GARDA ballistics experts are examining a loaded sawn-off double-barrel shotgun, found dumped in a bin on the southside of Cork city, to see if had been fired in previous crimes.

Gardaí have recovered a loaded gun in a bin at a recycling centre on the outskirts of Cork city.

A CITY’S rapidly growing Muslim community will gather tomorrow to mark one of Islam’s holiest days.

RESIDENTS living around Cork city’s former landfill site have been warned to expect odours from the site next week as contractors begin relocating waste as part of a major capping project.

DONNCHA O’CALLAGHAN is always looking for an edge. He will always work harder than his colleagues to better himself. The Lions second row doesn’t have the flair and flamboyance of some of his team-mates, but he has a work ethic and a hunger for rugby knowledge unsurpassed by any player I have known.

A GANG stole up to €6,500 worth of alloy wheels off cars from a Cork city car dealership early on of Sunday morning.

I WISH to thank one woman for a memorable kindness to me on Tuesday last week on my first visit to Cork.

WHAT do you do when your land gets rezoned and you find yourself with a couple of acres suitable for housing?

PAUL MILLS is right (“EU ruling set to change driving licence farce”, Irish Examiner, June 22).

PROPOSALS to build a €14 million super dump which would have taken 1.5 million tonnes of waste have been turned down by An Bord Pleanála.