Objectors to the proposed €180m Cork-Ringaskiddy motorway say it would split communities, cause increased physical and mental health problems, reduce life expectancy, and significantly devalue their properties.

Objectors to a proposed €180m motorway in Cork have been given less than three weeks notice to prepare a case against it.

Two people are in hospital following what Gardaí are calling "a serious road traffic collision" in Cork today.

Built in 2005, this 1,000 sq ft home is owner-occupied, stylish, and in excellent condition, reports Trish Dromey.

A terminally ill cancer patient chose not to press charges against a nurse who allegedly withdrew money from his account without consent because “he didn’t want to see her again”, a disciplinary inquiry has heard.

It is hoped that revised plans for a €180m road between Cork and Ringaskiddy will ease the fears of some residents’ associations who expressed major concerns with the initial blueprint when it was launched in October.

Rush hour traffic came to a standstill for nearly two hours yesterday morning on the southside of Cork City, following two separate collisions that saw four people suffer minor injuries.

Twenty people are facing charges of fraud following a garda investigation into car accidents that were allegedly staged to claim insurance payouts.

The Port of Cork’s plans for a €100m redevelopment of its cargo-handling facilities at Ringaskiddy have been hit with a further delay.

The National Roads Authority (NRA) has unveiled a preferred route for a €100m-plus motorway to replace the existing Cork-Ringaskiddy (N28).

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Your report (July 15), suggests that Cllr Seamus McGrath of Fianna Fáil (and others), seem to be of the opinion that the Port of Cork’s container development plan for Ringaskiddy would be in order if the upgrade of the N28 was in place.

The National Roads Authority is to carry out a €1m revamp of the dual carriageway between the Jack Lynch Tunnel and Bishopstown and rename it the N40 in the first phase of creating an orbital route for Cork city.

TOMMY STEWART fired Shamrock Rovers into dreamland last night as his second half strike set up a clash with Italian giants Juventus.

Celtic keeper Artur Boruc has apologised to Hoops fans who travelled “to the end of the world” to see their heroes throw away an interval lead and lose their Europa League Group C opener against Hapoel Tel Aviv.

CELTIC manager Tony Mowbray refused to use the heat and humidity of Israel as an excuse for the Bhoys’ late defeat to Hapoel Tel Aviv in their Europa League Group C opener in the Bloomfield stadium yesterday.

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EVERTON manager David Moyes will give his new £10 million (€11.2m) Russian winger Diniyar Bilyaletdinov his full debut tonight and is hoping a squad depleted by injuries and suspension can cope with life in the Europa League.

Gig-goers driving to the Electric Picnic festival in Stradbally, Co Laois this weekend have been warned to allow at least an extra two hours for their journey.

Mandate Trade Union said today that it is deferring the planned industrial action scheduled for Thursday in 19 Tesco stores in order to facilitate discussions between the company and the union in the Labour Court.

Strike notice was today served on 19 Tesco stores around the country amid claims some workers have had more than €100 knocked off their wages.

An eight-month-old baby boy was injured after assailants broke into his house in the North, it was revealed today.

A NEW green route walking path, through woods and along the glenside of the Donnybrook stream, will link the house scheme The Vicarage with the very heart of Douglas village in Cork, and, almost coincidentally, make it an easy stroll to the suburban village’s two churches. And schools. And shops, bars and everything else.

A teenage American girl who vanished a year ago and was found hidden in a room in a man's home in Connecticut assumed a new identity that made her part of his family, authorities said today, as they investigated whether he had inappropriate relationships with her and other girls.

Three people were arrested after a 15-year-old American girl missing for a year was found locked in a hidden room in a house in Connecticut, US authorities said today.

THE producers of hit TV show The Sopranos were denied a permit to film in Bloomfield, New Jersey, because the mayor and some city council members say the series negatively depicts Italian-Americans.

A US town has banned the mafia TV series Sopranos from filming because the hit drama negatively depicts Italian-Americans.

A number of firefighters in the North were injured after being attacked while dealing with a suspected arson early today.

A man was being questioned today about the discovery of a loyalist pipe bomb factory in east Belfast.

Police today named their prime suspect in a murder hunt after a partygoer was shot dead in a toilet.

A 17-year-old youth has been treated in hospital after being shot in the leg in a paramilitary style attack.