More than 22,000 books were lost at two libraries in Co Cork as a result of major flooding two months ago, Cork County Council officials have revealed.

A solicitor offering his services free to flood victims in a Cork town said almost all claims for liability have been accepted by insurance companies.

Large parts of Cork City are now “uninsurable” due to the spate of flooding incidents in recent years — the most recent of which occurred just over a week ago.

GARDAÍ carried out dawn raids at three houses in Cork yesterday during which they arrested four people in connection with a botched bank raid last August.

GARDAÍ are searching for an armed raider who held a female shop assistant at knife-point before robbing cash from the premises and locking her in a room inside.

AS the hunt for two armed raiders who botched a bank robbery in Cork last Friday intensifies, gardaí believe they now know the getaway route taken by the men after they fled empty-handed.

A BRAVE security guard prevented armed robbers from stealing a large sum of cash from a bank in Co Cork.

Gardaí are searching for two raiders who held up a bank on the outskirts of Cork city this morning, wearing balaclavas and armed with sawn-off shotguns and a sledge hammer.

SCORES of bank customers could be victims of a gang which placed a skimming machine on an ATM in Co Cork.

TONNES of animal dung were found dumped on a river bank yesterday raising fears about the safety of the water supply to thousands of households in Cork.

A 13-year-old boy was grabbed by the throat and kicked and punched by two younger children looking for €1 during an attempted daytime mugging in a suburban shopping centre in Cork.