Cases arising out of a spate of thefts of full kegs of beer from pubs around Cork City during the summer of 2013 were heard in court yesterday.

A STUNNING poll-topping triumph by first-time Fine Gael candidate Brendan Griffin was the big story of the general election in the key Kerry South constituency, but his success came at the expense of his party colleague Tom Sheahan who was gutted to lose his seat.

A 91-YEAR-OLD widow died of smoke inhalation after a small fire broke out in her living room, an inquest heard yesterday.

THE prosecution summed up its case against Wayne O’Donoghue yesterday, day nine of the trial. Shane Murphy SC addressed the jury. The following are extracts from this.