GARDAÍ have arrested the driver of a stolen van involved in a hit and run crash in Co Cork which left an 80-year-old man in a serious condition in hospital.

SUSTAINING expansion of exports and shifting growth towards the indigenous sector and away from the reliance on multi-nationals is the “sole path” to sustainable future economic growth.

MORE than 1,000 people packed a church in Co Cork yesterday to pay their last respects to a Circuit Court judge who was described as “a friend to everybody” and “a true man of the people.”

FORMER Ireland out-half David Humphreys raised concerns regarding Ireland’s capacity to field a competitive team at the 2016 Olympic Games when he launched the Heineken Kinsale Sevens last night.

WEST Cork has suffered another sea tragedy in the immediate aftermath of the Bantry Bay disaster when a man was swept into the water while fishing.

WORDS used by Éamon de Valera at a public meeting in Ennis, Co Clare, 87 years ago, had an echo in Clonakilty, Co Cork, yesterday.

ROAD safety chiefs have condemned a YouTube clip which shows a car performing a potentially lethal jump over a public road.

GARDAÍ are searching for two masked raiders who forced their way into an elderly woman’s West Cork home, grabbed her by the throat and threatened her with a wooden baton.

HEINEKEN Cup-winning former Ulster stars Andy Ward and Jonathan Bell headed south yesterday to launch the 2010 Heineken Kinsale Sevens in the coastal Cork town last night.

PUB-GOERS who tore the burning clothes off a man who doused himself in petrol and set himself alight have been praised for saving his life.

A 90-YEAR-OLD woman died in a house fire after a candle in her bedroom ignited curtains and foam in a chair.

SEATED accommodation to facilitate 6,800 spectators for a David v Goliath soccer clash are due to arrive in a West Cork town today.

RUGBY fans who can’t make it to Croke Park for the epic Heineken Cup semi-final clash between arch rivals Munster and Leinster can rest easy — the organisers of festivals in Limerick and Kinsale have come to their rescue.

MOTHER, sister, uncle, daughter, brother, father — signs representing the 279 people who died in traffic accidents last year were carried through a west Cork town in a silent march yesterday by hundreds of black-clad convent schoolgirls.

AN 80-year-old woman was killed by a car just seconds after leaving a community hall where she attended a céilí with friends.

A “CONTRITE” Fianna Fáil TD who received a one-year driving ban yesterday for drink driving said he wants to get back to work for his constituents.

Cork South West TD Christy O'Sullivan (Fianna Fáil) has been disqualified from driving for one year and fined €300 after he pleaded guilty to drink-driving.

THE case against a Fianna Fáil TD accused of drink driving has been adjourned for a month.

GARDAÍ last night recovered the car that was hijacked by masked gunmen after a terrifying bank raid in west Cork.

TWO gunmen robbed a bank, crashed the getaway car and hijacked another during a terrifying raid yesterday.

DNA samples were needed to identify a man who was murdered and whose body was dumped in a slurry pit, an inquest has heard.

THE 13-year-old girl who drowned off Inchydoney Beach at the weekend could have been saved if a lifeguard service was in operation, it has been claimed.

A SMOKE alarm saved an elderly woman from certain death yesterday after fire ripped through her farmhouse.

A 49-YEAR-OLD married father was crushed to death yesterday in a horrific accident at a garage.

A MAN who died in a car crash after a Garda pursuit through Cork’s rush-hour traffic had a cocktail of alcohol and valium in his system, an inquest was told yesterday.

Tests carried out tonight on a body removed from a slurry tank on a remote farm in west Co Cork are expected to determine if the person was murdered.

THE fourth English man charged in connection with the largest cocaine seizure in the history of the State was yesterday sent forward for trial.

A TURKISH barber was charged yesterday with the murder of his ex-partner and mother of his child in West Cork last week.

THE organisers of the Northern hemisphere’s largest rugby sevens’ tournament are hoping to raise up to €10,000 from this year’s event for the Kinsale Trawler Tragedy Fund.

GARDAÍ conducting a murder probe hope to speak to a Turkish barber today after a post mortem yesterday confirmed that his ex-partner died of multiple stab wounds.

GARDAÍ were last night trying to crack the case of a gang who swiped a safe full of wages from an egg and poultry factory.

THE home of an elderly lady was gutted by fire on Hallowe’en night.

VOMIT and excrement on the doorsteps, vandalism, brawls and underage drinking on the streets — this is the graphic picture painted by residents of their home town of Clonakilty.

A HOTELIER who witnessed Sunday’s tragic events spoke yesterday of feeling helpless as she watched the two men being swept away.

FOR one family the mourning can begin — for another family, the agonising wait goes on.

A massive search operation was stepped up today in west Cork for a 22-year-old man who has been missing for four days.

The Heineken Kinsale Sevens will take place from April 28 to 30. More than 75 teams have already been registered for a competition that is grabbing worldwide attention.

A FIREARM belonging to the promoter of a controversial pyramid scheme in West Cork is being held by gardaí after the man allegedly made threats against investors who demanded their money back.

GARDAÍ have interviewed a number of people in relation to claims by a woman operating a controversial pyramid scheme that she was threatened in her own home by angry investors.

A FILE is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions after gardaí last night released a man without charge following the death of a father-of-seven in Skibbereen, Co Cork.

Ernst & Young has announced the Irish shortlist for the 2005 Entrepreneur of the Year Programme.

A €1.5M building planned for Killarney Racecourse has been described as the most ambitious development in the 70-year history of the local race firm.

The deadline closed today for entering the seventh annual Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards Programme (EOY).

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