ONE man swings a thick metal chain. Another grips an axe. An older gentleman favours a wooden pole. And a 20-year-old spoiling for a fight has prepared a garrotte – a menacing wire tied between two handles – to confront any intruders.

THE Brothers of Charity are planning a multi-million euro project to relocate people with disabilities into the community.

A DISTINGUISHED architectural pedigree benefits Coole Abbey, a genuine Georgian home in Munster’s Bride Valley.

THE Automobile Association has welcomed news that the National Roads Authority is studying a plan to ease traffic at the Dunkettle Interchange, in Cork, which feeds the Jack Lynch Tunnel.

GARDAÍ have launched a fourth inquiry into alleged child sexual abuse at a centre which housed orphans and boys with learning difficulties.

A paedophile cleric who sexually abused boys in the 1950s and 60s at a Cork home is due to be freed from prison later today.

GARDAÍ are to carry out another investigation into allegations of child sex abuse at a centre which housed orphans and boys with learning difficulties.

Victims of paedophile priest James Kelly, better known as Brother Ambrose, have expressed anger at the news of his release from prison.

PSYCHIATRIC nurses earned €848,245 in overtime last year caring for two young children at a Co Cork home.