A UCC student has secured a temporary High Court order freezing the monies of his assailant awarded in another court case.

A teenager was cold and calculating in following a French woman through the streets of Cork before forcing his way into the lift of her apartment building where he viciously assaulted her.

Caravaggio is likely to next grace the stage in the Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh on August 7 following his leading role at Royal Ascot.

Jim Bolger is convinced Derby aspirant Moonlight Magic is the real deal.

The country’s chief digital expert has admitted that Government departments and bodies need to earn public trust, so that people can engage with public services online with the same ease as in the commercial world.

Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield has told Irish teenagers to dream big and aim for the stars.

Glorious Goodwood has been robbed of one of its highlights as Gleneagles bypasses tomorrow’s Qatar Sussex Stakes due to unsuitable ground.

Found remains in contention for the Investec Derby at Epsom on Saturday week following her narrow defeat in Sunday’s Irish 1,000 Guineas.

Hans Holbein leapt into the picture for the Investec Derby when giving trainer Aidan O’Brien a welcome turn of fortunes with an all-the-way success in the MBNA Chester Vase on the Roodee yesterday.

Ed Dunlop’s “strange entry” for Trip To Paris in the Betway Chester Cup yielded a princely sum as the emerging stayer delivered a show-stopping performance on the Roodee.

Cork’s county councillors came under pressure at a public meeting on Tuesday night concerning a wind farm between Tarelton and Coppeen.

Aidan O’Brien has hailed Australia as "unique" following the announcement that the three-year-old has been retired to stand at Coolmore stud.

Dual Derby winner Australia has been retired to stud, said a Coolmore representative.

Dawn Approach hardened as Derby favourite after 33-1 shot Libertarian won the Dante Stakes at York yesterday.

Ralph Beckett’s Secret Gesture skipped almost to the head of every bookmaker’s ante-post Investec Oaks market after a wildly impressive victory through pouring rain at Lingfield.

Little is given away by the Coolmore camp but the hints were there that Magician could well be the superior of their two Chester Derby trial winners this week.

RESCUERS in nine dramatic, near-death, water accidents were honoured at an awards ceremony in Dublin yesterday.

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A MAN in his 50s is still in a critical condition at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital after being rescued from the Shannon on Wednesday.

NAMIBIAN gave Mark Johnston his 50th Glorious Goodwood winner with a performance characteristic of so many of the trainer’s best horses in the bet365 Gordon Stakes.

AN emotional and historic day at Donnybrook as Old Belvedere toppled champions Cork Constitution to claim the top prize in Irish club for the first time yesterday.

Old Belvedere have won the Ulster Bank league Div 1 final by three points as they saw off Cork Constitution by three points.

CORK CONSTITUTION regained top spot in Division 1A of the Ulster Bank All-Ireland League with a deserved victory over pace-setters Old Belvedere at Temple Hill on Saturday.

IT MAY not have quite measured up to their classic drawn game at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, but Waterford and Cork still served up another compelling hour’s hurling in an action-packed Munster minor hurling championship semi-final replay before 4,000 at Walsh Park last night.

DIARMUID O’SULLIVAN may have been absent, but younger brothers Colm and Paudie were to the fore as Cloyne beat White’s Cross in the Evening Echo County JAFC quarter-final at Carraig na bhFear on Saturday.

SEVEN firefighters have joined Limerick city’s fire service, the first group in 20 years to have been trained in Ireland.

THE Munster Juvenile Fly fishing championship was hosted by the Cahir & District Trout Anglers’ Club on the River Suir.

THE computer retailer Compustore has closed a number of its branches around the country.