A penicillin injection was given to a woman aged 75 at Cork University Hospital but she was allergic to the medicine and died within hours.

MEMBERS of the public who were collecting emergency supplies of water from tankers at Blackpool Shopping Centre on Cork city’s northside yesterday were admirably level-headed about the whole affair, in spite of their concerns about getting through up to a week without direct access to one of life’s basics.

THIS is a big weekend for schools rugby.

IRFU disciplinary chiefs have handed down a three-week ban to Munster back row Denis Leamy, after the UCC ace was cited following an AIB All Ireland League clash with Old Belvedere.