A Corkman has been jailed for four years for sexually assaulting his former partner’s 13-year-old daughter while he babysat the girl.

A Cork man has been jailed for four years for sexually assaulting his former partner’s 13-year-old daughter while he babysat the girl.

A Cork woman who pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of her son has received a suspended sentence.

The HSE has applied to the High Court for an order not to resuscitate a terminally ill eight-month-old baby girl.

A Cork man tied a 14-year-old girl to a bed using a belt before sexually assaulting her, a court has heard.

A suicide note with the words “bury us together” was found at the home of a Cork woman who admitted smothering her 8-year-old son.

A homeless couple have lost a High Court bid to have the custody of their prematurely-born baby returned to them after he has received medical treatment and is discharged from hospital.

A 15-year-old boy was among a gang of three teens accused of raping a woman in a van three years ago.

IF Michael Collins hoped the Northern Offensive would concentrate the political focus on Northern Ireland, he must have been sorely disappointed, because the orgy of murder was not confined to the North.

Five goals and a spectacular second-half display from Kanturk saw them breeze past Éire Óg in their Cork IHC round two encounter in Mallow last night.

Two Wexford men who forced their way in to a woman's house and raped her while her young child was in an adjacent room have failed in their attempts to have their convictions and 14-year sentences quashed on appeal.

A Cork man and former soldier who raped his female friend after she refused to kiss him has been remanded in custody pending sentence by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court.

A Cork man has failed in his appeal against his conviction for the murder of a 62-year-old retired barman over two years ago.

A MAN on trial for raping and attempting to rape a female friend in Cork over two years ago has dramatically changed his plea at the Central Criminal Court after a day of legal argument.

A SCHOOL principal today begins a sad and lonely task in the Co Limerick hamlet of Ballyorgan which nestles in the Ballyhouras mountains.

TOUGHER laws must be brought in to stop the tabloid press sensationalising crimes before the case comes to trial, Director of Public Prosecutions James Hamilton said yesterday.