A Corkman accused of robbing a man in what was described as a vicious lunchtime attack in the city denied the crime and said he was with his wife waiting for his lunch in a café.

A forensic scientist who examined a clump of hair concluded that it had been pulled from a woman’s head, the jury heard yesterday in the trial of a man who denies assault causing serious harm to his wife at the family home.

Idir An Bheirt can make a quick return to winning ways in the final of the Macra Na Feirme A3 525 at Curraheen Park.

Ballydesmond 0-16 Adrigole 0-11

A late Youghal resurgence, which saw them claw back a four-point deficit, ensured these will have to meet for a third time in the championship to decide who will progress to the semi-final.

A gaping loophole in Garda regulations allowed an illegal immigrant to be hired as a translator for a criminal investigation, it was revealed today.

FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy, especially while in Dublin, should respect the decision of the Irish people and not try to impose the Lisbon Treaty by any circuitous route.

AS referendum day dawns, it would be a shame to see a largely indifferent and confused nation to be in any way complicit in handing our relatively young democracy to powerful European bureaucrats who are more concerned with their governance of the masses than providing genuine and inspirational leadership.

A BRAVE schoolboy died suddenly in his classroom following a nine-year battle with cancer.

THREE lots jointly topped the sale at Curraheen Park on Saturday, when they were each sold for €3,000.

THE school building programme offers an opportunity to incorporate heating systems that are not fossil fuel dependent. Using wood pellet systems, geothermal systems or passive solar heating designs in our schools would: