The former chief executive officer of Marymount Hospice in Cork who was dismissed from his post in February after seven months for "significant interpersonal difficulties" between him and other staff members failed in his application for a court injunction against the hospice yesterday.

We traditionally associate post-natal depression with women who have given birth but a new study has found it also affects just over one in 10 dads.

Clonmel and Bandon were last night celebrating memorable Munster club title successes.

An addict who was caught with over €10,000 worth of heroin on the grounds of a derelict hospital in Cork was jailed for three years with half of it suspended yesterday.

It’s billed as one of the social events of the year in Cork — and one of the worthiest causes.

Gardaí arrested a man they described as being caught red-handed with over €10,000 worth of heroin on the grounds of a derelict hospital in Cork, but he claimed that he picked up the bag by chance while out walking his dog.

A mother jailed for 17 years for killing her six children in a house fire has today lost a second bid to challenge the length of her sentence.

A mother jailed for 17 years for killing her six children in a house fire is to launch another bid to challenge the length of her sentence today.

The niece of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has welcomed the 16-year jail sentence handed down to her sex abuser father, but insisted it was still too little, too late.

The conviction and sentencing of Liam Adams for raping his daughter has been described as “much too little too late” by his victim.

The paedophile brother of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for raping his daughter.

The paedophile brother of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams should not be subject to lengthy sex offender supervision measures on his eventual release from prison, as he does not pose a serious risk to the public, his lawyer has urged.

The judge responsible for sentencing the convicted sex offender brother of Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has asked for further legal submissions before commencing her considerations.

Gerry Adams’s sex abuser brother, who is being held in high-security custody in the North amid concerns he is under threat, should be jailed for at least 15 years, a judge has been urged.

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams’s sex abuser brother, who is being held in high-security custody in Northern Ireland amid concerns he is under threat, should be jailed for at least 15 years, a judge has been urged.

Neighbours spoke of bittersweet memories as workers started pulling down a house in England where two parents set a deadly blaze which killed their children.

A mother jailed for 17 years for killing her six children in a Derby house fire has lost the first round of a bid to challenge the length of her sentence.

David Cameron stepped up clashes with Labour in the UK today by insisting the case of child killer Mick Philpott did raise “wider questions” about the welfare system in the country.

There was the rare sound of applause in court — coming from Mick Philpotts’s own family members — as the judge finished sentencing.

Smirking Mick Philpott stuck two fingers up today after being described by a judge as a “disturbingly dangerous man” as he was sentenced to life for killing six of his children in a house fire.

Britain's Chancellor George Osborne has linked the case of child killer Mick Philpott to the need for reform of the benefits system, questioning why taxpayers were funding “lifestyles like that”.

Mick Philpott was described as a “disturbingly dangerous man” with “no moral compass” as he was sentenced to life in jail today for killing six of his children in a house fire.

Mick Philpott has been jailed for life and must serve at least 15 years for the manslaughter of six children in Derby.

Mick Philpott wrote to a friend about how he and his wife would “rape each other” after being cleared of starting the blaze that killed six of his children.

Mick and Mairead Philpott are facing jail today for killing their six children in a house fire.

The sentencing of Mick and Mairead Philpott, who killed six children in the UK, has been delayed until tomorrow.

A couple who killed their six children in a house fire in Britain will today be jailed.

Relatives of six children who died in a house fire have said their “angels can rest in peace” after their parents were convicted of their killing.

The parents of six children who died in a house fire in England were today found guilty of their manslaughter.

A mother accused of killing her six children in a house fire in Derby has told a court it was "possible" that her husband got out of bed to start the blaze.

A man who is alleged to have killed his six children in a house fire was accused today of treating his wife like a slave.

A father accused of killing his six children in a house fire collapsed and sobbed in the witness box as a court heard a 999 call made by him and his wife as the blaze took hold.

A man accused of killing his six children in a house fire has told a court he did not start the blaze but that he has his suspicions about who did.

A father accused of killing his six children in a house fire joked about the night of the fatal blaze to a police officer just a week later, a court has heard.

A father accused of killing his six children in a house fire in Derby had become "paranoid" about losing them in an upcoming custody battle, a court has heard.

A father accused of killing his six children was overheard on the phone saying someone being interviewed by police was going to "drop us in it", a court has heard.

The former mistress of a man accused of the manslaughter of his six children in the UK has denied threatening to kill him.

The former mistress of “benefits scrounger” Mick Philpott, who is accused of killing his six children, told a court how she ended their relationship after enduring years of abusive and domineering behaviour.

The former mistress of a man accused of killing his children in a house fire has told a court how she and his wife used to alternate the nights they would sleep with him.

A father accused of killing his six children in a house fire started the blaze as part of a “plan” to frame his ex-girlfriend after becoming locked in a custody battle with her, a court has heard.

A father was the “prime mover and dominant player” in scheme to start a blaze which killed his six children as part of a plan to frame his ex-girlfriend after becoming locked in a custody battle with her, a court heard today.

Several people have come forward with information since the parents of six children who died in a house fire appeared in court last week, police in England have said.

The funerals of six siblings who perished when fire ripped through their home as they slept in their beds will take place in Britain today.

Several people have come forward with “extremely useful” information about an arson attack that killed six children in the UK, as police were given extra time to question their parents.