Trish Dromey is impressed with an apartment finished to a high standard by its owner, an interior decorator.

The bravery of a father-of-four who suffered a catastrophic stroke at the age of 47 has inspired friends to launch a fundraising campaign to help meet the substantial costs of his rehabilitation.

The State Pathologist, Dr Marie Cassidy, today told a jury at the fourth day of a murder trial of a Cork man accused of murder that the victim "died from head injuries as a result from a sustained and severe assault".

A jury at a three-day murder trial of a Cork man accused of murder, today saw the accused's video taped admission to the hacking to death of the victim with an axe.

A MAN who beat an Englishman unconscious in Cork city centre was given a two-year suspended prison sentence yesterday after he paid €2,000 to the victim.