Gardaí say that investigations into six killings that took place in Cork since July are progressing well.

Gardaí are planning to mount targeted high-visibility evening foot and bike patrols in Cork city centre to enhance public safety.

Cameron Blair, 20, was killed at a house on the Bandon Road on Thursday night and a murder investigation has been launched.

Shocked locals struggled to comprehend how a promising athlete and engineering student had his life cut short in a "senseless, heartbreaking" incident.

The two people on different trespass-related charges arising out of a murder investigation were remanded in custody yesterday.

So that’s nearly Thursday wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Paul Jones was found dead in his home on the Bandon Road last Saturday morning.

Two people have been arrested in connection with the murder of a 55-year-old man whose bloodied body was found by his son when he visited his home in Cork city over the weekend.

Gardaí investigating the murder of 55-year-old Paul Jones in Cork city have reiterated their call for witnesses to come forward.

A murder probe was launched yesterday after a postmortem examination at Cork University Hospital indicated that the death of 55 year old Paul Jones was murder.

Gardaí have launched a murder investigation in Cork city after the discovery of a man's body there yesterday.

A 14-year-old schoolboy, who lacerated his leg on a broken bottle while playing football in “knee-high” grass on a common area near his home, has lost a €38,000 personal injury claim against a housing association.

The mother of murdered April Jones has refused to read the book which she and her husband have published about their ordeal.

Murderer Mark Bridger who was jailed for killing five-year-old April Jones has launched an appeal bid, the schoolgirl’s parents have said.

The Welsh hometown of April Jones was decorated with pink today as the community prepared to say goodbye to the murdered schoolgirl.

A funeral for murdered Welsh schoolgirl April Jones will finally take place this week just days before the first anniversary of her abduction.

Even extra-time could not separate Doohamlet and Carrickmacross at the end of a riveting Monaghan SFC contest in Inniskeen on Saturday.

WHILE six gangland killings in Cork remain unsolved, gardaí are continuing to pursue the perpetrators and, in one case have lodged a file with the DPP, are “consolidating” another, and hoping for a breakthrough in a third.

A jury has heard of the frantic moments when the parents of April Jones learned their five-year-old daughter was missing.

A jury has heard of the frantic moments when the parents of April Jones learned that their five-year-old daughter was missing.

The family of five-year-old April Jones will have to wait another two months before the man accused of her murder goes on trial, a court heard today.

Former lifeguard Mark Bridger is "probably responsible" for the death of five-year-old April Jones but denies her abduction and murder, a court heard today.

Former lifeguard Mark Bridger today pleaded not guilty to the abduction and murder of five-year-old April Jones, who went missing in mid Wales last year.

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Reading manager Brian McDermott has made seven changes for the Royals’ potentially tricky FA Cup third round trip to Crawley, with Ian Harte appointed captain for the first time.

A former lifeguard accused of abducting and killing five-year-old schoolgirl April Jones is due to appear in a Welsh court today charged with her murder.