More than 1,200 local authority homes in Cork city are set for repairs and upgrades after council officials were cleared to apply for an €11m loan.

A turf war between competing ice cream men resulted in both facing charges of assault in a case where it was claimed that one reached into the other’s van and pulled his ice cream lever.

Residents of Charlemont Street and Pearse Place in Dublin city centre have begun picketing part of the LUAS construction site.