Seven people control drugs distribution in Cork, writes Sean O’Riordan

THE murder of Gerard “Topper” Staunton is only the fifth gangland killing to occur in Cork, but the fifth nationally this month.

ON FRIDAY, young mother Jessica Prendergast celebrated her son’s first birthday, just weeks after moving back to her native Cork city. Within hours, she was found stabbed to death and her blood-soaked mother had confessed to the killing.

WHEN auctioneer Gary Quinn, says the views from Thorndale are panoramic, he means it.

The man who was shot dead in Cork last night has been named as Kieran O’Flynn.

A man in his forties has been shot dead in Cork City.