MEMBERS of a union are hoping to collect several thousand euro to complete the restoration of an historic banner.

AS flood clean-ups got under way throughout Cork yesterday the ice returned, creating treacherous driving conditions which are likely to feature in the coming days as the cold snap once again takes a grip.

WATER was being restored to a number of areas in Cork city yesterday and last night council officials said that all but 8,000 homes would have their supply restored by early this evening.

A YOUNG man, who replied to an officer that he had friends in low places when he was asked if he was threatening a member of An Garda Síochána, was yesterday jailed for three months.

THE mother of a Traveller family who have lived on the roadside for 18 months pleaded last night for a halting site in time for Christmas.

A NEW, state-of-the-art building to store and preserve one of the richest sets of local archives in the country was opened in Cork yesterday.

GARDAÍ are searching for a vicious gang who abducted a 22-year-old man and broke his arm and leg after beating him with concrete blocks and irons bars.

PROUD mum-of-four Lisa McNamara struggled to stock up most of her kids’ Christmas toys since July last.

TDs are to fight for Government compensation for victims of flooding in Cork, so payments to hardship cases can be made by the Irish Red Cross in the same way as to other victims in Athlone, Dublin and Meath.