A mother charged with the murder of her young son has been sent forward for trial.

A mother charged with the murder of her son in Co Cork could not be brought to court as she was medically unfit.

A court last night ordered that a mother charged with the murder of her son should be examined by a forensic psychiatrist at the female wing of Mountjoy prison.

BY far, Kanturk is the most difficult Cork County Council electoral area to call now that it has been reduced from a five-seater to a four-seater due to boundary changes.

Massive blunders by politicians, developers, bankers and regulators destroyed the Celtic Tiger boom, Fine Gael’s 75th Ard Fheis heard today.