A second man was sent forward for trial yesterday on a charge of raping a young woman in a park in Cork in the early hours of the morning. The alleged rape took place on June 28, 2013.

A young woman was allegedly raped in a park in Cork by two men on June 28, 2013, and gardaí objected to bail being granted to one of the accused yesterday.

The man on trial for murder told gardaí more than a week after the deceased was found in the rubbish chute of an apartment complex that he prayed for him every day.

A raider waved a stick around aggressively in a betting office in Cork City before prodding the woman working in the premises and getting away with almost €1,000 in cash.

A 26-year-old man was charged with a count of assault causing harm following the investigation into the body of a homeless man found dumped in a refuse chute in Cork earlier this month.