Two men were arrested yesterday and charged with engaging in violent disorder at the Manhattan Bar in Togher, Cork, last Christmas, arising out of an incident where a man was killed.

A TEAM of up to 60 gardaí are involved in the investigation into the brutal killing of a 51-year-old man who died after violence flared between feuding families in Cork city.

A JURY was sworn in yesterday to hear the case against a man accused of having a machete and seriously assaulting another man.

WITH our chief soccer correspondent Liam Mackey still called away on other duties, Allan Prosser rises from the bench for a second week to arbitrate on the slings and arrows of outrageous opinions from our contributors.