Seán Hurley, from Drinagh, was Michael Collins’ brother-in-law and they were also good friends while working in the civil service in London. Hurley then got a job in the fabled Harrods store before he was called back to Dublin, alongside Collins, writes Ray Ryan

Scottish detectives working on the case of murdered Cork nurse Karen Buckley have traced a woman they believe could be a potential witness who may be able to assist with their investigation.

An Eddie Rocket’s diner in Arklow and the delicatessen area of a Cork supermarket were among nine premises served with a closure order last month for food safety legislation breaches.

A nephew of a 73-year-old shopkeeper, whose premises has been raided three times in the last two months, yesterday pleaded for the return of gardaí to rural areas.

One of Cork’s first heroin addicts has swapped his addiction for a pottery class.

Vacant shop windows are being transformed into artistic tourist information panels as part of a new approach to tackle dereliction in Cork City.

It is a matter of taste, or maybe conviction. Either way the relics of St Anthony have prompted the devotion of thousands in all-weathers around the country.

A culvert trash screen which became blocked with debris during a torrential downpour, triggering a devastating flood through a Cork suburb, is to be removed.

Chinatown comes to Cork tonight as a huge fire-breathing dragon and more than 350 ghouls and zombies take over one of the city’s most historic areas.

One of the south-west’s major waste operators, which has been operating a large waste transfer and dry recycling plant without planning in a rural area near Listowel, Co Kerry, for seven years, narrowly avoided being jailed this weekend after he gave a sworn undertaking to shut the site.

The Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan has assigned a detective superintendent to investigate the case of missing Co Offaly woman Fiona Pender.

LISTENING to Coleman at Large on Newstalk, I asked myself if was I living on a different planet. The topic was “has religion any relevance in today’s world, especially the Catholic faith?”.

A protest by a group called ‘The Irish Taxi Council’ caused severe traffic delays for Dublin commuters from 8am right through the day, and on into evening rush hour, according AA Roadwatch.

A CAR matching the description of murder accused Joe O’Reilly’s Fiat Marea was captured by CCTV footage near the O’Reilly home on the morning of the murder of his wife Rachel, a jury in the Central Criminal Court heard yesterday.

CCTV footage shows a car matching the description of Joe O'Reilly's Fiat Marea near the O'Reilly home on the morning of the murder, a jury in the Central Criminal Court heard today.

The judge in the murder trial of Joe O'Reilly today told the jury to ignore media reports of the case, as they are to reach their verdict only on the evidence they hear in court.

A furniture store was damaged overnight as firebombers behind a wave of attacks on shops across Northern Ireland struck again.

The centre of Balbriggan in North Dublin was sealed off for several hours this afternoon following a hoax bomb alert.

The State pathologist is due to begin the post mortem of a man found dead in Dundalk this morning at 1pm.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a fatal assault on Patrick St in Dundalk shortly before 12.35am this morning.

A teenager has been killed in an accident involving a fork lift in Co Cork.

A 16lb artillery shell has been discovered in the foyer of an apartment block at Arran Square, off Church St, in Dublin.