Thurles CBS have twice won back- to-back Dr Harty Cup titles.

They’ve contested the last two Electric Ireland Munster minor hurling finals but Waterford or Limerick will bow out of the championship in Thurles this evening (7pm).

A Cork drug lord who was found slumped in his cell in Mountjoy Prison died from heroin intoxication, an inquest has heard.

A Cork drug dealer serving a 16-year sentence for the biggest seizure of ecstasy in the State has died from a suspected overdose in prison.

A driver of a van loaded with almost E5m worth of ecstasy tablets destined for the Cork drugs market was sentenced to 24 years in prison this evening.