Nine people were arrested on suspicion of drink driving during a co-ordinated, nationwide Garda blitz over the weekend.

These seven modern apartments at 38 Mary Street are in a new-build complex around a courtyard with rental income of €65,000.

The National Ambulance Service (NAS) has pledged to restore publilc confidence in the system after a review found a 999 call taker did not follow protocol which resulted in an ambulance not being sent to help a dying toddler.

Over the past few weeks we have learnt of the horrific cruelty inflicted on a number of Irish horses that subsequently resulted in their deaths. Who could fail to be moved by the distressing picture of the horse in Wicklow lying on the ground, legs broken after a severe beating, eventually euthanised while her foal stood nearby?

The jury at the inquest of a toddler who died after falling from an upstairs window has urged the HSE to publish immediately the full review of the ambulance service's response to the emergency.

An ambulance going to the aid of a stricken toddler was called off after controllers were not told on a 999 call the child fell from an upstairs window, and believed he sustained a “bump” after a “simple” fall.

An ambulance carrying a patient and two paramedics broke down on a dual carriage in Co Cork yesterday evening with smoke and steam billowing from its engine.

The HSE has confirmed plans to publish the findings of a formal review into why an ambulance was not sent to help a critically ill toddler who died after falling from a window last month.

They were planning to celebrate his second birthday today. But instead, the parents of a toddler who died after falling from an upstairs window at the family home were last night preparing for his funeral.

Cork GAA legend, Kevin Hennessy, who drove a dying child to hospital has spoken of his shock when told there was noambulance available to come to his aid.

Fears are being raised about the lack of ambulance cover across Cork after a toddler died in hospital two days after falling from an upstairs window.

Fears have been raised about ambulance cover across the South after no ambulance was available to help a 2-year-old boy who fell from a top-storey window of his home.

Small parcels of development land are finally beginning to wash out of the property system and the trickle may turn into a spate by next spring if demand for farmland continues.

It is only 1.2km long, but residents claim their road is the most potholed in Europe.

As an animal lover I fully endorse the sentiments expressed by Chris McCarthy (Letters, Aug 20).

I WAS very annoyed and disgusted when I heard that Joan Burton was planning to cut only €600 million from the social welfare budget.

THERE’S plenty of hopeless cases out there, but St Jude’s probably isn’t one of them.

NOW that any realistic hopes of development sites have been removed from the sale prospects of Midleton’s Castleredmond House, this east Cork quality detached home has had a price slash to bring more viewings — and facilitate its owners, who are now living overseas.

SEÁN McGovern’s letter (May 22) defending Deputy Mattie McGrath’s comments on animal rights activists typifies the perception that both he and Mr McGrath like to create by labelling anyone who opposes hunting or highlights the plight of the animals as animal rights fascists.

BIG house, big site and both can be sold separately, or apart.

I’M pleased the Road Safety Authority is planning to cut the waiting time for a driving test to 10 weeks by next March.

I thought oil prices in the main were set by opec.

THE new-builds at Woodville created a bit of a design stir this year. Now, callers to the Courtyard, a new phase around the original period Woodville House, will want to know if the same standard has been matched.

A WIND energy company has been granted planning permission for 18 large turbines in Terelton, while a developer has been refused the go-ahead for 58 homes in Glanmire.

THE builders may be on holidays, but developers are keeping themselves busy submitting plans for hundreds more homes in County Cork.

PROJECTS worth hundreds of millions of euro are in the pipeline for County Cork, as the Celtic Tiger shows no signs of slowing down.

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THE name may conjure up images of that most English of areas, the Cotswolds, but the estate of the same name at Castleredmond, Midleton, is plonked firmly in West Cork.

BRIDEVIEW Developments has been granted planning permission to proceed with a multi-million euro development in Midleton, Co Cork.

A COMPANY proposing a €220 million project in Midleton, Co Cork, claims its development isn’t contrary to proper planning principles and will be of benefit to the community.

A HOUSE up for sale in Midleton’s very successful Castleredmond development has an unusual bonus — the option of taking on the rent roll from the existing tenant if it is going to be bought by an investor or a buyer not yet ready to make a house move.

ONE of the best addresses in Midleton is how auctioneer Adrianna Hegarty describes Monatrea, in Castleredmond.

COUNCIL officials in Cork are concerned that the public isn’t aware of the exceptional value that their affordable housing schemes represent.

I WISH to express my disgust at the recent increase in the price of a pint in the Midleton area of east Cork.

THIS attractive, three bedroomed duplex, located at 2, Coppinger Vale, in Castleredmond, Midleton is within commuting distance of Cork city.