A motorist has avoided jail after putting the lives of other motorists at risk, when he smoked cannabis before driving at speed against oncoming traffic.

Gardaí are seeking public assistance following a spate of car arson attacks in an east Cork town.

I WAS amused recently to read of Cork county politicians calling for 110 jobs to be moved from Model Farm Road in the city to Macroom under the guise of the so-called Government decentralisation scheme.

Gardaí in Dublin have renewed their appeal for information about the whereabouts of a 60-year-old woman.