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Man who found headless body while searching for lost cat told gardai he thought it was a mannequin

Ionut Cosmin Nicholescu is on trial at a Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork for the murder of Francis 'Frankie' Dunne. Mr Nicholescu denies any involvement in the murder. → Read More

Cork community numb after boy, 2, chokes to death on fruit as heartbroken family to say last goodbye

Tributes are being paid to Joshua Odonkor, 2, from Skibbereen whose funeral will take place today. It is understood Joshua was eating a grape when it became lodged in his windpipe. → Read More

Two-year-old boy who died choking on piece of fruit in Cork tragedy named

The two-year-old boy died after a piece of fruit became lodged in his windpipe on Wednesday evening → Read More

Funeral of farmer who died after alleged hospital assault hears he was a gentle man who loved his family

Matthew Healy, 89, passed away following an alleged incident at St Joseph's Ward in Mercy University Hospital (MUH) shortly after 5am last Sunday → Read More

Man, 89, killed in Mercy University Hospital in Cork buried his wife weeks ago with locals 'devastated' by attack horror

The man from Berrings in Cork buried his wife in early January → Read More

Man who died after brutal assault over Christmas saved other people's lives before horror death

His father Pat said that Matt was "the body and soul" of his heartbroken family → Read More

Man dies in Cork house fire as gardai launch investigation

Gardaí and Fire Services in the town were alerted to an incident shortly before 10.20am today when smoke was reported to be coming from a house at Liam McGearailt Place. → Read More

Tears flow at emotional vigil for Bruna Fonseca who died violently in New Year's Day incident

A 28-year-old Brazilian librarian who died violently on New Year’s Day has been remembered at a vigil in the Lough in Cork as a “beloved daughter, sister, friend, a hard worker and a dreamer.” Over 200 people attended the prayer service at 10am today with representatives of both the Brazilian and Irish community holding white candles and white roses during the celebration of the life of Bruna… → Read More

Claudine Keane's uncle and 'voice of sport' in Cork Paudie Palmer dies just ten days after hit and run crash

Paudie was injured and hospitalised after the accident on December 29 → Read More

Former RTE broadcaster discharged from hospital after freak accident and two surgeries

His wife stated that he was bringing the bins out when the bin "slipped and Gareth's fingers were caught around the handle." → Read More

Over €48k raised for alleged murder victim Bruna Fonseca to fly body back to her native Brazil

On New Year’s Day, Bruna Fonseca's body was found at a Flat on Liberty Street in Cork at around lunchtime → Read More

Former partner of Bruna Fonseca charged with her murder

The court heard that Mr Pacheco made no reply when the charge was put to him under caution at 3.57pm today → Read More

Young woman 'beaten and strangled' as body found in Cork flat hours after New Year festivities

"She had been out with friends and when she came home she was attacked and killed" → Read More

€13,000 raised for man who lost home in horror fire that killed his father in Cork

Close to €13,000 has been raised for a 40-year-old man who lost all of his possessions in a blaze which claimed the life of his 86 year old father two days before Christmas. The requiem mass will take place today (Thursday) of pensioner Sean (John) Lynch who was a familiar figure in the Waterpark area of Carrigaline in Co Cork where he was regularly seen walking his dog. The dog also died in the… → Read More

Elderly man, 90, dies in tragic house fire as body is recovered from scene in Cork

A 90-year-old man has died in a fire which broke out in a house in Carrigaline, Co Cork. The body of the pensioner, who lived alone, was recovered from the semi-detached home at the The Court in Waterpark earlier today following the blaze. His body was taken to Cork University Hospital where a postmortem will take place. Neighbours raised the alarm at about 9pm yesterday and several units of… → Read More

HSE worker who allegedly robbed post offices could spend Christmas in jail

Bail had previously been denied in the case as gardai said that Tindley was a flight risk as he had plans to visit his fiancee in the US → Read More

'Gobnait was the light in our family'

Her funeral mass today heard that a 'light' in the village of Ballingeary has been 'quenched' with Gobnait's passing → Read More

Jail for man who 'over reacted' and had to be handcuffed after his dog was involved in fight

Gardaí had to restrain him against a car for thirty minutes → Read More

Two burglary suspects ran straight into gardaí leaving house with one man caught red-handed holding crowbar

The men were captured on CCTV driving up and down the street for forty minutes before they broke in to the unoccupied house → Read More

Man appears in court accused of robbing three separate post offices 'to hook up with woman he met online'

HSE home care assistant Fintan Tindley was charged with two counts of robbery and one count of attempted robbery at post offices in Douglas and Ballintemple in Cork within the last 10 days → Read More