Gardaí arrived at a disturbance on the Blarney Road to find a man warning a woman that she was "lucky they came, because I’d have killed you".

More than 30 gardaí took part in early morning raids on three houses where they arrested four members of an extended family on suspicion of drug trafficking and money-laundering.

Two burglars in a stolen van careered through the streets of Cork without any regard for the safety of other motorists as they tried to escape pursuing gardaí.

No 52 Monastery Avenue, Cork. a smart family home, is priced at just €180,000, Tommy Barker reports.

With five Cork pubs sales closed in 2012 ranging in value for €200,000 to €1.5m, and another one or two close to completing, the year has shown a marked increase in activity compared to the previous four years.

A pilot project which has slashed speed limits outside six Cork schools could result in a “total lock-down of suburbia” if it’s rolled out city-wide.

The speed limit on roads around six Cork schools has been slashed to 30kph as part of an EU project.

IN the past few days I was a patient in the Victoria Hospital (ward Longfield 9) for three days.

Three of the six men on trial on charges arising out of a series of incidents culminating in the death of two teenagers on the road in Knocknaheeny last May were found not guilty this afternoon and walked free from the case.

PARENTS and schools should foot the bill, or take on the responsibility themselves, of providing school wardens, a city councillor said last night.

A SHAMANIC practitioner has cleared hundreds of spirits from a haunted house in Cork city, he said last night.

A MEDIUM has been called in to cleanse a “haunted” house after a young couple claimed that an “evil spirit” forced them out of their dream home.

GARDAÍ arrested and charged a man in connection with the discovery of a substantial cannabis-growing factory in Cork city.

Gardaí arrested and charged a man today in connection with the discovery of a very substantial cannabis-growing factory in Cork city.

DRUGS squad gardaí working in co-operation with their British counterparts smashed a drug-smuggling operation where a gang consisting of criminals from England and South America were attempting to set up a new system for getting cocaine into Ireland.

A massive cannabis factory thought to be the biggest in the country resembled a little jungle, detectives revealed tonight.

Gardaí in Cork are questioning a man in his 20s following the discovery of a major cannabis-growing operation on the north side of the city.

GARDAÍ have seized €140,000 worth of cannabis, €3,000 of heroin and 50,000 contraband cigarettes following two operations on the northside of Cork city.

TWO four-bed houses, on opposite sides of the city are on the market at the moment at roughly the same guide price.

Five men are still being held in Cork in connection with three separate drug seizures in the city over the past 24 hours.

Gardaí in Cork have seized €80,000 worth of cannabis following two separate operations in the city.

Gardaí in Cork have arrested a man in his fifties after recovering €50,000 worth of ecstasy on the outskirts of the city.

Gardaí in Cork have seized €80,000 worth of cannabis following two separate operations in the city.

IRELAND was buffeted by storm-force winds and relentless rain yesterday as the weather played havoc with airline and ferry schedules and caused traffic disruption throughout the country.

SLOW FOOD Ireland recently ran an art competition for Cork schools to raise awareness of the Cork Edible School Gardens Project.

HUNDREDS of new affordable homes will be built on Cork’s northside after decisions by the city council on three separate housing projects last night.

Mary Dundon, Political Reporter