A man was stabbed to death after he threatened to burn down the house of the man accused of his murder during a row over a €100 drug debt, a witness has told the Central Criminal Court.

This four-bed semi-d called ‘La Puente’, inside and at the back end of the Endsleigh estate off Cork’s main Douglas Road, is primed for updating, once in new ownership.

A former garda has been jailed for three years for a string of offences including dealing cocaine, attempting to frame someone for car theft, and insurance fraud.

A former garda who perverted the course of justice on two occasions and admitted having cocaine for sale or supply will be sentenced next month.

A former garda has been sent forward for trial charged with stealing cannabis from a garda station and perverting the course of justice.

A father-of-two who had a loaded gun under his mattress for his “own protection” has been sentenced to eight years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

GARDAÍ suspect a middle-aged man was shot dead after a drink-fuelled row erupted at a party.

A Swords "thug" who punched a 16-year-old boy in the face, knocking him to the ground because the victim had been looking at him, has been sentenced to three years in prison by Judge Frank O'Donnell.

A Lithuanian national who killed his best friend in a drunken row has been jailed for nine years by Judge Patricia Ryan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Gardaí in Galway have launched an investigation in to what they are describing as a "serious sexual assault".

THE Green, for generations a famous and much loved Midleton landmark, is to undergo major refurbishment in the coming months.