ILLEGAL dumping in the North Cork region has reached crisis proportions, it was claimed yesterday, and a number of landlords are being blamed for not providing non-national tenants with bins.

TWO major housing projects worth €100 million have been sanctioned by Cork County Council, while Bord Pleanála has given the green light to another large development.

A senior garda officer was today appointed to re-examine the investigation into the murder of a Dundalk forestry worker 30 years ago.

DESPITE a warning from the Cork county manager that towns need good shopping facilities to survive, public representatives yesterday voted against granting retail giant Tesco permission to build a supermarket in Charleville.