A young man threw a petrol bomb at a house in a desperate effort to force his girlfriend’s parents to let her out at night “in a Rapunzel-type endeavour”.

There is a strong likelihood that this three-bed semi at 6 Hollyhill Heights will sell either to a first-time buyer working in Apple, or to an investor who rents it to an Apple employee.

GARDAÍ have met with senior members of all families connected to last Thursday’s tragic road deaths in Knocknaheeny, Cork, amid growing tensions in the area.

THE Ombudsman is investigating an affordable housing fiasco in Cork which has trapped people in legal limbo for more than two years.