Children’s charities across Cork are counting on HSE capital funding early next year to allow for the construction of a two-storey extension above the existing children’s ward at Cork University Hospital.

GARDAÍ are awaiting the results of toxicology tests following the discovery of a woman’s body in a house at Patrickswell, Limerick, at about 7pm on Tuesday.

CAROL HICKEY’S golden goal earned Crescent College Comprehensive a historic victory in the Munster Schoolgirls Senior Hockey Cup final at Garryduff yesterday.