A vicious assault on a security man at a Cork City pub saw him having a pint glass smashed into his face by a woman.

The Director of Public Prosecutions has directed the case against a young woman, accused of assault causing harm to a bouncer at a pub in Cork, could only be dealt with at Cork District Court on a plea of guilty.

A woman used a baseball bat to attack her ex-husband’s new partner and, on leaving the scene, smashed up a parked van.

Farmers in East Cork and West Waterford are planning a huge livestock auction to raise funds for a proposed cancer support centre in the region.