An elderly woman involved in a hit-and-run incident in Co Cork has died.

A body has been found in the area being searched for missing Cork schoolboy Robert Holohan.

A Cork man accused of murder allegedly struck his victim with an axe seven times in the head a jury heard at the Central Criminal Court today.

A PHASED €40 million plus mixed development is coming out of the starting blocks in the East Cork town of Midleton - moving from its market town status to major growth centre.