The Ballylickey botanist; the Skibbereen astronomer; the Cloyne caterpillar collector, Madame Dragonfly. Robert Hume highlights the lives and achievements of three female scientists from Co Cork, and the obstacles they faced to achieve recognition of their work

Cork Literary Review volume XV

The new Cork Literary Review will be promoted across America this week, writes Colette Sheridan

A 28-year-old Cork man stabbed to death in front of his mother died from massive internal bleeding and shock due to a stab wound in his left groin, the State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy told a jury at the Central Criminal court today.

A Carlow man who viciously kicked a Limerick man in the head, leading to his death, has been jailed for five years.