The core group of residents of the Leeside apartments in Cork city, who spearheaded a two-year campaign against their eviction, also said they felt abandoned by the government at the height of their campaign.

Gardaí in Cork city investigating the discovery of a man's body beside an apartment block say they are now treating it as an "unlawful killing".

Gardaí in Cork are treating the death of a man, whose body was found by a rubbish chute, as suspicious.

A fireman is recovering this morning after receiving nine stitches following an assault by a member of the public in Dublin city centre last night.