Gardaí in Cork are examining the scene of a fire in Mallow which killed two men.

Two men have died in a fire at an apartment block in Cork.

Gardaí were questioning a man last night in connection with an arson attack on an apartment in North Cork.

A man is to appear in court tomorrow morning charged in connection with an investigation into a suspicious fire in Co Cork.

UP to 20 gardaí, some armed, were tasked to quell a serious disturbance involving two feuding families in a north Cork town.

A taxi driver who brought a woman back to a party in his apartment and raped her while she slept has been given an eight-year sentence with the last two years suspended at the Central Criminal Court today.