One of the owners of buildings facing demolition on Cork’s historic spine has blamed the economic crash for the structures falling into dereliction.

"She was allowed to be herself here."

A murder accused told gardaí he feared his stepson would be killed by rival bikers, so he loaded a shotgun and went to a motorcycle clubhouse, where he shot a man dead.

PBC 11 Glenstal Abbey 3: Not even the torrential rain and the strong, cold and swirling wind at Thomond Park yesterday could dampen the delight of Presentation Brothers Cork as they defeated Glenstal Abbey by 11-3 to capture the Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Senior Cup for the 29th time.

Presentation Brothers College, the favourites, had to battle all the way before overcoming brave, injury-hit Bandon Grammar School in a pulsating Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Senior Cup final at Musgrave Park today.

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A man wearing a bullet-proof vest and armed with a sawn-off shotgun roamed Limerick on his pedal bike, intent on shooting people, and yesterday he was jailed for five and a half years.

A man armed with a sawn-off shotgun roamed Limerick on a pedal bike in broad daylight, seeking to shoot people. He wounded one man on a busy street while the victim was chatting to a group including young girls, one with special needs.

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A Kerry filmmaker is hoping for an international breakthrough at the forthcoming Cannes Film Festival.

Two gardaí accused of beating a teenager and leaving him with a lacerated kidney denied the assault during their Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) interviews.

The friend of a man who was allegedly attacked by two gardaí has told a court he was struck three times on the leg with a garda baton.

A young Dublin man has alleged two gardai repeatedly kicked him while he was handcuffed behind his back, leaving him with a damaged kidney.

Breathlessness can be caused by exercise, but can be symptomatic of a heart attack.

Ballina (Tipperary) 1-12 Dromin-Athlacca (Limerick) 0-14

Twenty-one years after the brilliant St Jovite gave him his only previous success in the Irish Derby, Jim Bolger won the race again at the Curragh on Saturday when trading Leather landed Ireland’s premier classic.

Leitrim 0-8 Offaly 0-9

Two Limerick men were charged at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin yesterday with the murder of local businessman Roy Collins in 2009.

ONLY the foot and mouth outbreak in 2001 has blemished the National Dairy Show’s 30-year record. No show was held that year.

A provisional liquidator has been appointed to haulage company Target Express, ending prospect of saving 390 jobs at the firm.

Ballincollig claimed the Mid-Cork U21AFC title as they dethroned last year’s champions Éire Óg at Coachford on Saturday.

Tributes poured in for the music promoter and businessman Tom Pigott yesterday, who died just after performing a song with Mary Black on board a cruise ship in the Caribbean.

Last week Kieran McGeeney provided an apocalyptic vision of the future landscape of the GAA.

A LIMERICK taximan thought he faced certain death as he was forced at gunpoint to drive for two hours around the city late at night.

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A MAN found with an Uzi submachine gun in a Limerick hotel was yesterday jailed for 10 years.

Three inner city men who got suspended sentences from Judge Tony Hunt for a violent robbery have been brought back before him at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for breaching their 9pm curfew conditions.

Offaly 0-9 Wexford 0-2

ABOUT 60 people yesterday mounted a protest outside a Kerry County Council meeting in Tralee, against what they claimed were over-restrictive planning policies in rural areas.

Walker Cup hopefuls Simon Ward and Jonathan Caldwell will lead the chase for the East of Ireland Amateur Open at Co Louth on Saturday.

A highly contagious form of stomach flu sickened hundreds of passengers during a voyage on the famed Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise ship in what US health officials called an unusually large outbreak.

An explosion rocked an industrial complex near downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this morning, injuring about 30 people.

A BITTERLY disappointing week for sport in the west worsened still further yesterday with Galway Golf Club’s defeat by North West in the semi-final of the Bulmers Irish Senior Cup.

Pre-Championship favourites Ulster captured the Golfsure sponsored Interprovincial

DARREN CROWE, a 24-year-old full-time golfer from Dunmurry, meets Pat Murray, 34, secretary/manager at Limerick Golf Club, in the first semi-final of the South of Ireland Championship at Lahinch this morning.

Irish Amateur Close Championship at Westport Golf Club

STUNG into action after a poor showing on day one of the Golfsure sponsored Youth Interprovincial Championship at Lahinch, Munster’s young golfers well and truly delivered the goods when they overwhelmed champions Leinster 8-1 yesterday.