Gardaí are closing in on the Vernon Mount arsonists who torched the historic and protected Georgian villa in Cork City at the weekend.

An inquest into the death of a man, gunned down in a gangland-style attack on the southside of Cork City over six years ago is set to proceed after the DPP directed there be no prosecution at this time.

Gardaí have issued a strong warning to parents to be aware of what their teenagers are doing at night after questioning a 15-year-old boy about a fire which gutted a shop in a Cork suburb over the weekend.

Ireland 3 Netherlands 1: The Republic of Ireland U15 side suffered a 3-1 loss to the Netherlands in their final fixture of the campaign at Pike Rovers FC in Limerick yesterday.

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A 28-year-old man is being questioned by gardaí investigating the gangland-style shooting of a man in Cork last year.

Five people have been charged with public order offences after almost 200 people, mostly students, attended a Facebook-advertised house party in a Cork suburb.

Gardaí investigating the gangland-style shooting of a man in Cork last year arre-sted an inmate at Limerick Prison yesterday.

Gardaí are following a definite line of enquiry after a man armed with a screwdriver robbed a filling station on the outskirts of Cork City yesterday.

ARMED raiders who stole over €100,000 from a cash delivery van in Cork disguised their getaway car as an unmarked Garda car.

GARDAÍ are preparing a file for the DPP after releasing without charge two teenagers who were questioned about two attacks on women in Cork City on the same night before Christmas.

THE relatives of a father of two killed in a violent feud have no wish to see another family suffer a similar tragedy, his requiem Mass in Cork heard yesterday.

Gardaí fear there will be retaliation attacks and that a family feud will intensify after the death of a man following a fight outside a Cork city bar, according to the Evening Echo newspaper.

GARDAÍ have expressed concerns that a violent feud between rival families may escalate in the coming days following the killing of a married father of two.

FIVE major Cork city sports groups have joined forces to hit out at the controversial €750,000 Rock Bingo development, claiming it will have a “devastating effect” on the funding of their organisations.

A GARDA crackdown on a controversial student drinking festival, which had wreaked havoc in a Cork suburb, has been hailed a complete success.

The outcome of a case involving a Cork city bingo hall could set a precedent for charitable laws, says Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

GARDAÍ investigating the brutal gangland-style shooting of a man in Cork last August have identified the murder weapon.

AMERICAN airstrikes on a major opium growing region in Afghanistan and the rise in cannabis “grow houses” has been attributed to a huge fall in the use of heroin in Cork.

A MAJOR international air accident investigation is underway to establish why an aircraft crashed in heavy fog on its third landing attempt at Cork Airport yesterday, killing six of the 12 passengers on board.

Two people walked ‘miraculously’ from the scene of today’s crash at Cork Airport, it has emerged.

TRIBUTES poured in last night for teenager Aoife Downey who was killed in a tragic sledging accident in Cork at the weekend.

Passengers who were on the flight on which Cork broadcaster Neil Prendeville is alleged to have exposed himself and masturbated himself will be interviewed by gardaí over the coming days.

PLANS are being made for by-laws to combat an “epidemic of out-of-control horses” which is making many householders’ lives “a misery” in parts of Cork City.

FIGHTING illness can be a tough thing, especially when you’re young.

GARDAÍ say they are “absolutely amazed” a number of motorists who witnessed a mechanical digger demolishing a cash machine have not contacted an investigation team.

GARDAÍ have issued a fresh appeal for information about the movements of a red van which was used by the gunman who killed a Cork drugs dealer on Wednesday, January 20.

A group claiming to be the Real IRA has declared it was responsible for the murder of Gerard Staunton in the Cork suburb of Wilton last week.

GARDAÍ investigating the murder of Ger ‘Topper’ Staunton in Cork city last week have appealed for a woman spotted near the scene around the time of the shooting to come forward.

GARDAÍ searching for the killer of a convicted Cork drugs dealer believe the van used by the gunman avoided main roads during the getaway.

THE gunman who shot dead a 41-year-old convicted drugs dealer with his partner and her two children just inches away showed a “callous and brutal disregard for human life”, according to investigating gardaí.

A TEAM of 40 detectives aided by other Garda specialist units are trying to solve the killing of a 41-year-old Cork man.

Detectives were tonight hunting a lone gunman after a 41-year-old man was killed in a suspected drugs-related shooting – the fifth gun death in Ireland since the start of the year.

GARDA Commissioner Fachtna Murphy has made changes in senior ranks of the force in the southern region.

Gardaí in Cork arrested a man today and charged him with murdering a 20-year-old father of one almost three years ago.

Two men were arrested and charged today with the murder of Christian Scully at Sober Lane, Sullivan’s Quay, Cork, last year.

A 43-YEAR-OLD man who was accused of the unlawful killing of Jean Scanlon at her home in Cork City said “I’m sorry” when he was charged.

A 43-year-old man was brought before Cork District Court today and charged with the unlawful killing of Jean Scanlon at her home in Cork city.

A prisoner escaped from Cork District Court today, the second escape from the building in recent times.