At the start of yesterday’s inquest into the deaths of Martin McCarthy and his daughter Clarissa, coroner Frank O’Connell warned that “the atmosphere could get a little uncomfortable”. He was talking about the stuffy heat in the crowded room, but he was right in more ways than one

Garnish 0-14 Urhan 2-7

Voice of Ireland finalist Kelly Mongan-McDonagh broke down while singing ‘Amazing Grace’ at the funeral of a 7-year-old Traveller who died after being thrown from a pony.

The mental health watchdog has demanded a review of the HSE’s care of a depressed Cork father who strangled his two young daughters before killing himself.

Community in mourning as a father and daughter are laid to rest, says Eddie Cassidy in Schull

The funeral is underway for the father and daughter found dead near their West Cork home on Wednesday.

A long letter found in his family home is understood to have outlined the extreme anguish Martin McCarthy was experiencing in the hours before he ended both his own life and that of his daughter.

Martin McCarthy and his daughter Clarissa will be laid to rest today, writes Eddie Cassidy

A father drowned his 3-year-old daughter before killing himself in an apparent murder-suicide as his marriage broke down, detectives believe.

Urhan 2-7 Garnish 2-6

The absence of yachts from Dublin Bay on a bank holiday Monday in August was the first sign that it was no ordinary day for Ireland’s sailing community.

More than 6,000 boxing fans lined Bray seafront to see local girl Katie Taylor secure a bronze at the Olympics.

A MAN in his 40s from Listowel, Co Kerry, was in a serious condition last night after undergoing emergency surgery to remove a knife from his throat at Kerry General Hospital.

EUROPE’S top cross-country runner, Fionnuala Britton will be one of the favourites for the gold medal when she leads the Irish women’s team into next month’s European cross-country championships in Slovenia.

A MAN has appeared before a district court in Killarney on a charge of dangerous driving causing the death of a woman.

IT was steady as she goes for a consistent Mitchelstown side who were never seriously troubled by Urhan in this Cork JAFC quarter-final at Dunmanway.

URHAN made no mistake at the second time of asking to claim the Beara JAFC final in Castletownbere on Saturday, but not before withstanding a gallant fightback by Garnish.

URHAN made no mistake at the second time of asking to claim the Beara JAFC final in Castletownbere on Saturday, but not before withstanding a gallant fightback by Garnish.

THREE men were brought before a special sitting of the district court in Tralee last night on possession of iron bars, criminal damage and assault charges relating to “a very serious” incident in the town on Thursday.

NATIONAL champion, Sergiu Ciobanu shaved 20 seconds off the course record which he set last year to retain the Bord Gáis Energy Cork City Marathon title yesterday in 2:25:34 and now sets his sights on Olympic qualification.

ONE of the biggest Garda operations in Tralee, Co Kerry, was mounted as up to 30 settled Travellers appeared at special court sittings arising from an ongoing feud between Traveller families in the area.

OLIVE LOUGHNANE was barely off the plane from Beijing last year when she set about planning her onslaught on a medal at this year’s world championships in Berlin.

AFTER attending the Taste of Cork event in beautiful Cork City Jail last Saturday evening, I feel the event was a throwback to the heady days of the Celtic Tiger.

THE inquest into how a 40-year-old steel erector died in a fall from a cattle shed last December was heard in Tralee before Coroner Helen Lucey.

A BRAIN haemorrhage sparked by a road traffic accident resulted in the death of a 68-year-old mother of a large family, an inquest was told in Tralee.

LIVES could be lost in popular Kerry seaside areas because emergency services are having problems in getting access to beaches, it was warned yesterday.

THE body of a male, believed to be the 19-year-old Dublin youth missing since early yesterday morning at Lahinch, was recovered last night at the north Clare seaside resort.

KERRY gardaí are cracking down on people who use or trade illegal fireworks in the run-up to Hallowe’en.

AUTUMN will see another major milestone in the history of Templemore Athletic Club with the upgrading of existing facilities.

IT is easy to forget that only two years ago, Olive Loughnane was the 12th fastest female race-walker in the world over 20k. But the statistic seemed to get lost in the hysteria after her team-mate and friend Gillian O’Sullivan claimed a world championship silver in Paris.

GARDAÍ yesterday described as “a significant new development” the discovery of a high voltage stun gun in a car that crashed after a garda chase in Kerry and west Limerick.

A YOUNG, off-duty garda was knocked unconscious after being attacked in the centre of Kenmare over the weekend.

The 21st annual UCC Staff road race takes place tomorrow, starting at 11am. Organised under the rules of the Cork BHAA, it takes place over the 10km distance on the Lee Road/Carrigrohane Road circuit.

INTERNATIONAL runner John Downes is among the big entry expected for the popular Irish Sugar Mallow ‘10’ road race on Sunday.

GARDAÍ yesterday appealed for calm among hostile rival elements of the Travelling community, in Kerry, to allow the investigation into the murder of Michael Faulkner, aged 43, in Tralee to continue.

GARDAÍ have released three people arrested in connection with the attack on a 43-year-old unemployed man who was stabbed to death in Tralee.

IF it was protection from men in uniform they wanted, the 28 Rose of Tralee contestants could feel very secure during the weekend.

GARDAÍ in Kerry are investigating an attack on a black marble stone placed at the grave of the infamous Kerry baby.

Mark Carroll leads a small Irish contingent aiming to achieve the Olympic qualifying standard in Sunday’s Flora London Marathon.

SOONER or later it had to happen. The Kenyans, who have dominated all the major events in the world at some time or other, arrived in Cork yesterday to claim one of the most prized titles in these islands in the form of the Ballycotton 10.

TWO first-half Shane Hennessy goals booked UCC's place in today's Collingwood Cup final in Belfast against University of Ulster Coleraine.

SEAMUS POWER is out of Sunday’s Ballycotton 10, with fresh doubts also about Peter Matthews’ participation.