A man has pleaded guilty to a string of offences including criminal damage to a garda station and dangerous driving in two high-speed pursuits across country roads where he drove as fast as 180km/h.

Two sons of Independent Kerry TD Michael Healy Rae have gone on trial charged, along with a third man, of assaulting a man in Kenmare two years ago.

“It’s a disaster for the village,” is how the owner of Falvey’s pharmacy, Conor Falvey, summed up the fallout from the weekend fire in Douglas Shopping Centre that has forced its temporary closure.

A Co Kerry golf club has secured planning permission for an extension of its clubhouse, despite opposition from local publicans.

Mandy Fogarty is manager and buyer at the Kinsale Bookshop, located on Main St, Kinsale, Co Cork

Rugby players in an Irish Open Pro-Am are not an unusual sight. Along with GAA stars and jockeys, they are a staple of the pre-tournament entertainment at this annual stop on the European Tour.

Stefanie Preissner takes Siobhan Howe on a trip down memory lane in her native Mallow, and explains why the town will always be home to her.

In 2003, a bypass finally and forever diverted the bulk of traffic between Dublin and Cork from the infamous bottleneck that was Watergrass-hill.

A major planning row has erupted in a North Kerry village between several pub owners and a golf course over plans for an extension to its clubhouse.

A man is facing a jail sentence after being found guilty of head-butting the son of a former work colleague in a pizzeria.

Plans for the development of almost 300 new homes in Carrigtwohill have been put on hold following an objection from the village’s community council.

At least 30% of new homes in Killarney over the next six years will be on unused back gardens and infill sites, under proposals for housing in the Killarney Draft Municipal Plan, which is advocating much higher densities within the town.

Gardaí will review CCTV footage as part of their investigation into the fatal assault of a man in a suspected “one-punch” death in Bray, Co Wicklow.

A man in his 20s has been charged with the murder of a father of four in a bar in Mitchelstown, Co Cork, over the weekend.

More than 200 people have signed a book of condolence which will be given to the family of the American couple who died in a pony and trap accident earlier this week while on a sightseeing tour of the Gap of Dunloe in Kerry.

Welcome to The Menu’s House of Love, a special loveheavy edition of this column.

Suitable land is being sought to provide a third car park in a Kerry harbour village, the main departure point for Skellig Michael, which features in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

A man took part in a 67km triathlon five weeks after allegedly suffering “incapacitating injuries” in a bicycle incident involving a hit and run driver, Dublin Circuit Civil Court has heard.

A paid carer companion pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of stealing €600 from a woman with a mild intellectual disability.

Client confidentiality was most definitely in ‘safe keeping’ at a Co Limerick legal practice as frustrated burglars wasted an entire night in the run-up to Christmas, trying to crack a 56-year-old safe.

A judge has struck out the case of a man charged with careless driving, after hearing the 103-year-old who struck a pedestrian was never in court before.

A judge has struck out the case of a man charged with careless driving, after hearing the 103-year-old who struck a pedestrian was never in court before.

An off-duty bar manager socialising at the same bar assaulted a security man at the premises and yesterday he was convicted and fined.

A woman who suffered a horrific fracture to her leg when she fell on an allegedly wet floor at her local pub has sued in the High Court for damages.

Gardaí are investigating a machete attack on a woman in a village in the west of Ireland that prompted a public meeting.

It’s a small door, but it could lead to a big future.

A couple who claimed they were chased in a road rage incident by someone whose driving they had earlier criticised have been praised for their “moral courage”.

A couple who claimed they were chased in a road rage incident by someone whose driving they had earlier criticised have been praised for their “moral courage”, writes Noel Baker.

The 12 pubs of Christmas, seven women, three incidents, multiple cases of guilt proven, one acquittal, and — possibly — no convictions following a hearing yesterday described by a judge as “women behaving badly”.

The Office of Public Works’ mapping of potential flooding in Cork county is seriously inaccurate in a number of locations, it has been claimed, forecasting “Noah’s Ark” extremes and paving the way for insurance companies to hike up cover or refuse it altogether.

A dispute between a woman and her stepson over the proceeds of a €3.38m Lotto win will be heard in 2017.

A 71-year-old bachelor farmer was “out cold” on Main St in Cahersiveen at 4pm on St Patrick’s Day because he had taken so much drink, the district court was told.

Well, you don’t get to welcome home Olympic medalists every day of the week.

Up to 10,000 people are expected in Skibbereen, West Cork, tonight for the official homecoming party for Olympic rowing heroes the O’Donovan brothers.

Retired businessman Jim Reynolds has launched High Court proceedings aimed at preventing a financial funds and its receivers from selling, marketing and advertising for sale three properties he owns.

A man who spat at a couple walking through Cork City said he was baptising them, and yesterday the judge said he needed care rather than custody .

A Lithuanian man has appeared in court, charged in connection with an incident in which another man was shot by a garda, last week.

A woman with 234 convictions who stole a handbag from an elderly woman using a walking frame has been jailed for three years.

Ireland’s Alcatraz-style visitor attraction unveils its €5m revamp this weekend as the country gets set to bask in bank holiday sunshine.