The wife of a Polish father of two hacked to death during a frenzied machete attack in their home has told gardaí his killers spoke fluent English.

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The family of missing Cork man Diarmuid Twomey have been dealt yet another blow after his mother passed away in hospital last night.

Good evening. Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Gardaí have charged 16 people with various counts of deception and making false reports in relation to orchestrated traffic accidents.

Gardaí in Cork are seeking the public's assistance in tracing missing 17-year-old Megan Higgins from the Fairhill area of Cork city.

The U20 women’s final will be an all-Cork decider with Glanmire and Singletons Supervalu Brunell competing in what promises to be a cracking encounter.

Community leaders have appealed for calm after a man was injured in a retaliation shooting linked to an ongoing feud between rival gangs on the northside of Cork City.

Violence flared as emergency services recovered the body of a member of the Travelling community from a Co Cork river.

Gardaí in Cork city last night appealed for the public’s help in tracing a 17-year-old missing since Monday night.

THE 58 Junior Certificate students at Gaelcholáiste Mhuire on Cork’s northside learn every subject except English through the first language so there were no problems with the higher level Irish paper there.

BISHOP John Buckley has warned that a shortage of priests will soon mean that parishes in the Diocese of Cork and Ross will have to “share” churchmen.

THE mother of one of two teenagers killed in a two-car crash on the northside of Cork city last week has said the two teens were innocent victims and were not involved in any feud.

GARDAÍ are searching for a 15-year-old boy from Cork’s northside who disappeared over two weeks ago.

NOT many sporting outfits get to return to their less sophisticated roots.

IT’s NOT every day a child can say they had a ride in a “roller” belonging to a twinkletoes millionaire Michael Flatley.

GARDAÍ believe a vicious slash-hook attack that led to a defenceless horse being put down is connected with a feud between rival gangs of Travellers.

THE 35-year-old victim of a shooting in Cork city may have to be transferred to the National Rehabilitation Centre in Dún Laoghaire amid concerns about a bullet that is lodged close to his spine.

GARDAÍ are seeking the driver of a dark-coloured Volkswagen Golf who was seen close to where a getaway car was burnt out by a would-be assassin.

A PRIEST urged the public yesterday to help gardaí find the person who tied up a frail pensioner in his home and left him to die.

The trial of two Cork men accused of murdering another man who was shot in the chest in 2002 has collapsed at the Central Criminal Court after a witness said he had a complete loss of memory for an 18-month period in his life.

A witness in the trial for murder of two Cork men has denied he is not telling the truth due to pressure from the family of one of the accused.

TWO Cork gardaí were badly beaten yesterday morning when they were attacked by youths who attempted to stop them arresting a man on suspicion of drink driving.

THE regulator of credit unions has emphatically rejected a claim that he installed a puppet board in a Cork city credit union to enforce his own agenda.

GARDAÍ are searching for a vicious gang who abducted a 22-year-old man and broke his arm and leg after beating him with concrete blocks and irons bars.

An attempted abduction took place in Cork yesterday evening.