A Venezuelan transsexual who was convicted as a man on a charge of helping to run a brothel arrived in the appeal court yesterday as a woman, hoping to have the case dismissed.

Cappamore (Limerick) 1-06 Clarecastle (Clare) 0-04

Freddy Keron denied Sergui Ciobanu a notable three-in-a-row triumph when the Kenyan broke the course record to win yesterday’s sixth edition of the Cork City Marathon since it was revived in 2007.

Freddy Kearon has won the sixth annual Cork City Marathon today in a record time of 2:22:11.

A West Cork restaurateur was given an 18-month suspended jail sentence yesterday for sexually assaulting a woman dining at his premises in 2009.

A West Cork restaurateur has been convicted of sexually assaulting a woman dining at his premises.

There is no mental health treatment centre here capable of caring for a teenage girl whose violent temper has resulted in 30 convictions for assault, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

A fitness to practice inquiry into allegations of “irresponsible” prescribing by a Cork GP was adjourned unexpectedly yesterday after it emerged she had failed to provide key patient medical notes to the hearing.

A FAMILY doctor could be struck off the medical register for allegedly supplying hundreds of euro worth of prescription drugs to known criminals after they subjected her to a campaign of physical and verbal intimidation.

The Thomas Crosbie Holdings All-Ireland Schools Quiz was held at Jury’s Hotel, Cork last night.

ARD Scoil Ris, Limerick maintained the high standard for the college in the TCH All-Ireland Schools Quiz at the South Court Hotel Limerick, winning a very exciting contest by just two points with a score of 102 against Mercy Secondary School, Kanturk.

THE solicitor who defended Wayne O’Donoghue is set to give an impassioned defence of the rights of victims to speak out in court about their ordeal.

WORKERS and unions yesterday spoke of the “unbelievable shock” after ADM announced it was to close its plant in Cork with the loss of 146 jobs.

THE public has lost confidence in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) following the spillage of 252 tonnes of caustic soda into Cork Harbour, the Green Party said last night.

Chemical company ADM of Ringaskiddy was convicted and fined €30,000 today after pleading guilty to two criminal offences of breaching health and safety legislation after a fatal accident at the plant two years ago.