WATER shortages across the country are set to continue over the next few days as local authorities fight to handle the big thaw which is causing burst pipes and flooding.

THE Garda Ombudsman is awaiting the results of a postmortem after a man died following a house raid by drugs squad detectives.

A PORSCHE jeep worth €180,000 that was stolen in Kinsale at the weekend was crashed through a security barrier at Cork Airport in an attempt to get away from pursuing gardaí, it was claimed in court yesterday.

A FIVE-WEEK-OLD baby who cried hysterically had to be rescued from the arms of his drunken mother and yesterday the woman was given a suspended jail sentence for being drunk and in charge of a child.

The man accused of killing a young Cork woman and dumping her body in a river was cleared of all charges against him today.

The dead body of a 23-year-old Cork woman was placed in a black plastic bag with stones and thrown off a bridge at Kinsale never to be seen again, a jury was told today on the opening day of a manslaughter trial.