An 11-year sentence was imposed yesterday on a garda informer who shot a woman in the neck through the window of a house as it emerged that CCTV at the accused man’s own home was the key evidence convicting him.

A woman has described being shot in the neck as a Cork man went on trial on charges arising out a shot being fired through the front room window of a house in Cork City.

A district court judge yesterday left it up to a circuit court to decide if upwards of seven senior counsel, along with junior counsel, would be assigned on free legal aid to a number of men and women facing various charges under money laundering legislation.

Four women and two men from one Cork city family were arrested yesterday, as part of a lengthy investigation, and charged with various counts under money-laundering legislation.

The Psychiatric Nurses’ Association has called on the HSE to reverse a raft of proposed bed closures at mental health units in Cork after one of its members was attacked while on duty.

Families stay for decades at Landscape House, only trading down when the child-rearing is done.

The last family remaining in a housing estate earmarked for redevelopment have won their battle with Cork City Council over the terms of their move, and have handed over their keys amid emotional scenes.

Bank of Ireland is pursuing the father of former Ireland and Munster rugby player Frankie Sheahan for almost €3m over alleged guarantees for loans advanced to his sons Frankie and Joey.

Building & Allied Trade Unions has been hit with a €147,000 fine, including €58,000 in interest and penalties, for the under-declaration of PRSI and PAYE following an audit by the Revenue Commissioners

Building & Allied Trade Unions has been hit with a €147,000 fine, including €58,000 in interest and penalties, for the under-declaration of PRSI and PAYE following an audit by the Revenue Commissioners

A trust fund based in the Alpine tax haven of Liechtenstein has made a €3.25m settlement with the State over tax affairs.

A decision on the possible demolition of a listed former convent in Cork which was gutted by fire now hinges on engineering reports.

The Taoiseach has defended the right of the governor of the Central Bank to make his views known on the stability treaty.

A father of ten has been jailed for four years for claiming €41,000 in social welfare and failing to pay taxes when his accounts showed a turnover of more than €3.3m.

THE featured Guinness Handicap Hurdle at Listowel yesterday saw Princeton Plains give trainer Eddie Harty a first winner at the track.

A PRIVATE equity firm with a majority stake in the Mater Private hospital is believed to be one of a number of potential investors in discussions with a new hospital which has had to close because it cannot get VHI approval.

BUILT to last — the genuine, solid build quality of Shanakiel’s Woodfield (called after the birthplace of Michael Collins) shines through, inside and out.

YOU could describe this gang of thieves as “a right shower”.

AN 80-YEAR-OLD woman was traumatised when a teenager broke into her house and asked if he could go to bed to hide from the gardaí. The culprit was yesterday jailed for 18 months.

AFTER attending the Taste of Cork event in beautiful Cork City Jail last Saturday evening, I feel the event was a throwback to the heady days of the Celtic Tiger.

A KEEN young sportsman who was worried about his mortgage repayments was caught with the biggest seizure of heroin ever made in Cork city and yesterday he was given a suspended six-year jail sentence.

THIS old farmhouse seems an anachronism, surrounded as it is by a 1960s estate in an inner suburb of Cork city.