Solicitors who handle what eventually turn out to be set-up accidents may be contributing to fraudulent personal injury claims, a judge said today in what is the strongest criticism yet by the judiciary of some members of the legal profession.

Self-pity over bad luck and refereeing decisions has cost Cork in the past, Donncha O’Connor believes.

Kevin Flahive says he and his Cork teammates weren’t surprised when Limerick dumped Tipperary out of the championship.

The initial fixture three weeks ago didn’t go ahead with UL protesting the coin toss that saw LIT granted home venue for the game.

A major planning row has erupted in a North Kerry village between several pub owners and a golf course over plans for an extension to its clubhouse.

It ended with bodies being flung, arms spread wide, legs hacking chaotically, and the general confusion of a final ’45 dropped upon close to 28 players.

Cork will meet Clare in the McGrath Cup final this Saturday after comfortably dismissing Limerick in today’s penultimate round clash at a venue which had neither a stand nor a scoreboard.

The Cork football team to face Tipperary in Saturday’s Munster SFC semi-final contains two championship debutants.

The Cork football team to face Tipperary in Saturday’s Munster SFC semi-final contains two championship debutants.

An independent review initially considered adding an historic complaint against whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe to the terms of reference of the O'Higgins commission of investigation, but decided not to after reviewing the garda investigation files.

A group of Romanians, mainly based in Galway, had been linked to Irish Travellers in an utterly dishonest scam of staging car crashes to mount fraudulent personal injury claims, a judge stated yesterday.

A point in the final minute by centre-back David Griffin salvaged a draw for St Francis College in the Simcox Cup (Cork Schools SFC final) under lights in Carrigaline last night.

Cork League roundup

Dublin 2-14 Cork 1-13

Douglas 0-09 Newcestown 0-05

St Brendan’s Ardfert 0-23 Ballyheigue 0-09

Budget cuts to state-funded school transport schemes are uprooting children from their communities and heaping heavy costs on parents, it has been claimed.

For the big three credit rating agencies, growing criticism this past week that their ratings systems are flawed must have sounded like a familiar refrain.

COMMUNITIES are to get a greater say in the policing of their areas under a new scheme being finalised by the Department of Justice.

DESPITE appalling weather conditions, a massive search was mounted yesterday for a 38-year-old man who has been reported missing in Castlemaine, Co Kerry.

Gardai investigating allegations of rape made by a Cork woman have denied threatening to handcuff and drag the accused to the garda station if he did not come voluntarily.