A PUBLIC servant accused of taking bung payments so that he might favourably review grant applications has had all charges against him dropped.

The jury in the case against a former managing director of South Cork Enterprise Board who denies receiving corrupt payments for securing job creation grants for a company was sent to a hotel overnight as they have not yet reached a verdict.

The jury in the case against a former managing director of South Cork Enterprise Board who denies receiving corrupt payments for securing job creation grants for a company was sent to a hotel overnight as they have not yet reached a verdict.

A former managing director of South Cork Enterprise Board received corrupt payments for securing job creation grants for a company, it was claimed on the opening day of his trial today.

A MURDER hunt has been launched in Cork city after yesterday’s post- mortem examination showed that the Lithuanian man whose body was found near his rented accommodation on Sunday died from a serious head wound.

The family of a father-of-four who died after he was punched during a pub argument claimed yesterday that the deceased had been portrayed as a villain rather than a victim. The man who assaulted him was jailed for 18 months today.

A Bandon man was cleared today on the charge of killing a father-of-four at a pub in the town almost two years ago.

NOT content to rest on his laurels, Eugene Donnelly has already completed a deal that will see the 36-year-old Derry ace drive a Toyota Corolla WRC in next season’s Irish Tarmac Championship.