The family of a 92-year-old church sacristan who died after an accident on a pedestrian crossing say they hope he can rest in peace after a raft of safety recommendations were made at an inquest yesterday.

A nurse has told the High Court how when she sprayed a dry shampoo in the toilet of a Dublin nightclub the aerosol turned in to a "flame thrower.”

A 12-year-old girl whose arm was scalded when a takeaway cup of tea she was carrying under her elbow in a Starbucks spilled on her, has settled a High Court action over the accident for €85,000.

A 23-year-old woman who claimed she fractured her finger when she was grabbed by a security person and thrown out of a Dublin bar after her friend asked to use the toilets has settled her High Court action.

Cork will oppose the Club Players’ Association motion on the recording of votes at this weekend’s annual Congress.

A driver who survived a horrific road incident early yesterday has revealed that the first thing he did, after leaving hospital, was to play the Lotto.

An elderly man sustained first-degree burns after he slipped and became stuck between his bed and a radiator.

A cyclist who suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was thrown almost 2.5m in the air after he was hit by a van has settled his High Court action for €3m.

A 25-year-old woman who claimed she broke her ankle on the Tayto Twister ride at Tayto Park five years ago has settled her High Court action.

A 25-year-old woman who claims she broke her ankle on the ‘The Tayto Twister’ at Tayto Park has sued for damages in the High Court.

Students are being warned by University College Cork management of the disciplinary and legal repercussions of misbehaving or disrespecting local residents ahead of their annual fundraising week.

Waterford radio star Billy McCarthy has died following a “short and sudden illness”, local station WLR FM announced today.

Work begins today on a €15m one-stop shop for most student services in an extension to one of University College Cork’s oldest buildings.

I cannot answer Tony Moriarty’s question about whether he needs an eye test or not (May 2) but I can assure him that the correct state representatives were present at the recent commemoration for members of the Dublin Metropolitan Police killed during the Easter Rising.

The Dublin Tenants Association have hit out at the Government for courting so called "vulture funds".

A school special needs assistant who said she injured herself as she attempted to intervene to stop an autistic child diving off a trampoline has withdrawn her High Court action for damages.

The government has introduced new regulations setting out minimum apartment sizes with the objective of reducing costs for developers.

A UCC student has claimed that the college’s health centre turned them away after they had presented following a suicide attempt.

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Some of the big names behind the Irish bubble are coming back into the spotlight, but we need to be careful about the ‘globalisation’ of the property market, writes Michael Byrne

The owners of a Kinsale hotel where a man claimed he fell from a third-floor window and ended up with life-changing injuries have applied to the High Court to have his action for damages dismissed.

A father of one caught with a cash box containing €50,000 which was stolen during an ATM delivery has been sentenced to a year in prison.

A solution could be found that resolves the arrears crisis while also providing houses at affordable rents for thousands of families, writes Michael Byrne            

A man sexually assaulted as a child by someone he regarded as a father figure has been awarded €200,000 aggravated damages against his abuser in a key High Court ruling.

An elderly man died from an adverse reaction to a common antibiotic he was prescribed to prevent possible infection following a successful operation, an inquest has heard.

A man who robbed a cash-in- transit box containing €50,000 a month after he robbed a teenager of €1,700 worth of entertainment equipment has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Women are now drinking as much as men, a study of college students has found.

EMMA Sulkowicz, a senior visual arts student at Columbia University in the US, has been lugging a 50 lb mattress around her college campus for months in a protest against the college’s failure to expel the man who raped her.

One of the country’s biggest suspected drug importers is being questioned in connection with the third largest heroin seizure in the history of the State.

Students starting university have already developed disturbing patterns of alcohol use, according to the head of student health at University College Cork.

Student Colin Bradley from Mallow, Co Cork, is the main driver behind an initiative at University College Cork he hopes will drive home the message “it’s ok not to feel ok, and it’s absolutely ok to ask for help.”

A Dublin man who threatened others with a crutch during a violent fight which left another man dead has been sentenced for two and a half years, with the final year suspended.

Former Ireland rugby boss Declan Kidney, director of sport at UCC, has urged students to look after their physical and mental health.

The novice sailors who survived the summertime grounding and sinking of the tall ship Astrid will be reunited, next year, at sea.

As 30,000 supporters welcomed the Clare U21 and senior All-Ireland hurling champions home to Ennis on Sunday night, another 15,600 fans in 60 countries around the world viewed the event online.

Killeagh 2-11 Courcey Rovers 2-14

A convicted drug dealer who is currently serving an 18-year jail term for possession of heroin worth €6.2m has been given a suspended sentence for his part in a fight in which a man was killed.

Cork senior hurler Patrick Horgan was on fire for Glen Rovers against Courcey Rovers in the RedFM SHL though the game ended level following a thrilling encounter.