The section of river where 17-year-old Christopher O’Sullivan got into difficulties and later died has been used by local swimmers for generations.

A Garda Chief Superintendent told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today that he believed he was "on the trail" of money stolen in the Northern Bank robbery in Belfast in 2004 when he launched an investigation into a Cork man accused of IRA membership.

GARDAÍ have set up extra patrols in west Cork and Kerry in an attempt to catch callous thieves who are preying on the elderly.

There are fears for hundreds of jobs at Cadburys.

A CORONER issued a warning yesterday about the use of the banned poison strychnine following the inquest into the death of an elderly farmer yesterday.

Confectionery group Cadbury Schweppes maintained its encouraging start to the year today as it reported further market share gains in the UK.

Gardaí have released the name of the man who died in a fatal road accident this morning at Rathmore, Co Kerry.

FEARS of imminent job losses in the Irish manufacturing plants of Cadbury Schweppes, the confectionery and soft drinks giant, have been allayed.

Management at Cadburys Ireland is expected to make a statement later today regarding the company’s future in Ireland.

Two men have died in early morning road accidents in counties Cork and Kerry.