The young man who denied murdering a middle-aged man at the Manhattan Bar in Cork in Christmas 2011 has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

A 20-year-old man has been remanded in custody after he pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a father of two during a row at a pub in Cork on St Stephen's Night three years ago.

A young man went on trial yesterday on a charge of murdering a middle-aged man in Cork at Christmas 2011.

WHILE six gangland killings in Cork remain unsolved, gardaí are continuing to pursue the perpetrators and, in one case have lodged a file with the DPP, are “consolidating” another, and hoping for a breakthrough in a third.

A teenager has been charged with murder following an 18-month investigation into the death of a man after a melee at a pub in Cork.

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A woman told a court she had her jaw broken and was knocked unconscious by a man who swung a baseball bat or some kind of club into her face but a jury found him not guilty.

Two young men involved in a feud between rival families have been arrested in connection with the brutal killing of 51-year- old grandfather in Cork.

GARDAÍ have interviewed more than 20 people in connection with the brutal killing of a 51-year-old grand-father which was sparked by a feud between rival families.

THE Lord Mayor of Cork has appealed for the family of a man killed in a violent feud to be given the space to mourn at his funeral Mass, which takes place this morning.

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.

A TEAM of up to 60 gardaí are involved in the investigation into the brutal killing of a 51-year-old man who died after violence flared between feuding families in Cork city.

A JURY was sworn in yesterday to hear the case against a man accused of having a machete and seriously assaulting another man.

THE murder of Gerard “Topper” Staunton is only the fifth gangland killing to occur in Cork, but the fifth nationally this month.