A former Christian Brother who sexually abused three teenage students in the deaf school he worked in has been sentenced to 12 years with the last three suspended.

GARDAÍ are mounting one of the largest-ever security operations in Cork today for the Queen’s historic visit.

CORK city is open for business on Friday despite the massive security operation for the queen’s visit.

CHANGES to school bus rules are an attack on rural Ireland and will mean new pupils travelling to different schools or their parents paying fares that are four times what they pay for their older brothers and sisters, teachers claimed yesterday.

THE ownership of eight Presentation Brothers’ schools has been taken over by a board of lay trustees. They include seven Cork schools.

A €150m plan to have a laptop in every classroom in the country was launched today.

A TEACHING job which attracted almost 400 applications is one of hundreds attracting the same level of interest around the country, according to the principal who had to sift through applications before filling the post last month.

THOUSANDS of primary pupils are to get a boost to their enjoyment of reading thanks to a €185,000 gift from a Cork publishing firm.

ON the morning last week when a whale came up the bay, I found four missed calls on my telephone at 10am.

ONE of Ireland’s most talented young artists has beaten thousands of hopefuls to scoop a top award.

GARDAÍ admitted yesterday to being baffled by the lack of information coming from the public in relation to the hijacking of a 25-year-old woman’s car and her unlawful imprisonment.

SURVIVORS of the 1981 Stardust fire disaster say they have new evidence which suggests it may have been caused by an electrical fault.

ANNE HEALY found nothing to console her in the budget despite her hopes of getting some additional staff.