People are “falling over” themselves to help St Vincent de Paul which is set to feed 2,500 families in Cork this Christmas.

A charity is poised to distribute Christmas food hampers to some 2,500 needy families across Cork city and county this festive season.

A man who survived a massive heart attack thanks to a publicly available defibrillator has condemned vandalism to Cork City’s first 24/7 life-saving device.

Child sexual abuse images of infants up to three years of age were reported in Ireland last year.

A pornographic website featuring dozens of Irish girls whose pictures were posted without their consent has been reported 24 times in less than a year to a hotline investigation service.

Ballincollig 0-13 Valley Rovers 0-8

A guy filming the inclement weather at Atlanta Airport in Georgia on Tuesday managed to catch a bit of a scary moment on camera.

Technology is tightening the net on people who create and share illegal images of child abuse.

Internet giants such as Facebook, Google, and Twitter are being given access to a database which will enable them to help uncover and remove millions of online images of child abuse.

There has been an alarming rise in the volume of child sexual abuse content online, with reports of illegal material by members of the public at an all-time high.

Ballincollig 1-15 St Finbarr’s 1-12: Let’s put to one side for a second Ballincollig’s successful opening bout in their county title defence, that much we expected, for the more pressing items emerging from Páirc Uí Rinn were Patrick Kelly’s ongoing struggle with a calf injury and the straight red card shown to John Miskella.

Tip-offs from Irish-based internet users regarding online child sex abuse are now as likely to feature reports of young boys being abused as young girls, according to an expert monitoring group.

Waterford Footballers pulled off a rare win over Cork, to advance to the McGrath Cup Final against UCC, after an 0-8 to 0-7 win in front of 337 spectators in Clashmore this afternoon.

The closing stages of the Cork senior football championship final seemed to pass in slow motion.

Team news for the Second Round of the Capital One Cup.

More than half of parents have not put any protections in place to protect their children from accessing harmful or inappropriate material online.

Teenagers have been warned over unwittingly creating pornography through the use of webcams which could be recording without their knowledge.

Ireland’s internet service providers have hit out at proposals that the Government should force them to introduce widespread automatic filters to block access by children to pornography.

Holidaymakers have been warned to be wary of booking holidays online this summer due to a spike in complaints about fake hotel booking confirmation emails.

Ballincollig claimed the Mid-Cork U21AFC title as they dethroned last year’s champions Éire Óg at Coachford on Saturday.

Campaigners against child abuse material available online are calling on the Department of Justice to bring in a range of measures, including laws to combat internet access to images of children of a sexual nature.

Rangers say they are close to agreeing a contract extension with David Healy.

THE world’s leading mobile phone maker Nokia is filing a fresh complaint against Apple for patent infringement in “virtually all” of Apple’s devices.

A touch of scoring class from Cork corner-forward Brian Hurley was the crucial intervention in deciding yesterday’s ESB Munster MFC final in Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney.

Joe Durant remained two shots clear of the field after the third round of the PGA Tour Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun.

REPORTS from the public regarding child porn and other illegal websites fell by almost a quarter last year, with internet watchdogs claiming the war was being won against criminal online content.

The vast majority of illegal websites reported to an Irish internet watchdog last year no longer exist or had the criminal content wiped, it emerged today.

A mixed-race couple who had one black and one white twin daughter seven years ago have defied the odds and done it again, it was reported today.

ST FLANNAN’S caused one of the first shocks in this year’s Corn Uí Mhuirí at Newcastlewest yesterday where they saw off the challenge of Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne in a keenly contested first-round tie.

AN IRISH internet watchdog received more than 2,500 reports of suspected child porn last year, it was revealed yesterday.

An Irish internet watchdog received more than 2,500 reports of suspected child porn last year, it was revealed today.

INTERNET service providers are virtually powerless to prevent cyber-bullying, with social networking sites fast becoming a popular vehicle for targeting vulnerable young people.

THE British Government is considering cutting internet access to people who download music and films illegally and it is likely if the move proves successful, similar measures may be introduced here.

IAN DURRANT watched Rangers crash out of the Tennent’s Scottish Cup to Dunfermline, then told furious fans: “I’m sorry”.

INTERNATIONAL authorities are unable to act against almost half of all illegal internet sites identified by the Irish public, an industry watchdog warns.

Reports of child porn on the internet from Irish net surfers have more than doubled, a new report has revealed.

An Irish colleges' collaboration has won through to the finals of a prestigious international gaming industry awards.