A scholarship-winning UCC student from Waterford, who was struggling while studying away from home, was found dead in his bedroom after taking a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs mixed with heroin.

A roofer sustained catastrophic injuries when he fell almost three metres from a ladder in a workplace accident at Cork Institute of Technology.

Gardaí on duty near a bridge by the South Ring Rd in Cork saw a man take a long knife from the side of his pants as if he was drawing a sword and throw it over the side of the bridge.