A murder accused stabbed a fellow Cork prison inmate in the heart and smiled as he told a witness: “If I get a life sentence it doesn’t matter”, a jury has heard.

A man has gone on trial for the alleged murder of a fellow inmate at Cork prison last year.

A pitiless attacker struck a 50-year-old woman repeatedly in the head with a 2ft machete as he demanded cash. The culprit was yesterday jailed for six years after the victim said he had seen her as nothing more than a walking ATM.

Criminal proceedings may be considered in relation to the deaths of two men in separate workplace accidents within days of each other in Cork, it has emerged.

A young American student had her skull fractured by a man who walked up behind her and swung a 2ft machete at her head,resulting in the accused facing into a total of five years in jail yesterday.

A book of evidence was served yesterday on a man facing a robbery charge in a case where a young student from the US had her skull fractured by an assailant who allegedly walked up behind her and swung a two-foot machete at her head before robbing her.

A man facing a robbery charge was remanded in custody for a fortnight yesterday in a case where a young American had her skull fractured by a man who allegedly walked up behind her and swung a 2ft machete at her head before robbing her.

A 19-year-old American student had her skull fractured by a man who walked up behind her and swung a two-foot machete at her head before robbing her.

Two men have been remanded in custody after being charged in connection with a spate of robberies in Cork City last week in which people were attacked with a machete.

A MAN described as a nuisance to Dungarvan was jailed for three years yesterday for stabbing a man he claimed had “propositioned” him during a party.