Questions are being asked as to why a teenage girl was placed in an all-male ward at a Cork hospital where she was allegedly sexually assaulted by an older man.

A woman caught trespassing with her boyfriend at the court building being renovated in Cork claimed they needed “some private time”, writes Liam Heylin.

There will be more deaths of homeless people on the streets this winter, a noted academic has warned.

Armed gardaí rushed to a hospital grounds in Glanmire, Co Cork, and found a man carrying an axe.

A battle among a new generation of Real IRA members to control its drugs trade, racketeering, and money-laundering operations may have lead to the killing of dissident republican Aidan O’Driscoll, garda sources believe.

Gardaí and the Prison Service are in talks with the Courts Service over security concerns about a proposal to assign all Criminal Court sittings in Cork City to the Washington St courthouse.

A €21m plan by the Courts Service to build a new courthouse in Cork City is facing increasing opposition over fears it will lead lead to the closure of several district courts around the county.

A number of books of condolence are open around the country for people to express their sympathies on the death of Nelson Mandela.

Cork City is to get a new multi-million euro courthouse to deal solely with criminal cases.

A senior member of the group which represents the country’s rank-and-file gardaí has claimed plans to centralise 999 calls for all of Co Cork is “madness” and “will not work”.

A disability access group has said it is “appalled” at plans to relocate disabled parking spaces further away from Cork’s main civic building.

AN ALERT motorist who spotted smoke pouring from a house in Cork city centre yesterday helped firefighters prevent a major blaze.

Bus Éireann has today outlined alterations to services in Cork during royal visit this Friday, May 20.