A community group has claimed it’s inappropriate to house troubled teenagers in an area which has no amenities and could be dangerous for them.

Pa Kearney was one of Waterford’s brightest hurling talents.

Gardaí are planning to introduce a text messaging service to communities in North Cork which will aid them in the fight against crime.

People will ‘rest in peace’ more comfortably in West Cork than other parts of the county — knowing the cost of a burial plot in the coastal haven is a fraction of the price elsewhere.

US army veterans are set to honour the memory of an Irish-born soldier who died fighting with the Americans on the Western Front in France 94 years ago.

Householders in a rural community were delighted to find out that, after five months, they will no longer have to boil their drinking water — but then they got the bad news.

Cork County Council has been accused of not doing enough to help 23 householders who have had to boil their drinking water for the past five months.

A COMPLAINT is to be made to the Ombudsman for Children about the reduction of support services for a seven-year-old Down Syndrome schoolgirl.

DEFENCE Forces personnel will take part in a major military exercise in South Tipperary and north Cork next week.

The Williamhill.com English Derby will reach the semi-final stage next Saturday when the third round is run at Wimbledon and hopes of an Irish victory in the classic are sky high following another very successful weekend for the raiding party.

ILLEGAL waste lagoons which the European Court ordered closed 27 months ago are still in operation.

AN Bord Pleanála has turned down a controversial plan to build Ireland’s first anaerobic waste digester, much to the delight of a small community in Co Cork.

ANGER and surprise were expressed by local representatives and community leaders yesterday as they learnt that an army camp in North Cork could become the site of a €70 million prison.

SCORES of objectors to Ireland’s first commercial anaerobic waste digester are expected to pack a hotel in North Cork later this month when An Bord Pleanála holds an oral hearing into the proposed €75 million project.

DRINKING water in a Co Cork community could have been contaminated by illegal waste lagoons, which the European Court ordered should be closed 14 months ago.

CHILDREN protested yesterday against Ireland’s first proposed anaerobic waste digester, which could be built less than 500 yards from their school.

THE Cork county manager has said he will personally investigate claims that an illegal waste dump in North Cork is still operating, more than a year after the European Court ordered its closure.

WASTE from food processing industries, breweries, bone meal, slurry and other effluents will be transported to Araglin from all over Munster if Valeco is allowed to proceed with its anaerobic digester project.

A SUBSIDIARY of Ireland’s largest private waste disposal company is planning to build a €75 million organic digester in North Cork, which will be capable of biodegrading 250,000 tonnes of waste annually.

A CONSTRUCTION worker on the Cork Main Drainage Scheme was killed instantly yesterday when a dumper driven by one of his colleagues overturned, rolled down an embankment and pinned him underneath.