FOR many Corkonians of a certain vintage, pizza was ‘born’ in the very early ’80s, in Pizzaland on Patrick St, arriving near-simultaneously with next-door neighbour Burgerland, both ‘game-changers’ in the city’s fast-food dining culture.

Serial sex offender James Lombard confessed today to sexually assaulting another seven boys and two girls as it emerged a consultation with a prison psychiatrist broke down because the accused was too upset to speak.

A serial sex offender captured today three weeks after he disappeared on the final day of his trail at Cork Circuit Court has been remanded in custody to appear at Youghal Circuit Court.