A young woman claimed her ex-boyfriend threatened to slice her face and rip her in two, during an alleged incident last weekend. But the accused denied being present, denied making threats, and insisted he was never her boyfriend.

Agood number of enthusiastic New Year viewers was expected to show up yesterday for an open viewing of this spacious terraced property off Cork city’s Shandon Street.

A former French soldier who was caught dealing heroin from his flat in Cork was jailed for six months yesterday as the sentencing judge referred to the devastation the drug caused to people’s lives.

A FORMER garda who worked as a car park attendant has been awarded €7,000 for unfair dismissal after his employer mounted a sting operation.

A DRUG DEALER who responded to his arrest for the offence by cranking it up to a higher level later in the year was jailed for seven years yesterday.