Several horses which were among 84 seized during a major animal welfare crackdown in Cork yesterday will have be put down.

Up to 70 horses have been impounded following a crackdown on animal welfare in Cork city.

A four-minute sulky race that resulted in over a year of YouTube notoriety was back in court yesterday where five of those involved had their five-month jail terms reduced by two months and their six-year driving bans cut by a year.

A court has heard that two cousins turned up to a funeral armed with machetes and wearing bullet-proof vests.

Gardaí have warned horse owners and landowners they could face prosecution as part of a crackdown on Cork’s horse population.

Detectives are planning to speak to a 31-year-old man who is recovering after he was stabbed in the neck with a broken bottle.

A Traveller family staged a sit-in at Cork City Hall yesterday seeking improved living conditions after fire destroyed two of their caravans.

GARDAÍ say they have brokered a peace deal between two feuding Traveller families.

TENSIONS are high after a weekend shooting linked to a violent feud between Traveller families in Cork and Waterford.

GARDAÍ have questioned a 14-year-old boy following a vicious hammer attack on an older youth who was found lying unconscious on waste ground.

A row between two teenagers in a field on Cork City’s Northside last night left one of them with life-threatening injuries.

GARDAÍ are searching for a vicious gang who abducted a 22-year-old man and broke his arm and leg after beating him with concrete blocks and irons bars.