One of Ireland’s largest maritime festivals kicks off in Cork tonight marking the start of a bumper bank holiday weekend of water and land-based activity.

THE killing of a child always sends a shiver down the spine but the death of a child at the hands of a parent is seen by many as the worst kind of killing.

A 27-year-old man serving life imprisonment for the murder of his baby daughter was today sentenced to four years for stabbing the child’s mother.

A 27-year-old father has been sentenced to life imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for the murder of his baby daughter in April of last year.