Dangerous high-speed driving across North Cork in a stolen car at around 11am forced gardaí and people working on the roads to jump to safety, a court has heard.

High above the Lee Valley and with views over the rolling countryside of mid-Cork, this dotey little farm at Curraleigh, Inniscarra, hits the market this week with Joe McCarthy of Irish and European.

A major manhunt involving up to 40 gardaí and lasting 90 minutes took place in Cork City last night after a bookmakers was forced to hand over almost €5,000 at gunpoint.

SET in a woodland, the old Parochial House upriver of Cork city at Inniscarra, is at Canon’s Cross – or is it cannon’s cross?

TREACHEROUS weather conditions led to scores of accidents throughout Cork yesterday, the worst of which resulted in the closure of the county’s only motorway.