Five people, including a four-year-old boy, were taken to hospital following a pile-up on the outskirts of Cork city which closed the main Cork-Limerick road for several hours yesterday.

British pub group Wetherspoon said it would no longer sell Heineken drinks at any of its 926 pubs after a disagreement with the Dutch brewer over pricing in Ireland.

A British pub chain will not sell Heineken and Murphy's stout at its pubs in Ireland and the UK.

Efforts were continuing last night to try to determine what drugs were taken by a group of students who had to be hospitalised.

English pub chain Wetherspoon has acquired its second premises in Ireland, the former Newport Cafe in Paul Street Plaza in Cork City.

The trial of four councillors accused of accepting bribes to rezone more than 100 acres of land has heard that the rezoning went against the advice of the then county manager.

The trial of four Councillors accused of accepting bribes to rezone over 100 acres of land has heard that the rezoning went against the advice of the then county manager.

Construction of a €10m Tesco outlet in Bantry, Co Cork, is expected to commence in the first quarter of 2013 after An Bord Pleanála gave permission for the 25,000 sq ft facility at the weekend.

Former Miss Ireland Nuala Holloway, who injured her left ankle in a trip and fall at Superquinn Shopping Centre, Blackrock, five years ago, has been awar-ded €12,000 damages.

In a recession, it’s easy to lose perspective. Worry about money and anxiety for the future, can bring us all down. So it’s important to cherish the good things.

Applications have flooded in and are long closed for The Entrepreneur Experience 2012, the second annual non-stop 24-hour business fast-tracking event widely dubbed Sleepless in Kinsale.

The art auction held yesterday in Blackrock, Dublin, raised over €60,000 for disabled artist Alexandra Trotsenko.

THEY say it’s better to be born lucky than smart. Ryan Tubridy is more fortunate than most, being both lucky and smart – along with having the gift of the gab that has made him the biggest name in Irish broadcasting in the space of a few short years.

CORK-based dealer Kevin O’Leary Motor Group is planning a significant expansion despite losing its BMW contract.

A lone protester today told Governor of Florida Jeb Bush to go home after breaching a security cordon around the US president’s brother.

Lawyers for a 50-year-old Irish man who is challenging his extradition to the UK in connection with a false passport scam are arguing that his constitutional rights have been breached.

DOODLING may be the work of idle hands but it is far from frowned upon in one school which has assembled a collection of very special scrawls, scribbles and sketches.

MORE THAN 430 gardaí were awarded diplomas in police studies at a ceremony at the Garda College in Templemore yesterday.

A WEXFORD couple have put their wedding and career plans on hold because of a blunder over funding for a psychology course at Trinity College Dublin.