A 62-year-old Cork man accused of setting fire to seven cars in his neighbourhood pleaded guilty to the arson charges yesterday.

A Corkman accused of setting fire to cars in his neighbourhood asked for help yesterday in dealing with his alcoholism and health problems and said prison was not the place for him.

Two gangs were out for blood on bonfire night in Cork and some armed themselves with knives, sticks, meat cleavers, knuckledusters, and bottles.

Four men pleaded guilty yesterday to engaging in an affray on Bonfire Night in Cork City in a case where it was alleged that some men armed themselves with knives, sticks, meat cleavers, knuckledusters, and bottles in a violent row in a residential area.

THE jury in the trial relating to the death of two teenagers on the road in Knocknaheeny last May was discharged from dealing any further with one of the accused yesterday.

Three of the six men on trial on charges arising out of a series of incidents culminating in the death of two teenagers on the road in Knocknaheeny last May were found not guilty this afternoon and walked free from the case.

DETAILED evidence was given in a trial yesterday of what was seen in the seconds before two cars crashed, resulting in the deaths of two teenagers.

A TRIAL related to the crashing of two cars that resulted in the deaths of two teenagers will continue on Monday following legal argument in the absence of the jury.

A TEENAGER who claimed attackers danced on his head, threw him into the boot of a car and drove him to a cemetery, denied yesterday he would say anything in support of his own gang to get other men convicted.

A COMPLICATED trial of six men facing different charges arising out of a series of incidents culminating in the road deaths of two teenagers in Knocknaheeny, Cork, last May has been listed for trial at Cork Circuit Criminal Court on November 23.

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.

SEVERAL significant heroin dealers have been jailed in recent months.

A MAJOR dealer, active in a multi-million euro drugs enterprise in Cork city for more than 20 years, has been jailed for 12 years, with the last five years of the sentence suspended.

A major drug dealer who has been active in a multi-million euro drugs enterprise in Cork city for over twenty years was jailed today for twelve years with the last five years of that sentence suspended today.

A DRUG dealer’s claim that ecstasy tablets were being sold for €2 or less was rejected by a jury which returned a unanimous guilty verdict after more than an hour of deliberation.

A "major player" in the Cork city drugs trade was jailed for five years today for flying cannabis resin in from Spain for sale in Cork city.

A CORK drug dealer who pleaded guilty to supplying drugs yesterday admitted flying cannabis resin in from Malaga for sale in Cork city.