No prosecution evidence was offered yesterday against a member of An Garda Síochána on a charge of forging a document.

A new unit manned by specially trained gardaí to investigate sexual crimes and domestic violence is to be established in the West Cork region.

The escalation of what had been a minor spat, may have led to the death of a father- of-two, writes Sean O’Riordan of the Irish Examiner.

The escalation of what had been a minor spat, may have led to the death of a father- of-two after he was struck with an iron bar during a row outside a busy service station in Co Cork.

Gardaí seized a stun gun, cable ties, pillows, balaclavas and house-breaking equipment from a gang suspected of carrying out a large number of burglaries in counties Cork, Tipperary, and Waterford.

A collision yesterday on the main Dublin-Cork route was the third fatal incident in the last three years to involve an elderly motorist driving the wrong way on motorways in Cork.

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A former Senator appeared in court today charged with a number of offences including drink driving and dangerous driving as a music festival was taking place nearby, writes Joe Leogue.

A Cork TD is embroiled in controversy after it emerged he asked two on-duty gardaí to drive him to Dublin Airport to catch an early-morning flight to Brussels after his car broke down.

A man has died after a crash on the M8 Cork to Dublin motorway.

Gardaí in Cork have questioned a man in connection with the discovery of cocaine and cannabis in Watergrasshill.

Gardaí have discovered yet another cannabis growhouse in North Cork, this time in the village of Ballyhooly where they seized plants worth in the region of €30,000.

A significant rise in muggings and thefts in Cork’s city centre is being blamed on an increase in the number of heroin addicts who need to get money quickly for their next fix.

A detective garda who had a truck driven at him was stabbed a number of times in the hand as he tried to take the keys off the driver.

A garda has been stabbed in the hand during a stand-off with a man at Cork Marts near Fermoy last night.

Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan has given a commitment that gardaí will continue to be stationed in Glanmire, Co Cork.

A senior member of the group which represents the country’s rank-and-file gardaí has claimed plans to centralise 999 calls for all of Co Cork is “madness” and “will not work”.

The mother of a young man killed in a car crash has spoken of her horror after his grave was desecrated and headstone set on fire.

Gardaí have renewed an appeal for information on a missing 69-year-old man.

GARDAÍ believe a gang is using websites specialising in second-hand goods and cars to sell off stolen cars to unsuspecting buyers.

AN POST officials are appealing for anybody who has had their mail tampered with, or who hasn’t receive expected cash through the post to contact them after an employee was arrested on suspicion of theft from a major sorting office.

TWO more deaths on the country’s roads in less than 24 hours has brought the total killed so far in 2009 to 141, which compares with 156 on the same date last year.

CORK secondary school teacher John Desmond yesterday became a fully fledged Garda Reserve member when he joined 100 other reservists who graduated at Templemore College.

THE Director of Public Prosecutions is to consider laying criminal charges against four men arrested after gardaí discovered a handgun, two baseball bats and balaclavas in their car.

A man in his 30s is in garda custody in Cork following a significant cannabis seizure last night.

A 26-YEAR-OLD north Cork man allegedly assaulted by a group of young men two weeks ago died in hospital yesterday.

A FILE is being prepared for the DPP after two men and a woman were stopped in a car which was found to contain a sawn-off shotgun, ammunition and balaclavas.

IT took gardaí about a millisecond to work out that two men with a pile of valuable copper wire stuffed in their car might have been up to no good.

A MAN in his mid-30s was arrested by gardaí yesterday in connection with an investigation into an alleged serious sexual assault in a Co Cork town.

TRAFFIC chaos ensued yesterday on one of the country’s busiest roads when a lorry smashed into three trucks, claiming one life and leaving three drivers in hospital.

A man and a woman are being questioned by detectives after a major drugs seizure in Co Cork.

A SOLITARY bouquet of flowers lay at the waters edge yesterday as disbelieving neighbours prayed at the spot where the bodies of a mother and her two children were taken from a river in north Cork.

Post mortem examinations are due to be carried out today on a mother and her two grown-up children who died in a drowning tragedy in north Cork yesterday.

A LARGE-SCALE manhunt is continuing for an armed robber who hijacked a car at gunpoint, used it during a raid on a credit union and then abandoned it in forestry.

GARDAÍ were last night hunting for a lone gunman after a leading boxing official was shot dead in front of his girlfriend following a row with another man.

A BOY of 12 was killed and a second 12-year-old seriously injured after the car in which they were travelling collided with an oil tanker in north Cork yesterday.

GARDAÍ arrested six people after a young woman was viciously attacked in a house in east Cork.

Gardaí in Co Cork have siezed drugs worth an estimated street value of €750,000 from a van in Fermoy.