A popular youth café launched by Boyzone singer Shane Lynch has closed its doors — primarily due to the impact of social media and smartphones.

A teenager who represented Cork in the sport of pitch and putt became addicted to prescription tablets and ended up being jailed yesterday for accosting people on the street to rob them of small amounts of money.

A Polish man who was described as in tune with himself and his community in Cork and troubling nobody was violently attacked in the city and has been left with fear and confusion about why it happened.