A counterfeit Apple iPhone charger bought from a small shop in Cork exploded in the socket shortly after it was plugged in to charge the phone and yesterday the man who sold it was fined €1,000 for breaches of the Trade Marks Act.

THE relationship between music and science is the theme of an upcoming children’s workshop at the National Concert Hall in Dublin.

The man on trial for murder told gardaí more than a week after the deceased was found in the rubbish chute of an apartment complex that he prayed for him every day.

Three days on and the images from Belo Horizonte that stick in the mind are not those of David Luiz’s Sideshow Bob- standing-on-a-rake routine, nor Germany’s seven wonders, but instead it’s the youngsters and grown men crying in the stands.

Despite conceding a sloppy goal just before the half-time whistle, St Vincent’s still had enough scoring power to see off gritty Glenville in this fourth-round contest at Riverstown on Saturday to set up a quarter-final clash with either Ballingeary or Naomh Abán.

A jury at Cork City Coroner’s Court has recommended a city-wide safety audit of split-level walls after hearing how a student plunged 30ft to his death.

Kildare lost their Bord Na Móna O’Byrne Cup crown in Portlaoise last night after switching off in the second-half.

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AN off-duty garda was the victim of a serious assault at the hands of young men who were euphoric from drink having won a Gaelic football match.

The young man who denied murdering retired Cork barman, Donal Manley, was jailed for life today after the jury found him guilty of murder.

A YOUNG man accused of murdering a retired barman told gardaí there was another person present in the house at the time of the tragedy.

HAVING fake Nike and other sports goods for sale — in clear view of a Garda station — resulted in the culprit being fined €1,200 yesterday and an order was made for the destruction of the shirts and runners.

A COLLEGE student fell to his death after climbing onto the roof of his rented house after a night of heavy drinking.

GARDAÍ have arrested and questioned three teenagers in relation to the knife-point mugging of a 12-year-old boy in a Cork city centre park.