Residents who saved an unfinished holiday village from becoming a derelict ghost estate have criticised delays in taking the estate in charge.

Wounds such as cuts and burns heal approximately 60% faster if they happen during the day rather than at night, a study has found.

The chairman of the Cork County Joint Policing Committee (JPC) is contacting Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan urging her to provide detectives in Cork with proper firearms training and bullet-proof shields to defuse a row which could lead to the withdrawal in the region of round-the-clock armed cover.

A group of people who bought an unfinished holiday village, complete with a leisure centre and pool, saving the development from becoming a ‘ghost estate’, believe their novel approach could be replicated on distressed property around the country.

A judge has ordered the sale of the home of a convicted paedophile.

INCONSISTENCY in court rulings is a common theme, one that is often baffling and hard to understand.

The post-war era saw a return to full production in Cork, but the economic path wasn’t always smooth. Some workers sailed to Dagenham, while those who stayed saw plenty of VIP guests.

The first half of the 1940s saw the Marina plant virtually shut down due to wartime problems. The workers there survived on scraps, while others moved to blitz-hit Dagenham to find jobs.

Our series counting down the decades of Ford’s century in Ireland reaches the 1930s, and at a time when industries across the world were failing, the Ford Marina plant went into overdrive.

It’s been nine years since Thurles CBS and Our Lady’s Templemore met at the quarter-final stage of the Harty Cup. This afternoon’s clash would do well to reach the heights of the drawn and replayed fixtures from 2008.

Hopes have been raised that a further 92 private estates could soon have their everyday maintenance taken over by Cork County Council.

A father, who did not believe there was “any harm” in his teenage son skipping school for a year, has been spared a jail sentence.

A drug smuggler who fraudulently claimed almost €30,000 in benefits for three years when he was living in Lanzarote has been given a suspended sentence.

Olympic medallists Paul and Gary O’Donovan’s rowing club has revealed ambitious expansion plans to ensure a conveyor belt of champions.

A 16-year-old Dublin boy accused of attacking staff at the State’s top secure therapeutic care centre for troubled youths has been granted bail after he was missing for weeks.

A man who has to give police 24 hours’ notice before he has sex with a new partner once told a psychiatric nurse he needed women “to be scared or I don’t respond”, a court has heard.

A 17-year-old boy is to face trial at the Circuit Court in Dublin for an alleged car-jacking of an elderly man.

Two Dublin market traders have been spared jail sentences after getting caught selling more than 100 different types of prescription drugs from their stall.

Irish Water has been given 11 weeks to decide how it will plead to failing to implement a plan to improve drinking water quality in Carraroe in Co Galway.

An internet firm has gone on trial accused of wrongly billing smartphone web users for premium services and apps.

A private investigator who used a mole in the Department of Social Protection to mine their computer system for personal information on others has been fined €4,000.

A couple, who claimed their 13-year-old son was sick but would not produce medical evidence after they kept him out of school for four years, have been spared jail.

Get beyond the feelgood factor as Euro 2016 looms and there is real cause for concern for the Republic of Ireland when attention turns to a tough-looking World Cup qualifying campaign, writes Brendan O’Brien

A Dublin couple, whose son aged 13 has been absent from school for four years, have been warned they risk facing a Garda investigation for neglect and their children could be taken into care.

Telecom giant Meteor Mobile has been convicted and fined €25,000 for removing massive discounts from customers’ phone contracts without telling them.

Comedian David McSavage told a judge yesterday that he did not pay his TV licence because he had a grievance with the way RTÉ spent taxpayers’ money.

A man, who claimed he did not he know he was cheating when he fraudulently claimed over €26,000 in dole payments, has been fined €500.

The Irish Times and Littlewoods Ireland have been given chances to avoid criminal convictions for breaking e-privacy regulations by sending customers unsolicited emails.

A woman unlawfully claimed almost €17,000 in one-parent family social welfare payments after she got married, a court had heard.

Kerry hurling chiefs claim “common sense” prevailed with the decision to clear All-Ireland medallist Patrick Kelly to continue with the Kingdom.

Discount landline operator Yourtel has been fined €5,000 for unwanted marketing calls targeting Eir customers to tempt them to switch. It is the latest firm to be successfully prosecuted at Dublin District Court by the office of the Data Protection Commissioner. The case was brought after the watchdog received complaints from people about Yourtel repeatedly cold calling them against their wishes.