The defence in the case of a man who denies murdering his girlfriend at her home called evidence from a pathologist who suggested the victim died as a result of a stab wound and that smoke inhalation was not a factor.

The Passage man on trial for murdering his girlfriend confessed to gardaí that he stabbed her with a kitchen knife and she did not even think it was coming.

The man accused of murdering his girlfriend at her home in Passage West, Co Cork, more than five years ago told gardaí that he snapped, stabbed her in the neck, and set fire to the house.

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The jury in the trial of a man who admitted killing his girlfriend is unable to decide whether he is guilty of murder or manslaughter.

A woman was terrified by her ex-partner, who warned her to board up her house but said it would do her no good anyway, as he was going to kill her.

A woman threatened to set her dogs on gardaí and she later attacked an officer by kicking him and scratching his neck with her nails until she drew blood.

A Cork man jailed for life last year for the murder of a mother of three in her home has won an appeal against conviction but now faces a possible retrial.

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An inquest into the death of a mother who was stabbed to death before her house was set ablaze was adjourned yesterday pending an appeal by the man convicted of her murder.

A man jailed for life last month for murdering a woman in Cork has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for arson.

A murder trial has heard that text messages between the deceased and a man accused of her murder were of good nature in the hours before her body was found.

A man accused of murdering a woman he had been in a three-month relationship with told gardaí that a knife was no sooner in his hands "than it was in her neck", a jury has heard.

A 37-year-old man has gone on trial accused of murdering a woman he had been "an item" with for three months.

A pensioner who turned a garden hose on a man and hit him on the head with an iron bar after he complained of being splashed by the gardener, was jailed for a year yesterday as the judge said he still did not have a scintilla of remorse.

A man who splashed a passing motorist while hosing flowers in his garden and then hit him in the head with an iron bar cannot be sentenced until another court considers removing a suspension on another sentence for assault.

A motorist who complained he was splashed by a man watering flowers had the hose turned directly on him and was struck on the head with an iron bar, it was claimed at trial yesterday.

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A 37-year-old man charged with the murder of a woman in Passage West last February and setting fire to her home was served with a book of evidence yesterday.

A man charged with the murder of a mother of three in Cork last February has been remanded in custody for another month for service of the book of evidence.

A man has been charged with the murder of a woman whose body was found after her house was set alight.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a mother of three who was found at her burnt-out home yesterday morning. (UPDATED WITH VIDEO) 

The HSE said it is liaising with the “relevant authorities” amid concerns for a young family who may have been living in squalor for months.

NO one can help but applaud Enda Kenny’s speech to the Dail stating so clearly the proper position of the Catholic Church in relation to the civic power within our state.

GARDAÍ raided a house in Rochestown and found more than €1,000 worth of cannabis grass during a search.

Two Sinn Féin members were released on bail today after being charged with membership of the IRA as part of the investigation into the £26.5m Northern Bank robbery.

Burnt Northern sterling was found after a chimney fire in Passage West, Co Cork, prompting a follow-up search where live ammunition for a Kalashnikov assault rifle was found and today the householder was jailed for two years.

HE didn’t quite pull a new building out of his hat but Batt O’Keeffe did bring good news to the children of a school campaigning for a decade for a move from their prefab jungle.

A FILE is being prepared for the DPP following a hit and run accident in which a 65-year-old pedestrian was killed.

SIRIUS HEIGHTS is a new 14-unit residential scheme in Passage West, Co Cork, by Bradfield Developments.

An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today revealed the former vice president of Sinn Féin Phil Flynn had not been forced to resign his three high-profile board positions in the public and private sector.

MILLIONS more in laundered IRA cash will be uncovered in an investigation that could last at least six months, garda sources said last night.

A RECORD price has been paid for a Tipperary farm.

An eight-year-old orphan was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a voluntary worker and yesterday the victim said his adult life was haunted by his abuser.

TWO miles from bustling Clonakilty and newly-built, this three-bedroomed dormer also comes with distant ocean views and a spacious site.