Another tier of support is urgently needed to ensure homeless people who are barred or ejected from emergency shelters do not have to sleep on the streets.

The 40-year-old woman found dead in a doorway on a Cork city centre street has been remembered as a “kind, nurturing lady”, who died in the same spot where her aunt passed away seven years ago.

During planned ambushes on two pizza delivery men in Limerick, one of of the victims, an Indian man, received multiple stab wounds before he ran barefoot through city streets fearing for his life, a court heard.

A farm family had no choice but to defend proceedings against a 123-year-old rowing club, some of whose members had “aggressively pursued” a claim for a right of way through the lands, a judge said yesterday.

Two men who attended a Christmas Eve party died within hours of each other from a lethal combination of methadone and tablets.

Mary Stratford’s first crime investigation was a traffic accident.

BORD Gáis and Airtricity will be increasing their electricity prices in line with the ESB when the public service obligation (PSO) levy is introduced in October.

GARDAÍ are appealing for a driver who witnessed an accident in which a woman in her 70s lost her life to contact them as he might possess information vital to their investigation.

BORD GÁIS and the ESB have come under fire for what has been described as an “abuse of a position of dominance” for asking vulnerable families for upfront cash payments of €400 and €300, respectively, before making new connections.

THE 600,000 customers of Bord Gáis will be switched to the firm’s standard rate payment scheme from next month in a move that effectively abolishes discount rates.

MALLOW hospital provides an excellent service for the people of north Cork. The population of the area is expanding rapidly, putting more strain on the hospital, particularly as Mallow is designated a hub town under the national spatial strategy.