Update 7.30pm: The man hospitalised earlier after being hit by part of a rollarcoaster in Cork has been released from hospital.

The use of her son as a model helped artist Debbie Godsell imbue her work with a new sense of hope following a long grieving process for a brother lost to suicide, writes Colette Sheridan

Ulster Bank is to close seven branches and three sub offices around the country.

Football matches and penalties go hand in hand but, unfortunately for Cork politician Seán Martin, he incurred a different kind of penalty en route to an intermediate championship match in Coachford yesterday.

As an OAP who has paid the household charge, I am annoyed that Cllr Sean Martin declined to pay his contribution.

Frustrated ex-workers involved in a sit-in at the Vita Cortex plant have escalated their protest by blocking access to the factory site and preventing the removal of goods by sister company Vita Clean.

THE opposition in a democracy is as important as the government.

“WE sat here like a family looking out for each other..

A PROPERTY investment in Sligo allegedly promoted by an accountant and involving former EU Commissioner Ray MacSharry and others is at the centre of a Commercial Court action which opened yesterday.

IN response to my letter concerning Dana Rosemary Scallon and the powers and functions of the President, Eric Conway (Letters, October 15) suggests that conscience should play an over-riding role when the president is considering legislation for signature.

I HAVE wondered how long it would take for Dana Scallon to raise the spectre of abortion, and to accuse other candidates of being pro-choice.

IT has long been the practice in most democratic states to enact legislation seeking to establish, protect or defend civil and human rights.

A controlled explosion has been carried out on an improvised device found outside a Head Shop in Donegal.

A pair of drug addicts who robbed two friends at knife point while posing as undercover gardai have been jailed by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A 26-year-old man remains critically ill after he was hit by a car in Letterkenny in the early hours of this morning.

A pedestrian has been seriously injured in a road accident in Co Donegal.

A 38-year old man was killed today after the lorry he was driving crashed into a wall.

Gardaí in Sligo are investigating the alleged attempted abduction of a 10-year-old girl in the town yesterday morning.

THE discovery of €17,500 worth of cocaine in a primary school has horrified teachers and parents.

Gardaí in Dublin and Sligo have seized heroin and cocaine worth €617,500 during separate operations last night.

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A man has been wounded in what appears to have been a drive-by shooting in Cork City.