County Cork VEC has accepted there were problems with unauthorised leases at Mallow Youthreach but at the last minute voted to deliver a report on the matter behind closed doors.

Fresh details have emerged of the costs of unapproved lending County Cork VEC arranged to fund a budget shortfall at a childcare centre.

A former chairman of County Cork VEC has defended his role in unsanctioned lease and loan arrangements at a youth facility in Mallow.

County Cork VEC secured more than €430,000 in unauthorised borrowings from Mallow Credit Union and signed up to a long lease with no permission.

The search for a man who is feared to have perished in a tragic fishing accident five days ago is continuing today after being hampered by poor weather conditions.

A father was handcuffed and had a sawn-off shotgun pressed against his temple by a gang of robbers who coerced his wife and children to open a safe and hand over their savings.

SOME houses stand out from the rest, not just for their size or status or appointment — but because they work.

A 29-YEAR-OLD Co Corkman is set to star in one of Britain’s best loved soaps, Coronation Street.

THIS is a house that has not been stinted on — it has 3,400 sq ft of space, a site of .75 of an acre, five fully en suite bedrooms as well as a range of reception rooms and an attic conversion.

Two life-long friends died and a third young man was critically injured in a horror car crash which left a small community devastated.