A woman has pleaded guilty to two charges in connection with the multiple stabbing of another woman on school grounds earlier this year.

A judge has said that until a sufficient number of properly resourced facilities for drug addicts are put in place, more deaths like that suffered by James Sherlock will occur.

The body of a homeless double leg amputee has been recovered from the grounds of a golf club.

CORK’S Claire Coughlan will be the 12th Irish golfer to play in the Curtis Cup when she lines out for Britain & Ireland against the United States at Formby on June 12 and 13.