Tensions between two men spilled over into an exchange of blows on the side of the street after one of them blew kisses at the other.

A taskforce set up three weeks ago to target begging and street crime in Cork City centre led to 15 people appearing in court yesterday.

The parents of a young boy who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run incident have pleaded with the driver to come forward.

A man stabbed and beaten in his home said when he managed to escape from the crime scene, his attackers tried to drag him back like a pig into a slaughterhouse.

A package of flood risk management measures have been drawn up to help protect one of Cork City’s most flood-prone communities.

A war of words has broken out between the minister in charge of the OPW and Cork’s city manager over who was responsible for extensive flooding in Blackpool last month.

A potential conflict of interests has delayed a major flood defence plan for Cork, it emerged last night.

There were calls last night for an independent inquiry into what caused the flood which swamped a Cork community for the second time in nine months last week.

Residents hit by a flash flood for the second time in nine months say they are still at risk of another flood unless urgent action is taken.

Bill Dunlea has seen more than his fair share of floods swamp Blackpool — but he has never seen the village flood as fast as it did on Thursday night.

Three-bed Midleton townhouse open to offers of €168,000, Tommy Barker reports.

A MOTHER of two who appeared to have used a total of only €2.66 worth of electricity for the entire four-month period from December to March last year was convicted yesterday of interfering with the ESB meter at her home.

REPAIRS to two major flood breaches in Cork city’s quay walls will begin before the end of the year.