A psychiatrist has described cannabis as a “destructive, nasty, evil drug” and that a lot of people are trying to say it does not have negative consequences.

University College Cork paid nearly €4.5m to 39 suppliers for goods and services in one year without going through proper procurement, new accounts have revealed.

Gsoc has criticised the failure by Garda management to sanction members of the force who abused the penalty points system despite some of those officers ranking as high as superintendent.

Garda intelligence services have been dealt a blow with the retirement of its chief with uncertainty as to how long it will take to fill his position.

Gardaí have warned the bosses of the Kinahan crime cartel that they are intent on arresting them abroad and bringing them back home to face justice.

Gardaí are expanding the size and expertise of its secretive unit tasked with combating Islamic extremists. The garda’s security chief told the Irish Examiner that the investment would enhance the strength and investigative skills of Counter Terrorism International.

Gardaí suspect dissident republican Michael Barr was shot dead because it was believed by the Kinahan cartel he provided a “safe house” to one of the gunmen in the Regency Hotel attack.

Detections for drink driving are up this year despite a significant drop in the number of people being breathalysed.

A garda had two fingers stuffed up his nose as he was caught in a headlock by a motorist, and yesterday the accused was put on a 12-month probation bond.

Victorious Ballyboden St Endas manager Andy McEntee hit out at the GAA after midfielder Declan O’Mahoney failed in having his one-match suspension rescinded ahead of the All-Ireland final.

The Court of Appeal has quashed the convictions of two former Anglo Irish Bank executives jailed for furnishing false information to the Revenue Commissioners and conspiring to delete bank accounts.

A garda had two fingers stuffed up his nose as he was caught in a headlock by a motorist who parked his car blocking a side street off Cork city centre.

Ballyboden St Endas were made to bend low to secure a first All-Ireland final spot that looked beyond them for so much of the second half of normal time.

John Fogarty talks to Declan O’Mahoney ahead of Ballyboden St Enda’s All-Ireland Club SFC semi-final with Clonmel Commercials.

Two former Anglo Irish Bank executives convicted of conspiring to conceal or alter bank accounts being sought by Revenue did not receive a fair trial, the Court of Appeal was told yesterday.

An appeal against the convictions of two former executives of Anglo Irish Bank for conspiring to defraud Revenue is due to get underway today.

A shortage of residential accommodation is jeopardising the growth of businesses in Cork as the housing pinch begins to be felt by companies outside of the capital for the first time.

Declan O’Mahoney, Tyndall National Institute entrepreneur in residence

The future of a partly developed hotel and holiday complex, within sight of the Rock of Cashel, will be decided at a full High Court hearing as a result of South Tipperary County Council losing its case to have preliminary issues clarified first.

Anglo’s former second-in-command is now handing out food in the staff kitchen of Mountjoy Prison.

Describing Anglo Irish Bank as "very sick," a judge yesterday jailed three of its former officials for between 18 months and three years for conspiring to conceal or alter bank accounts being sought by Revenue.

Bernard Daly, 67, of Collins Avenue West, Whitehall, Dublin, Tiarnan O’Mahoney, 56, of Glen Pines, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow and Aoife Maguire, 62, of Rothe Abbey, South Circular Road, Kilmainham, Dublin had pleaded not guilty to seven charges.

The charges against the three were built around two separate allegations. Firstly, that they omitted the name of Mr FitzPatrick’s brother-in-law, John Peter O’Toole, from a list of non-resident accounts which was to be handed over to Revenue.

Three former Anglo Irish Bank officials have been convicted of conspiring to conceal or alter bank accounts being sought by Revenue which were connected to ex-chairman Seán FitzPatrick.

Former Anglo Irish Bank company secretary Bernard Daly told gardaí he couldn’t recall asking a subordinate if he would be willing to delete a bank account from a list being provided to Revenue.

Longford 0-11 Kildare 2-24: Just last week, Offaly manager Pat Flanagan asserted that so-called weaker counties consistently got the short end of the stick when it came to getting decisions against teams with higher profiles.

Former Anglo Irish Bank CEO Seán FitzPatrick mentioned concerns about an account belonging to a Denis O’Brien in the context of a Revenue investigation into bogus non-resident accounts in the bank, a trial heard.

Former Anglo chairman Sean FitzPatrick told an employee not to submit his brother-in-law’s accounts to Revenue, which was investigating alleged tax evasion at the bank, a trial has heard.

Three former Anglo Irish Bank officials accused of hiding bogus off-shore accounts in an alleged tax evasion scheme were involved in helping Revenue investigate tax compliance in the bank in 2003.

Three former Anglo Irish Bank officials have gone on trial accused of hiding accounts connected to former chairman Seán FitzPatrick in an alleged tax evasion scheme.

Tipperary 0-15 Clare 0-07: Tommy Toomey conceded his Tipperary U21 footballers will have to improve considerably to shock Cork in the EirGrid provincial decider.

A local authority in the South-East has intimated it may consider dezoning development land where landowners are showing reluctance to make one-off sites available for housing.

The publication of the penalty points report earlier today is major step forward in tackling the ’nod and wink’ culture that persists among some in the Gardai ranks, suggests Michael Clifford.

Do all senior garda officers read reports pertaining to how they should do their work? The release of details of an investigation into the latest abuses of the penalty points system suggests not.

Nama has a role to play in helping provide the high quality office developments that are required to attract large multinationals to Cork. 

IT might be hard to credit, but there has been a downside to the remarkably mild year we have enjoyed. The prolonged fine weather and abundance of food created ideal breeding conditions for rats and mice and is resulting in a current boom for pest control firms which are hard-pressed to meet demand for their service.