Gardaí investigating the murder of small business owner Peter Murphy at Shanavoher, Bweeng Co Cork four years ago have released without charge two men in their twenties arrested in connection with the death.

Gardaí investigating the death of man in north Cork almost five years ago have arrested two men.

The Garda Commissioner has announced the appointments of 11 newly-promoted senior officers and the transfer of seven Garda bosses, in a major reshuffle of top brass.

A teenager accused of murdering a man in Cork city in May was returned for trial today to the Central Criminal Court in Dublin.

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.