Cork school’s renaissance is a showcase for architectural excellence, writes Eoin English

A university which was fined €80,000 for breaches of health and safety legislation after an employee was crushed to death by a cherrypicker has overhauled its policies and introduced new equipment and training.

For a short time on Monday afternoon, the Christmas manger at a New York City church could have passed for the real thing: A newborn baby, with the umbilical cord still attached, was abandoned there. Now, New York City police are searching for the person who left the child.

This period-era, mid-terrace home is full of character and enjoys the elevated views from Cork City’s Richmond Hill, writes Tommy Barker.

Des O’Sullivan says a 1936 oil by Jack B Yeats, ‘Hearing The Nightingale’, is exciting featured lot.

A prosecution is under way following the death of a man in a workplace accident at University College Cork (UCC).

A teenager who was sentenced to six years with three suspended for the attempted murder of a 17-year-old has had his bail extended pending an appeal.

A knife attacker has had his sentencing for attempted murder stalled in what is believed to be the first criminal case affected by this week’s Supreme Court ruling on access to solicitors for suspects in custody.

Lawyers for a Dublin teenager who is due to be sentenced for attempted murder have asked for time to consider yesterday's Supreme Court ruling on the rights of suspects in garda custody.

A south county Dublin teenager is to be sentenced today for the attempted murder of a 17-year-old who was stabbed six times in a late-night confrontation.

An 18-year-old has gone on trial accused of stabbing another teenager seven times in a laneway off Grafton Street in Dublin last year.

As two investigations continue into the death of a member of the governing body of UCC, tributes have been paid to the man who worked at the university for 27 years.

A member of the governing board of UCC died yesterday when he was crushed under a machine while working on maintenance of lights at the university.

DRIMOLEAGUE, CORK €115,000

CORK CITY COUNCIL has done an amazing job on reinvigorating Cornmarket St (Coal Quay) in Cork city.

TWO Wicklow men have been found guilty of shooting dead a French street entertainer at the Central Criminal Court.

Two Wicklow men have been jailed for life for murdering a French busker at his home in Bray.

Two Wicklow men have been jailed for life for murdering a French busker at his home in Bray in what appears to have been a motiveless crime.

The jury in the trial of two Wicklow men accused of the 'senseless' murder of a French busker in Bray has been told it can return a majority verdict.

The jury in the trial of two Wicklow men for the murder of a French busker in Bray have asked to review CCTV footage that allegedly identifies the accused on the night.

The jury is to retire this morning in the trial of two Wicklow men accused of murdering French busker Charles Sinapayen who was shot at his home in Bray.

The DNA of two men on trial for murdering a French musician in Wicklow in 2009, matched DNA found on a shotgun cartridge and clothes recovered by Gardaí in the aftermath of the fatal shooting.

Lawyers for the State have told a jury that two men on trial for murdering a French man in Bray, went to the apartment he shared with his girlfriend and shot him through the window as they slept in bed.

Two Wicklow men have gone on trial for the murder of a 32-year-old French national who was shot through the window of his duplex apartment in Bray.

SAY you’re walking around some of the older parts of Cork city, and maybe it looks a bit grim in parts. But, don’t hurry on, take time to look up and around - and then try this.

AN EMERGENCY drinking water supply has been set up in Cork city once again.

A man is due before Arklow District Court this morning charged in connection with the death of a Frenchman in Co Wicklow nearly two weeks ago.

A FRENCHMAN was fighting for his life last night after he was shot in the head at his home in Bray, Co Wicklow.

A 32-year-old French man is in a critical condition in hospital following a shooting in Bray, Co Wicklow, in the early hours of this morning.

A 32-year-old man is in a critical condition in hospital following a shooting in Bray, Co Wicklow, in the early hours of this morning.

A MAN who was on a stolen motorbike when it crashed, killing another passenger, will face criminal charges.

THE man who died in a crash on a stolen motorcycle in Cork city on Monday night was previously caught stealing a car on the same street.

AS a woman and a psychotherapist living and practising in Cork city, I wish to respond to your feature on prostitution (Irish Examiner, April 20).

HAVING dispensed with Eircom two years as a phone subscriber, I got a bill out of the blue from them with a thank you letter saying they were delighted that I had rejoined them.

WORKMEN on a Rathmines building site uncovered pre-World War II grenades and some rifle bullets while digging a trench yesterday.

“FULL of charm and loads of space” is how auctioneer Noelle Morrison describes this little gem at 1, Goldsmith Avenue on Cork’s Richmond Hill.

A member of An Garda Síochana has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court charged with assault causing harm to a protestor at the 2002 ‘Reclaim the Streets’ march on Dame Street.

Police officers arrived today at the London mansion of rock star Pete Townshend who has admitted paying to enter a website advertising child porn.

A post mortem examination is due to be carried out this afternoon on the body of a woman found in suspicious circumstances in Cork city.

Gardai in Cork are investigating the discovery of a woman's body in Cork overnight.