A member of An Garda Síochána who pleaded guilty to 11 charges related of deception, theft, and receiving corrupt payments has resigned from the force, it was confirmed yesterday.

Upto 50 clinical and nursing jobs will be created at the Bon Secours Hospital in Cork as part of an ambitious €77m expansion.

The first new bridge over the river Lee in more than a decade has been installed.

A rehab charity has called on Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy to intervene to help open a stepdown facility which has been lying idle for a decade.

Gardaí are hunting for three suspected arsonists after fire gutted a derelict listed former asylum in Cork city.

Cork’s first private radiotherapy centre is set to open its doors in January 2019 as part of a joint venture between the Bon Secours Health System (BSHS) and a US medical firm.

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The summer of 1990 is fondly recalled in Ireland by those of a certain age, and especially so in Cork.

An 11-year-old girl who has cerebral palsy and is confined to a wheelchair yesterday settled for €9m her High Court action over her care around the time of her birth.

A cyclist who was knocked off his bike in a collision with a vehicle when he was cycling in the wrong direction on a bicycle lane sued the motorist yesterday, but the judge said that the cyclist’s injuries could not be visited on the shoulders of the post mistress driving the car.

A charity has invited families and friends of people who lost their lives through suicide to come together to remember their loved ones at a special Christmas Celebration of Light.

A “good Samaritan” neighbour was hailed a hero last night for helping to save a man trapped upside down in a kitchen press.

Part of Cork University Hospital (CUH) was evacuated and a small number of outpatient appointments were cancelled yesterday after a partial ceiling collapse in a busy clinic.

A brave Irish girl, who captured hearts on both sides of the Atlantic as she battled a rare childhood cancer, has died.

A 7-year-old boy who suffered damage during his birth at a Cork hospital and now has cerebral palsy has settled his action for damages against the HSE with a €1.6m interim payment.

A major flood alert was issued in Co Cork last night following a combination of torrential rain, high tides, and strong winds.

A number of leading hotels in Cork and Limerick have more than doubled their room prices for the night the cities play host to Bruce Springsteen next summer.

Hundreds of people from all over Munster gathered yesterday for a remembrance service for parents and families who have experienced infant or pregnancy loss.

A 181-bed hotel which replaced the iconic Jurys Hotel in Cork City has been put up for sale for about €24m as an investment.

A Romanian national who was part of an organised system of predatory criminal activity in Cork was yesterday jailed for nine months.

DERVAL O’ROURKE will be one of the stars in action when her club, Leevale AC, stages its Annual Sports at the CIT track, Bishopstown, on April 18.

A man who had been questioned by gardai in Cork about the rape of an Australian tourist, has been released without charge.