A DOCTOR is before a Medical Council fitness to practise inquiry over the care he gave to a man who died of cancer 15 months after a mole was surgically removed from his back.

A father-of-two who threatened to cut his neighbour's throat, slice him up and burn his house down following a dispute has been given a four-year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

THE co-location hospital plan for Cork is a “win-win situation” for patients and the State, said the man behind the project last night.

A SALES tax to finance specific local authority projects should be considered by the Government, Cork Chamber of Commerce president John Cashell suggested last night.