A 58-year-old man was put on a two-year peace bond yesterday after grabbing an English visitor to Cork by the buttocks as she waited at traffic lights.

A woman testified in court yesterday that her ex-partner was stalking her by following her around Cork City — sitting beside her on the bus, hiding behind bushes in a park and, on one day, sending her 72 texts.

The Health Service Executive has moved to allay fears of widespread closure of nursing homes that do not meet the standards set out by the health watchdog.

The death has taken place of Cork yachtsman Joe English, the former skipper of Ireland’s first entry in the Whitbread Round the World Race.

Thirteen fresh charges have been brought against a man accused of crashing a stolen car into a motorcycle garda and endangering his life.

PRESIDENT John F Kennedy was assassinated 50 years ago today. The day after the assassination, an invitation was sent to the 37th Cadet Class of the Irish Defence Forces by Kennedy’s widow, Jackie, to perform a drill at his funeral in Washington.

There seems to be a backlog built up of first-time buyers keen on quirky, well-located city homes in Cork. And, no 2 St Philomena’s comes into that busy sector as the answer to someone’s buying prayers.

Therese McGrath will be on St Patrick’s Bridge in Cork this evening to protest at her son being in a bigger class with just one special needs assistant in September.

The National Roads Authority is to carry out a €1m revamp of the dual carriageway between the Jack Lynch Tunnel and Bishopstown and rename it the N40 in the first phase of creating an orbital route for Cork city.