A former HSE employee picked up a sharp object and started stabbing himself in the neck when he was first questioned by gardaí about the theft of €55,000 and an attempt to steal another €107,000 from the HSE.

A former HSE employee has been given a two year suspended sentence after he pleaded guilty to the theft and attempted theft from the HSE and its suppliers.

The family of a HSE official had last week moved out of their home in Cork, in fear, because a man before the court allegedly daubed offensive graffiti on cemetery headstones at a republican plot and painted the innocent man’s name and phone number on the graves.

A former HSE employee has pleaded guilty to charges relating to the theft and attempted theft of over €170,000 from the HSE and it's suppliers.

A former HSE employee was brought before Cork District Court yesterday charged with stealing over €55,000 and attempting to steal another €107,000 from the health authority.

A former HSE employee was today charged with the theft and attempted theft of more than €170,000 from the HSE and some of its suppliers.

Tottenham and England footballer Jermain Defoe is set to go on trial after the World Cup accused of using a hand-held mobile phone while driving.

A US gene researcher says he has cloned a miniature pig in a development he called a major step towards transplanting pig organs into humans.