The garda investigation into the brutal machete murder of a Polish father in Cork last summer is “live, ongoing and active”, the city’s coroner has been told.

Two street lights on one of Cork's busiest roundabouts were out of order on the night Sunita Chacko was knocked down while crossing the road beneath a dark flyover.

Cork’s city coroner has paid tribute to a garda who, over the last 14 years, has helped thousands of grieving families through the often difficult coronial process.

Gardaí in Cork have appealed for witnesses to a road traffic accident which has left an elderly pedestrian fighting for his life.

The parents of a little boy killed in a hit-and-run accident have called for tighter driving licence controls after it emerged a brain-damaged motorist had his licence renewed without having to resit a driving test.

A motorcyclist and a sportscar were involved in a high-speed race on a busy dual carriageway, with both vehicles weaving between traffic, just seconds before the biker was killed in a crash, witnesses have told an inquest.

Gardaí have confirmed that a child recently found four bags of heroin in Cork city, writes Kelly O'Brien of the Evening Echo.

A teenager who risked his life and braved strong currents in a bid to save a man from drowning has been hailed a hero.

An inquest into the death of a man, gunned down in a gangland-style attack on the southside of Cork City over six years ago is set to proceed after the DPP directed there be no prosecution at this time.

Criminal proceedings may be considered in relation to the deaths of two men in separate workplace accidents within days of each other in Cork, it has emerged.

Gardaí are still actively investigating the hit-and-run death of a French national in Cork City more than two years ago.

The family of a boy who drowned during last summer’s heatwave are still too traumatised to give direct evidence at an inquest, a coroner was told yesterday.

An inquest into the death of a man who was critically injured during a row outside a Cork pub has been adjourned pending a manslaughter trial.

Fears that super-strength heroin contributed to the deaths of two men in Cork were ruled out yesterday.

GARDAÍ were pelted with beer bottles and had their patrol car rammed four times during a high speed chase in Cork city which lasted nearly 45 minutes.

THREE teenagers could face criminal charges after a spate of stone throwing at traffic during which a toddler was seriously injured.

A FAMILY holiday almost turned to tragedy after a toddler was hit on the head by a rock thrown at his camper van.

Two members of a Chinese gang who kidnapped and robbed a fellow national as well as threatening to chop off his fingers and post them to his mother in China unless he paid them a further €15,000 have been jailed by Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.