A WEST Cork farmer has invited landowners and farmers from across the country to a mass rally at his property next Friday aimed at stopping the ESB running unwelcome overhead pylons through people’s lands.

A MOTHER wept at an inquest yesterday as she heard conflicting evidence about the speed a driver was allegedly doing when he crashed, fatally injuring her 19-year-old son, a front seat passenger in the car.

A DRIVER whose passenger was killed while they were following the Cork 20 Rally failed to appear at a coroner’s court yesterday to give evidence about the tragic accident.

GARDAÍ spent years looking for James Lombard to bring him to trial for sexually assaulting 16 children in Cork city in the mid-1990s.

A serial sex offender captured today three weeks after he disappeared on the final day of his trail at Cork Circuit Court has been remanded in custody to appear at Youghal Circuit Court.

A man accused of murdering another man in Cork city last May had the case against him sent forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court today.

Gardaí arrested a man early today and charged him with committing a murder in Cork city last May.

A YOUNG woman who fantasised about being the wife of a garda claimed the object of her fantasies had systematically raped and sexually assaulted her over five years, leading to the transfer of the garda to another area.

GARDAÍ are continuing to investigate the suspicious death of a 32-year-old woman who was found lying at the bottom of a stairs with head and neck injuries.

A teenager was arrested today and charged with arson causing €6m worth of damage at a factory in Cork city.

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