Two fishermen who were saved off the Cork coast just moments before their vessel sank have been praised for raising the alarm quickly.

The RNLI has launched a graphic national drowning prevention campaign which shows people fighting for their lives in water.

A plumber on trial for manslaughter arising out of a gas leak at the Trident hotel in Kinsale, Co Cork, had told gardaí he had tested the boiler for possible leaks with a computerised testing device. But the accused later stated he had not done so.

The wave of protests by residents of Ireland’s direct provision system spread to a fifth accommodation centre yesterday.

The State was warned a month ago about rising tensions inside one of its largest direct provision centres, which is at the centre of a blockade.

Shoplifting gangs are shifting their attention from Cork City centre to county towns connected by the railway.

UP to now, the only connection most people in Ireland might have had with the French judicial system was by way of the bungling police detective Jacques Clouseau in the Pink Panther series.

FRENCH police investigating the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier hope to glean fresh clues in new statements from 30 witnesses in west Cork next month.

TRADERS have backed a shop owner who has been accused of racism after displaying photographs of Romany gypsies in her store following a spate of shoplifting.

QUINN Group’s reluctant acceptance of the appointment of two administrators is welcome for many reasons.

MURDER accused Oliver Hayes denied that he knew Bandon woman Anne Corcoran in reply to a Garda questionnaire circulated in the west Cork town following her disappearance in early 2009.

A MAJOR investigation is under way into the theft of up to €60,000 worth of marine equipment from the west Cork coast.

GARDAÍ have warned businesses to install back-up alarm systems after a spate of robberies in Co Cork.

EDDIE IRIVINE was interviewed recently on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland about Denis O’Brien’s donation to the FAI.

THE former Mexican president Vicente Fox (Irish Examiner, January 2) argues against the policy of rich nations building walls to keep out immigrants from the so-called Third World.

A YOUNG man who was rebuilding his life after release from prison died in mysterious circumstances on a boat moored at a city quay, an inquest was told yesterday.

Walker Cup hopefuls Simon Ward and Jonathan Caldwell will lead the chase for the East of Ireland Amateur Open at Co Louth on Saturday.

Defending champion Rory McIlroy is still on course for the Radisson SAS West of Ireland title at Rosses Point after producing a stellar performance to beat Scrabo’s Ryan Boal with a birdie at the 20th in the first round.

A Cork priest was struck in the head with a hammer and tied to his bed with cable, it was claimed today, as two teenagers were charged with committing an aggravated burglary.

I MUST respond to the comments made by Joe Moore of the Socialist Worker’s Party concerning the Confederate battle flag being flown by Cork supporters at GAA championship matches (Irish Examiner, August 6).

Cork’s army of loyal GAA fans vowed today to rebel against calls to ban the red and white American Confederate flag from matches.

Teen sensation Cian McNamara produced two stunning extra time comebacks to win the Shell Ireland sponsored South of Ireland title at Lahinch.

CORK City may not be able to continue to forego €3 million in refuse charges each year, city manager Joe Gavin has warned.

A 24-year-old Cork man accused of murder allegedly told detectives he didn’t seem to show remorse for the death of a middle-aged woman, a jury at the Central Criminal court was told today.

HOUSEHOLDERS who do not pay their refuse charges will not have their rubbish collected — that’s the blunt message from Cork City manager Joe Gavin.

OUR organisation wishes to publicly disassociate itself with the comments of David Begg, general secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, who condemns the anti-bin tax protestors in Dublin.

An Irish peace activist, who was arrested by Israeli forces at the end of the siege at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, is due home later today.

The Cork woman who was among 10 aid workers arrested at the end of the Church of the Nativity siege in Bethlehem is expected to be deported home soon.