Community gardaí are often the first point of contact with the force and offer a reassuring presence on the streets, writes Donal O’Keeffe

Detectives were questioning a man and a woman last night about a daylight knife attack on a woman in Cork City earlier this year.

Two Kerrymen who were jailed two months ago for the “very mean” crime of stealing €11,000 from a 79-year-old Corkwoman for a €400 job on her roof were given suspended jail sentences yesterday.

A 79-year-old Cork woman was preyed upon by two Kerry men who quoted her €400 to repair her roof and then went on to get €11,000 in cash payments from her in “a very mean” crime.

College authorities in Cork should fund special Garda units to police residential areas plagued by drunken students.

Residents in Cork’s university quarter have warned the landlords of student houses that they could face prosecution under litter laws if their properties are not up to scratch within weeks.

More than 35,000 parking tickets were issued by Cork City Council last year, with almost 100 offenders being fined every day.

Five houses were burgled within a mile of UCC by a Dublin gang who were caught after a high-speed chase and yesterday they were given five- and six-year sentences.

A cat who was stranded among the pigeons — and some ducks and swans too — was reunited with her owner yesterday after six months away from home.

A jury has returned a verdict of unlawful killing after an inquest heard a man who left a party when a row flared in a Cork City flat was followed onto the street and stabbed in the heart.

First they embraced social media. Now they’re going green.

Students planning a night out were offered almost €25,000 in taxi vouchers yesterday as part of a “get home safe” campaign.

UCC is considering offering dedicated “quiet housing blocks” for students after three people signed up for its new, alcohol-free accommodation.

Three Garda CCTV cameras have been installed around Cork’s university quarter as part of a wider crackdown on antisocial behaviour.

Fertility treatment options in Cork are set to expand on foot of a partnership between a leading Dublin clinic and a Cork service that currently treats male infertility only.

A potential conflict of interests has delayed a major flood defence plan for Cork, it emerged last night.

Torrential rain and strong winds caused significant flooding across Munster last night.

Gardaí have praised UCC students for their behaviour during Rag Week as the focus swings back to fundraising for charity.

Under-siege residents living near two of Ireland’s largest third-level colleges have called for a levy to be imposed on students to cover the costs of on-street security.

A Fine Gael TD has offered to facilitate talks between landlords and officials from University College Cork in a bid to tackle anti-social student behaviour.

Gardaí are awaiting results of an autopsy on the body of a 53-year-old man who was found with head injuries on a lane in Cork.

An ancient enclosed order of nuns has embraced social media to reach out to the world.

THEY live a hidden life of prayer, penance, and perpetual adoration behind closed doors, following a deeply religious way of life which has remained largely unchanged since the 13th century.

Three students sleeping in a house near UCC were attacked and robbed in the middle of the night, one of them being stabbed.

PROFITS at the country’s largest private healthcare company, Bon Secours Health System Ltd, rose by 80% to €9.7 million in 2010 up from €5.4m in 2009, according to information released by the group last night.

Bus Éireann has today outlined alterations to services in Cork during royal visit this Friday, May 20.

COST-containment measures along with increased activity last year resulted in profits at the country’s largest private healthcare company, Bon Secours increasing by 86% to €5.3m.

BUSY by day, surprisingly quiet at night, the Glasheen Rd/College Rd area isn’t all about students.

TWO three-storey houses are on the market this week on College Rd in Cork city and another property, in the same location, has been sold for a sum believed to be well in excess of its guide price of €500,000.

A former asylum seeker allegedly lifted his baby son out of bed and took him into another room where the child was beaten to death, a murder trial heard today.

Gardai in Galway are continuing to question six people after a drugs seizure in the city last night.