Gardaí are awaiting the results of an autopsy today to determine the course of their investigation into the death of a pensioner whose body was discovered with numerous injuries at his home in Co Cork.

A CORK TD has warned that job cuts in Dawn Meats Midleton factory could be part of an industry-wide push to replace Irish workers with cheap foreign labour.

EAST Cork has been dealt another cruel blow in the run-up to Christmas. Almost 100 jobs are to be lost at Courtisan Carpets after the company announced it was bringing carpet manufacturing in Youghal to an end after 52 years.

A MAJOR survey is underway which it’s hoped will provide optimum information on travel patterns to make it easier for commuters to use the Cork-Midleton rail link when it becomes operational in 2008.