The lawyer for a man accused of murdering his fellow Cork Prison inmate by stabbing him in the chest, has told a jury that “fear is at the heart of this case”.

A man on trial accused of murdering a fellow Cork Prison inmate asked a witness not to go back to his cell because he was “fearful” the deceased “would do something to him”, a jury has heard.

A murder accused stabbed a fellow Cork prison inmate in the heart and smiled as he told a witness: “If I get a life sentence it doesn’t matter”, a jury has heard.

A man has gone on trial for the alleged murder of a fellow inmate at Cork prison last year.

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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.

Two prison officers received injuries yesterday after an inmate launched an unprovoked attack in Mountjoy Prison.

A jailed murderer punched a female nurse in the face as she went to give him medication in his cell yesterday.

It could be several days before gardaí question an inmate about the fatal stabbing of another prisoner in Cork Prison at the weekend.

The Prison Service is investigating how an inmate with a history of violence obtained a knife before allegedly fatally stabbing another prisoner.

The suspect in the fatal stabbing of a “model inmate” at Cork Prison was cleared for kitchen duty despite a history of violent knife crime.

Stab vests need to be issued to all prison officers after the murder of an inmate in Cork, Fianna Fáil has said.

ONCE again, Francis Humphrys has succeeded in attracting a host of wonderful performers to Bantry for the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, which begins on Friday.

In one week, 109 works from the past six centuries will be performed at chamber music festival, says Declan Townsend

A CHRONIC gambler stole €15,000 from Goleen Developments Ltd, while working there, and carried out a robbery at a goldsmiths in Mallow, Co Cork, in desperation to get money. He was jailed yesterday for four years.

CORK progressed as expected in last night’s ESB Munster MFC quarter-final at Cusack Park in Ennis but no one in their camp need to be reminded that they made heavy weather of seeing off a brave and spirited Clare side.

CORK minor football boss Brian Cuthbert takes his side into championship action for the first time tonight when they face Clare in the Munster MFC quarter-final in Cusack Park at 6.30pm after experiencing mixed news on the injury front.

A second suspect accused of sexually assaulting a woman who believed he could cure her of a black magic curse was denied bail today by an Australian magistrate.

A TIPPERARY man, who murdered his girlfriend in a frenzied attack with two knives after a cocktail of alcohol, cannabis and Valium, was yesterday jailed for life.

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