All took place in Killarney, amid sharp increase in Kerry break-ins

The search for the driver of a car that entered the River Lee yesterday morning has led to the discovery of a second car, in which a body was found.

A Garda operation in Dublin against serial burglars resulted in a 54% increase in break-ins to homes in Cork City and suburbs.

A six-month covert Garda operation targeting heroin dealers in Cork sends out a strong message that offenders will be caught and brought before the courts, senior gardaí said last night.

Nearly 90 people have died from heroin and other opiates in Cork City in the past 11 years, according to coroner Myra Cullinane.

Gardaí are questioning a man about a spate of brutal machete attacks in Cork City in which three people including two teenagers, were seriously injured.

One of the biggest personnel shake-ups for years has taken place in the ranks of An Garda Siochána with six officers being promoted to the rank of chief superintendent and a further 34 inspectors elevated to superintendent.

Gardaí have launched an investigation after a pensioner was threatened with an iron bar during an aggravated burglary in his home, early yesterday, on the northside of Cork City.

A drugs taskforce met in Cork yesterday to discuss how best to tackle the city’s growing heroin crisis which saw a little boy jabbed by an addict’s needle he found discarded in his school yard.

Gardaí have questioned two men in their 20s in connection with a serious assault in Cork City yesterday.

Gardaí are following several lines of enquiry after a viable improvised explosive device packed with nails was defused outside a pub on the northside of Cork City yesterday.

The stabbing of a 31-year-old man in Cork on Friday is now being treated as murder after the victim died in hospital last night.

PRAYERS will be said this morning that the weather will change sufficiently to allow divers to search the wreck of the Tit Bonhomme, which may conceal the bodies of five fishermen feared drowned after it struck rocks and sank at the entrance to a bay in Co Cork.

A COUPLE in their 20s are lucky to be alive today after a stolen car smashed into the vehicle in which they were travelling in Cork city.

GARDAÍ believe a lethal combination of drugs such as heroin, methadone and Xanax caused the death of two men in their 30s in Cork city.

CORK City Council has evicted, on average, one tenant every month this year from its housing stock due to anti-social behaviour.

MYSTERY surrounds the intended target for a pipebomb which was discovered on a busy road in Cork.

MORE than 50 households had to be evacuated for several hours after a viable pipe bomb was discovered in a Cork suburb.

A 23-year-old man who killed another man in an unprovoked attack during which he was dragged under a car after being attacked with a machete, has been jailed for nine years at the Central Criminal Court.

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.

A SUSPECT was still being questioned last night about the murder of a taxi driver in Cork city.

A MAN in his 30s was arrested in Co Cork last night in connection with the murder of a taxi driver in the city.

GARDAÍ believe it is possible that a taxi driver bludgeoned to death may have been murdered by somebody who stole his day’s takings.

A well-known city taxi driver who was murdered when he was beaten over the head may have lain dead in his flat for several days, it was revealed tonight.

EIGHT young people and two groups from north and east Cork have been honoured by Gardaí for outstanding contributions to their communities and charities.

EIGHT young people and two groups from north and east Cork have been honoured by Gardaí for outstanding contributions to their communities and charities.

TWO men have been arrested by gardaí investigating an assault in north Cork on a 26-year-old man who died two weeks after he was attacked.

A MAN in his mid-30s was arrested by gardaí yesterday in connection with an investigation into an alleged serious sexual assault in a Co Cork town.

Carpenter Michael Leahy of Coolcrean Park, Killarney, Co Kerry, was today jailed for eight years at Cork Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to the charge of having cocaine for sale or supply to others on August 4, 2005.

GARDAÍ will target major drug dealers and serious crime figures in Cork this year as part of a new policing strategy.

A series of early morning arrests were made today as part of an investigation into money-laundering by Cork drug-dealers.

A Polish national accused of having €1.4m worth of cocaine in Cork city centre had a change of mind today and pleaded guilty to having the drugs for sale or supply.

A man was stopped driving through Cork city centre with €1.4m worth of cocaine professionally concealed inside panels of the car, it was claimed today as a man was arrested, charged and brought to court.

One of the most prominent figures in the drugs trade in Cork city was caught red-handed with €500,000 worth of cannabis and today he was given a 15-year jail sentence.

The combined work of 40 gardaí in Cork city and west Cork led to a drugs haul worth almost €2m, and the arrest of two suspected drugs couriers, according to the Evening Echo today.

Drugs squad gardai in Cork found a man in possession of five kilos of cannabis resin and in a follow-up search of a house they found another 35 kilos of the illegal drugs with a total street value of €520,000.

Two South Africans were arrested at Cork Airport and charged with importing €200,000 worth of cannabis resin into Ireland.

Drugs squad gardai in Cork foiled a plan to flood the market with ecstasy tablet last New Year's Eve and today the dealer involved has been jailed for 10 years.

Gardai brought two men to Cork District Court today on charges of importing cannabis resin with a street value of €125,000 into Ireland.

Gardai arrested a Dubliner today and charged him with having €200,000 worth of cannabis resin in a taxi in Cork City yesterday.