Two men who were convicted of breaking into a flat over a post office claimed that they were motivated by concern for the owner whom they feared was dead.

The Greek Anthology Book XVII

THERE are more reception rooms than bedrooms in 44, Mercier Park, a semi-detached cottage-style bungalow in Cork city’s southern suburbs near Turners Cross.

IT appears to be clear to everybody, with perhaps the exception of Keith Henry (Letters, June 22), that Fianna Fáil’s self-proclaimed electoral trump card was competence in running the economy and a low-tax regime.

THE latest TNS/MRBI Poll showed an apparent recovery by Fianna Fáil from recent poor support levels and an apparent fall in support for Fine Gael.

ANTI-SOCIAL Behaviour Order’s (ASBO’s) have featured strongly in political discourse in recent months.

WHILE Kavanagh may have written about Raglan Road, the People’s Republic of Cork can offer ‘Mercier Park’ by the Stargazers.