Kevin O’Neill The body of an 85-year-old man which was discovered at his home in Cork on Friday may have been undiscovered for seven months.

The body of an 85-year-old man which was discovered at his home in Cork on Friday may have been undiscovered for seven months.

The guns have ceased firing and peace, once again, reigns over the land — or at least that’s how No 2 Son regards the transition from school to summer holidays.

Former World Champion and Olympic medal-winning race walker, Rob Heffernan, will have to keep a slower pace than usual when he serves as Grand Marshal at the Cork city St Patrick’s day parade which gets under way at 1pm tomorrow.

Half-a-million euro has been allocated by the Department of Rural and Community Development to 350 men’s sheds across the country.

City officials were accused last night of “muddying the waters” in the Cork firefighters dispute by linking training course issues to the looming strike over the non-payment of back-money.

Glass from the Twin Towers and a rivet of 9/11 steel from the World Trade Center were donated to the Medal of Honour Exhibition in Kinsale, Co Cork over the weekend with 35 members of the New York Fire Department travelling over to the town for the ceremony.

Ellie O’Byrne chats to Kevin Doyle about his debut novel, To Keep A Bird Singing

The niece of a homeless woman who died on the streets of Cork last week has urged the Government to address the homelessness crisis as a matter of urgency saying her “funny and caring” aunt should not have lost her life for the want of a bed for the night.

Des O’Driscoll shares his picks for the week ahead

When Sean O’Hagan returns to Cork this week he hopes to visit the Apple complex in Hollyhill.

A middle-aged man struck a woman in an unprovoked attack and then continued the assault as she lay on the ground in a crime which the sentencing judge described as despicable and cowardly.

Latest: Daniel Kelleher has been found safe and well.

MUSIC NEWS: Radiohead may have got some stick recently for playing in Israel, but Thom Yorke and co are back on more solid ground with the announcement of a 20th anniversary release of their classic OK Computer album.

Check out the Irish Defence Forces training at the Glen of Imaal.

Fourteen wannabe ‘Rocky Balboas’ arrive in Cork this week for what is expected to be the first of many fights between local boxers and rivals from Bristol in the UK.

A woman who found her partner in another woman’s bedroom, ended up assaulting the woman her partner was with, a court has heard.

Tears and accusations of insanity gave an emotional edge to some of the many presentations on day nine of the oral hearing into proposals by Indaver Ireland to build an incinerator on the Ringaskiddy peninsula.

Ballygunner manager Denis Walsh pointed to the Na Piarsaigh purple patch after half-time as the turning point of yesterday’s Munster Club senior hurling final.

Emerging from the Páirc Uí Chaoimh tunnel for their county quarter-final clash last September, Glen Rovers boss Richie Kelleher broke away from his squad to offer congratulations to the Na Piarsaigh management.

Peter Dowdall reports on the wonders that await those who encounter the ‘Jealous Wall’ at Belvedere House.

A man jailed for 14 years for the attempted aggravated burglary of a Cork businessman’s home has moved to appeal his conviction.

The heartbroken mother of a young woman whose body was recovered from Cork’s River Lee said her family tried everything to save her from a life on the streets.

A project which has boosted speech and language skills of young children from Cork’s northside could face closure next year unless it succeeds in securing new funding.

Glen Rovers manager Richie Kelleher says victory is imperative in Sunday’s Cork hurling decider to save the club from the downward spiral of the last quarter century.

Indepth data reveals the truth about the second largest city in the State, writes Noel Baker.

Inland Fisheries Ireland yesterday approved €230,000 for a number of projects aimed at enhancing some of the country’s top salmon habitats.

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Two men were arrested near the scene of an attempted aggravated burglary and an officer testified yesterday the last sighting he had of a third man was when he disappeared in a field of cows.

The lawyer for a man charged with carrying a pump-action shotgun during an attempted aggravated burglary accused a garda of telling great lies in the witness box as the officer said he clearly saw the defendant at the crime scene.

A Garda helicopter flew to the scene of an attempted house raid in Cork that was intercepted by armed officers, while a heat-seeking device in the helicopter picked up a man trying to conceal himself in undergrowth.

Acting on a tip-off that a robbery was planned at the home of a businessman who sometimes kept money in his safe, gardaí who were lying in wait detonated a stun grenade to disorientate three men creeping around the house, it was claimed yesterday.

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Residents on Cork’s northside are to meet next Tuesday week to decide whether or not to co-operate with the construction of a new prison.

A major flood defence plan for Cork City, which will include proposals to install 1m-high barriers on the quay walls, will be ready before the end of the year.

The National Transport Authority has proposed an additional three buses for the Glen in Cork City and has given a commitment to look at future services.

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By Eoin English