A Corkman who tried to smother his girlfriend before stabbing her in the neck when she asked “what about my kids?” has been convicted of her murder.

A man who denies murdering his girlfriend was categorised by the prosecution as a controlling individual who committed murder in a jealous rage but the defence claimed he felt provoked and lost control.

The defence in the case of a man who denies murdering his girlfriend at her home called evidence from a pathologist who suggested the victim died as a result of a stab wound and that smoke inhalation was not a factor.

The Passage man on trial for murdering his girlfriend confessed to gardaí that he stabbed her with a kitchen knife and she did not even think it was coming.

The man accused of murdering his girlfriend at her home in Passage West, Co Cork, more than five years ago told gardaí that he snapped, stabbed her in the neck, and set fire to the house.

The jury in the trial of a man who admitted killing his girlfriend is unable to decide whether he is guilty of murder or manslaughter.

A man who admits stabbing his girlfriend but denies her murder told gardai she asked, "what about my kids?" before he stuck a knife in her neck.

A murder accused started crying and admitted to stabbing his girlfriend when gardaí confronted him about inconsistencies in what he had told them.

A Cork man jailed for life last year for the murder of a mother of three in her home has won an appeal against conviction but now faces a possible retrial.

A Cork man jailed for life last year for the murder of a mother-of-three in her home, which he then set on fire, has moved to appeal his conviction.

CATHAL Coughlan has never been one for tiptoeing gently into the night, writes Ed Power

A young Cork woman raised the alarm to evacuate her family from their burning home before the smoke eventually overwhelmed her causing her to die .

Road Bowling

Christy Mullins and James O’Donovan won the two feature scores at the Dingle Cliff and Coastal Rescue benefit on the Ballydavid Road near Dingle.

People in the East Cork area are being asked to donate to a fund to rebuild a family’s home after it was destroyed by a fire which claimed the life of a 22-year-old woman.

Prayers were said at masses yesterday for the young woman who perished in a house fire in east Cork at the weekend.

A man jailed for life last month for murdering a woman in Cork has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for arson.

A swarm of adventurous bees caused excitement in Monkstown, Co Cork, when they decided to make the most of the weather by spending the day on a boat.

A man has been jailed for life for murdering a woman he had been "an item" with for three months.

A murder trial has heard that text messages between the deceased and a man accused of her murder were of good nature in the hours before her body was found.

A man accused of murdering a woman he had been in a three-month relationship with told gardaí that a knife was no sooner in his hands "than it was in her neck", a jury has heard.

A 37-year-old man has gone on trial accused of murdering a woman he had been "an item" with for three months.

Newcestown 2-14 Blarney 1-14

Nemo Rangers 3-11 Bishopstown 0-03

Douglas’ Peter O’Keeffe showed again he is a talent worth monitoring after sharing top spot in the Munster PGA’s inaugural Morgan O’Donovan Perpetual Trophy at Monkstown GC.

Bill Dunlea has seen more than his fair share of floods swamp Blackpool — but he has never seen the village flood as fast as it did on Thursday night.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a mother of three who was found at her burnt-out home yesterday morning. (UPDATED WITH VIDEO) 

The home Olivia Dunlea shared with her three children in Passage West, Co Cork, bore all the hallmarks of typical family living.

Peaceful protests had failed to stop the closure of a post office in a village community in the heart of Cork City.

Pipe bands, representatives of sports clubs, traders, and residents of Blackpool in Cork took to the streets over the weekend in a bid to retain a post office in the village centre.

The battle to save Blackpool post office has begun, writes Eoin English

Ballydesmond 1-17 Canovee 0-13

Tony Carey beat Tony Dunlea by two bowls in the Munster veteran final at Kilcorney on Monday to set up an All-Ireland final meeting with Oliver Gribben, who retained his Ulster title on the same evening.

Aidan Murphy completed the lineup for the Munster senior championship semi-finals when he beat Gary Daly by close to two bowls of odds in torrential rain at Carrigaline on Saturday.

All the positive spin in the world cannot hide the desperation that has engulfed the once mighty St Nicholas.

DANIEL, three, loves hugging the big yellow puppet. Susie, four, jumps up and down trying to pop the bubbles being blown throughout the room.

A highly-competitive Muskerry derby at Macroom on Saturday went Canovee’s way, repeating last year’s first round win over neighbours Aghabullogue in booking their place in the next round of the Cork IFC.

HEARTBREAK for Canovee at Donoughmore on Saturday, a devastating final five-minute spell propelling never-say-die Kildorrery into a Cork IFC quarter-final clash with either Éire Óg or Glanworth, a result, over the hour, they hardly deserved.