Two men are facing trial on charges of stealing €10,000 worth of oak trees from the property of Charles Colthurst of Blarney Castle.

A BOOK of evidence was served on a man accused of endangering the life of a garda by setting fire to the Gatso van in which he was sitting.

FOOD safety chiefs last month ordered two restaurants to close for breaching hygiene laws — including one told a year ago to clean up its act.

A CRASH in which a 22-year-old Co Cork man died after his car collided with a Garda patrol car, near Killarney, on September 24 last, was described at an inquest in Co Kerry yesterday.

Gardaí today seized cannabis with a potential street value of €2.5m following two raids in Cork.

The combined work of 40 gardaí in Cork city and west Cork led to a drugs haul worth almost €2m, and the arrest of two suspected drugs couriers, according to the Evening Echo today.