A man has died following a crash between a car and truck in Cork, becoming the sixth victim of the roads in north Cork in the last month.

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No-one else has to die here —that’s the blunt message from two Americans with a tragic connection who have backed calls to close a lethal turn on a stretch of the N20 Cork to Limerick road.

Talks are taking place about safety upgrades at a death-trap junction on the N20 Cork to Limerick road.

A garda and a civilian were both taken to hospital as a precaution after their cars were involved in a crash today, gardaí said.

Sergeant Dwayne Conlon was awarded a Bronze Scott Medal for risking his life while apprehending a man who had entered the grounds of the Dáil, having armed himself with a sword and knives.

A Pakistani takeaway delivery driver was shocked when he arrived at his destination to find a man standing beside the open boot of a car wearing a balaclava and pointing a gun at him.

Housing and public services must be fixed first, writes Jim Power.

A finance deal to upgrade the Cork to Limerick road could be drawing closer after discussions held with the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg and Finance Minister Michael Noonan and Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe.

Update - 7.48am, Thursday, March 2: Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a multi vehicle crash on the M7 which saw one man lose his life.

A man has died in a car crash in Limerick.

A former Senator appeared in court today charged with a number of offences including drink driving and dangerous driving as a music festival was taking place nearby, writes Joe Leogue.

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Improving the existing N20 Cork to Limerick road should be an “immediate priority” for government as part of a wider effort to improve transport links across the island of Ireland.

One man has been taken to hospital following a road crash which closed the M7 Dublin to Limerick road this morning.

Gardaí in Clare are investigating a possible sighting of a man missing from Co Monaghan for over 14 years.

Gardaí investigating a possible sighting of a man missing from Co Monaghan for over 14 years have today issued a formal appeal for information, writes Patrick Flynn.

Imagine the scene: You’re the government official tasked with attracting foreign direct investment into the Cork and Limerick region. You collect a team of executives from a global US tech firm at Cork or Shannon Airport. They are interested in locating their European head office in the Munster region.

A husband and wife were killed in a head-on collision in Cork yesterday evening.

Seven people have been treated in hospital following a fatal collision on the N20 Cork to Limerick Road yesterday.

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The fight will continue, said Ballyhea residents, as the North Cork village wrapped up five unbroken years of weekly Sunday protests against the bondholder bailouts yesterday.

It was jersey day yesterday at the school which must surely hold a claim to the title of Kerry GAA football nursery.

A Co Tipperary hotel which has been in receivership for as much as eight years, is finally to be sold.

Cavanaghs of Charleville has again been singled out for special attention by Ford Ireland when its aftersales and service division scooped the Ford Chairman’s Award for Customer Satisfaction.

The main Dublin to Limerick road has been closed after a truck caught fire.

Aldi’s new flagship store in the landmark Elysian Tower in Cork City may well be the jewel in the discount retailer’s ever-expanding crown but a 40-minute drive away lays the real epicentre of the company’s Irish success.

Councillors will get a chance midweek to press Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe about the importance of building a bypass to relieve congestion in a grid-locked Cork town.

The school commute from Charleville to Banogue National School took in a chilling new sight on a balmy autumn morning.

As the bright autumnal sunshine faded over the O’Driscoll family home yesterday evening, the set of swings and a trampoline where twins Thomas and Patrick would often have played, stood in grotesque contrast to the Garda tape which surrounded the entrance.

Gardaí investigating the discovery of the bodies of twin boys in north Cork, have discovered a third body.

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A man is in a serious condition in hospital following a road accident in county Limerick.

A garda investigation has been launched after the discovery of a man's body on a road in Co. Clare.

The youngest of the men convicted of involvement in a sulky race on the main Cork to Limerick road, which became a YouTube sensation, avoided jail yesterday for his part in the dangerous escapade.