Shortly before 2am Sunday morning, gardaí were alerted to an incident at an Apartment on Lynch’s Quay, Cobh Co Cork.

A mother wept in court as one of the youngest children to plead guilty to murder was locked up at the UK's Old Bailey for a minimum of 11 years.

The funeral Mass has taken place of John Butler in Cobh Co Cork.

THE recent defence of Ireland’s track record on waste disposal by Environment Minister Dick Roche left a lot to be desired.