A woman in her late 40s is fighting for her life in hospital after suffering serious burns when she fell asleep smoking a cigarette.

Rail services on the Cork-Dublin line were cancelled for nearly three hours yesterday after a man died after being struck by a high-speed train.

Detectives are planning to speak to a 31-year-old man who is recovering after he was stabbed in the neck with a broken bottle.

A 31-year-old man was fighting for his life last night after being stabbed in the chest during an attack in Cork City.

Torrential rain may have been a factor in the death of a 23-year-old woman, from a well-known north Cork business family, whose car was in collision with a truck on a main road on the outskirts of Cork City.

GARDAÍ seized an array of dangerous weapons, some of them homemade, in two raids on houses in Cork’s northside yesterday.

GARDAÍ were last night questioning a 16-year-old in connection with an horrific attack on a man in his 30s which left him requiring seven stitches to a deep head wound.

AMERICAN airstrikes on a major opium growing region in Afghanistan and the rise in cannabis “grow houses” has been attributed to a huge fall in the use of heroin in Cork.

PLANS are being made for by-laws to combat an “epidemic of out-of-control horses” which is making many householders’ lives “a misery” in parts of Cork City.

GARDAÍ are investigating two suspected arson attacks which occurred yesterday morning in Cork.

GARDAÍ have met with senior members of all families connected to last Thursday’s tragic road deaths in Knocknaheeny, Cork, amid growing tensions in the area.

AN alert text service to warn teachers of the presence of paedophiles in and around their schools is to be set up in Cork.

A 35-YEAR-OLD man is in a critical condition in hospital after he and three others jumped from different floors of an apartment block to escape a blaze.

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

GARDAÍ believe a vicious slash-hook attack that led to a defenceless horse being put down is connected with a feud between rival gangs of Travellers.

GARDAÍ have seized €140,000 worth of cannabis, €3,000 of heroin and 50,000 contraband cigarettes following two operations on the northside of Cork city.

GARDAÍ say it was a miracle no one was injured when a lone gunman carrying a sawn-off shotgun fired through the window of a crowded pub.

GARDAÍ and naval divers will continue the search today for missing 27-year-old dentist Catherine Kelleher.

A MAN in his 20s may lose an eye after being struck in the face with a broken bottle following a night of violence in Cork city.

A GARDA crackdown on prostitution in Cork city led to the arrest of a suspected brothel madame and the seizure of thousands of euro.

GARDAÍ said last night it was a miracle that children didn’t start playing with a live grenade which was found on a sports field.

GARDAÍ are searching for a gang that stole thousands of euro worth of designer clothes and tableware from a warehouse in Co Cork.

GARDAÍ are hoping for a breakthrough in their investigation into the murder of a frail Cork pensioner when his last-known movements are re-enacted on Crimecall tonight.

THE 74-year-old whose remains were found in his home, with his hands and legs tied, may have been the victim of a robber or someone who bore a grudge against him.

AS a full-scale murder hunt gets underway in Cork city, gardaí have refused to divulge the details of the postmortem examination on the body of a pensioner whose hands were bound.

A 27-YEAR-OLD Polish man was stabbed and beaten with baseball bats when he went to answer a knock at his front door.