Extra gardaí will be deployed to police certain “hotspots” in Cork City centre at weekends.

Gangs of Eastern European shoplifters have been monitoring gardaí and private security personnel before launching raids at shops in Cork City when they know they are not around.

Gardaí have warned women to be careful when withdrawing cash from ATMs and financial institutions in Cork City due to a high risk of robbery.

The man who was stabbed in the neck, chest, back, and shoulder in Cork City early yesterday knew his attacker.

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.