car.

MASKED robbers armed with sawn-off shotguns stole up to €140,000 from a G4 security van in Cork yesterday afternoon.

GARDAÍ will this morning continue their search for suspected burglars who crashed their high-powered car following a chase in East Cork last night.

SAAB filed for bankruptcy yesterday, giving up a desperate struggle to stay in business after previous owner General Motors blocked takeover attempts by Chinese investors.

Car-maker Saab has filed for bankruptcy, according to a Swedish court.

The Russian owner of Portsmouth Football Club has been arrested in London in connection with a money laundering probe that has rocked Lithuania and Latvia, officials said today.

THE father of a man on trial for murder was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the crime within an hour of the killing taking place.

The father of a man on trial for murder was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the crime within an hour of the killing taking place.