A man on trial at Cork District Court for threatening his nephew at a bus stop was caught photographing gardaí and the judge in the courtroom.

A teenager was arrested after a near-riot involving several groups of young people in Cork City at the weekend.

There have been calls for a zero-tolerance approach to illegal bonfires in Cork City ahead of a special briefing by emergency services in a bonfire hotspot today.

FIREFIGHTERS found a critically ill young mother lying in bed next to her dead toddler, with her other little boy lying unconscious beside them after a house fire in Cork yesterday.