By demonising the people who are going to vote no, we are isolating them and completely ruining any chance of ever trying to come to a compromise, writes Ellie Menton

A man who suffers locked-in syndrome following an operation at Cork University Hospital is in line for a lump-sum payment running to millions of euro in a final settlement of his case after a judge yesterday found in his favour on his future care needs.

There’s so much to do in the run up to Christmas, it can be hard to decide how to make the most of the festive fun. Take some tips from Ellie O’Byrne.

A 33-year-old Blarney, Co Cork, man accused of throwing a lighting petrol bomb into a house as well as assaulting a woman and three counts of threatening to kill women, complained yesterday about a delay in his case.

Building work has started on a new Garda station to replace one gutted in an arson attack almost five years ago.

BLARNEY, CORK €295,000

Heartbroken relatives of the garda critically injured in a tragic shooting incident in Tralee, Co Kerry, gathered at his bedside late last night to hold a poignant prayer service.

IT IS Saturday evening in downtown Calgary.

A SERVING garda was given an 18-month jail term — with 12 months suspended — yesterday for seriously assaulting a man in Cork city centre while off-duty.

MEET the man who’s showing true grit to break the grip of the big freeze.

JUST four years old, this is a very smart, detached house in a good location at Blarney, Co Cork.

MICHAEL LINEHAN from Blarney, Co. Cork took the major prize, the O’Gorman Cup, when his Check It Out proved too good for J. & C. O’Keeffe’s (Glantane) Toureen Town in the Milford Open yesterday.

The Progressive Democrats said today that childcare is high on their agenda between now and the next General Election.

FOLLOWING Charlie McCreevy’s recent nomination to a post as European Commissioner, there were many newspaper reviews of his performance as Minister for Finance since 1997, and most gave him some credit for his long performance over some difficult years.

IT started at €295,000, has an offer of €300,000, but auctioneer, Michael Downery of ERA Downey McCarthy Murphy expects 1, Castleowen in Blarney, Co Cork to go to €320,000 or thereabouts.

A series of regional CAP reform information meetings by the Department of Agriculture, in association with Teagasc, will commence in Blarney, Co Cork, tonight and continue at locations nationwide until October 8.