Gardaí believe that the gang responsible for attacking a moving taxi with iron bars in Cork at the weekend was also behind a rampage through nearby housing estates during which several parked cars were damaged.

A father-to-be has appealed for help tracking down the “bastards” who may have written off his car in a suspected hit-and-run smash just days before his partner is due to give birth to their first child.

THERE’S been a lot done to 14, Woodbrook Grove down the years, along with a good deal of minding and maintenance, but there’s still a bit more now for new owners to do, say auctioneer Sherry FitzGerald of this Cork city western suburban home.