One of the country’s main homelessness campaigners has described the Government’s Rebuilding Ireland plan as “an abject failure” which exacerbated the problem it was meant to address.

A mentally-ill woman who kicked a pregnant woman in the stomach in an unprovoked attack has been jailed for two and a half years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Gardaí are seeking the public's help in tracing the whereabouts of 15-year-old Colin Daly.

Two men have been jailed in connection with the "execution" of Aidan "The Beast" O'Driscoll, who was killed on a busy Cork street in a "well-planned" hit as part of an internal dispute between the Real IRA and the New IRA.

It can be hard to keep in step with the neighbours, can’t it?

Aidan 'The Beast' O'Driscoll was "executed" on a busy Cork street in a "well-planned" hit that was part of an internal dispute between the Real IRA and the New IRA, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

The final phase of a revamp of one of Cork’s most historic streets is poised to start almost four years after the bulk of the work finished.

The theft of a historic sculpture from St Patrick’s Street has reignited a long-running conversation in Cork City about the handling of historic artefacts.

Update: Leon Wilson has been found safe and well this evening.

A couple with four children who had to leave an apartment complex operated by a housing association due to their alleged anti-social behaviour are now residing in emergency accommodation, the High Court has heard.

The Pakistani ambassador to Ireland has pleaded for the community here to "stay positive."

Olivia Kelleher rounds up the start times for the parades in Cork and further afield. 

A woman in Cork city was mugged while Christmas shopping yesterday evening in an incident described by gardaí as "horrible, random and vicious".

A repeat social welfare fraudster who was caught after his picture was run through facial recognition software by Department of Social Protection investigators has been sentenced to three years in jail with the final two years suspended.

Derelict sites must be tackled and some medieval laneways should be opened up to improve pedestrian access as part of a multi-agency strategy to rejuvenate one of Cork’s most historic streets.

Gardaí are looking to track down an man seen near the scene of the murder of a 61-year-old disabled man.

A murder investigation has been launched after a disabled man in his 60s was stabbed to death.

Investigations are continuing after a man in his sixties was stabbed to death in Dublin yesterday.

From some of the world’s greatest galleries and museums, to the treasure-filled bookshops of Charing Cross Road, London is a city packed with choice for a city break says Suzanne Harrington.

After her fun-filled turn in Catastrophe, Cork actress Eileen Walsh returns home in the Abbey’s production of a Sean O’Casey classic, writes Padraic Killeen

The sight of heavily armed men in balaclavas packed inside black Landcruisers gave many a passing pedestrian a startle.

The judges who will crown the best street in Ireland or England believe the country’s only finalist  — Oliver Plunkett Street in Cork — has everything needed to win.

Pedestrianisation, its diversity and vibrancy, and an outdoor summer dining event have helped Cork’s Oliver Plunkett St become the only Irish street to be shortlisted for a prestigious urban award.

'Fat' Freddie Thompson has been jailed for 20 months for starting a pub brawl in Dublin’s city centre.

A man is due before Dublin District Court this evening charged in relation to a cash-in-transit robbery.

Gardaí are investigating an armed robbery of a cash-in-transit van on Cork Street in Dublin before 8am today.

A NEW restaurant, Palmento, is opening in Cork City’s Douglas this weekend, as one of Kinsale’s best-known restaurants, Crackpots, is for sale as a 2015 trading opportunity. Crackpots is offered as a going concern for €700,000.

The Dublin fire of 1875 killed 13 people. However, not one person died from burns or smoke inhalation but instead from drinking contaminated whiskey writes Robert Hume

A man has been shot in a Dublin pub overnight.

A man is in hospital after an assault in Dublin city last night.

Dublin man Freddie Thompson's trial for violent disorder has been delayed.

The pedestrianised French Church Street in the heart of Cork city's busy shopping district has reopened after last night's falling masonry incident.

A man in his forties is in a serious condition after an assault in Dublin late last night.

A man accused of taking part in a brawl inside a Dublin city pub has been refused bail because Gardaí believe he is a "flight risk".

Dublin's south inner city is getting a new park.

LEAVING the tourist office, we go left, along the waterfront. Scilly hamlet, with its imposing old buildings on the shore, is seen across the water or exposed mud flats of the Inner Harbour.

We view a selection of trading up homes from around the country.

CELTS on the left, one, two, three..... RARRRRRRGH”.

Unregulated death traps or handy urban transport? Claire Droney hears from both sides.

Detectives have made a “significant arrest” in connection with the fatal shooting of a man in Dublin’s north inner city last Friday.

Gardaí investigating the murder of Christopher Warren have sealed off an area near the Broadstone bus station in Dublin.

Gardaí investigating the murder of Christopher Warren have cordoned off an area near the Broadstone Bus Station in Dublin in connection with their investigation.