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A woman feared she was going to be killed when she was attacked by men who dragged her into an apartment, held her on a step, and stamped on her head, as well as punching her repeatedly.

A five-year jail sentence has been imposed on a man who rammed gardaí in a patrol car when he drove at them in reverse at high speed on a narrow country road in North Cork.

New data from the HSE shows that just one quarter of assessments of need for children were completed within the regulation timeline last year.

An 80-year-old man was killed and a 10-year-old boy was injured when their car was involved in a crash on Thursday night in West Cork.

A 27-year-old man went on trial yesterday charged with murdering his mother at breakfast time in the family home.

The Criminal Assets Bureau has seized virtual currencies and cash in an operation targeting a suspected drug boss in Co Wicklow.

Black people, Travellers, lone parents, people with disabilities, and young males are suffering blatant discrimination in accessing housing.

A scheme to help young people deal with mental health issues is being “blocked” by the Department of Public Expenditure, it can be revealed.

Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has accused the opposition of using the housing issue to simply “embarrass” the Government and described threats of a motion of no confidence in him as “pure politics” by Sinn Féin.

Residents of a Cork housing estate have blockaded a truck in the area, and say they will not allow it to leave until they are satisfied it will remove a mobile home it delivered to their green on Thursday.

From one kingdom to another, the Prince of Wales hailed his visit to Kerry yesterday as “remarkable”, after fulfilling a long-time ambition to see what is considered to be Ireland’s most beautiful county.

It would take two and a half hours to walk along the length of the illegal netting seized by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) last year.

The Disclosures Tribunal is prone to getting blown off course on a not infrequent basis, writes Michael Clifford

Myrtle Allen, founder of the world renowned Ballymaloe House in Co Cork, will be laid to rest tomorrow following a Quaker ceremony.

Sinn Féin delegates have voted to allow the party to negotiate with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil after the next election — despite insisting they still want to prioritise forming a “left-wing government” with other parties.

A guitar technician ended up touring with Prince because his predecessor was fired hours before the music icon’s only Irish concert.

The Policing Authority has said that “getting to the bottom” of the breath test scandal and the homicide controversy has consumed an “inordinate” amount of its time.

A council that won an award for its trailblazing decision to introduce “no-fry zones” around schools has broken its own rule a fortnight later by granting permission for a takeaway to open.

The Government has defended settling a claim that will see hefty pay awards for thousands of hospital consultants at a time when 707,000 patients remain on waiting lists.

A Corkman who tried to smother his girlfriend before stabbing her in the neck when she asked “what about my kids?” has been convicted of her murder.

Sinn Féin faces two crunch votes today on competing plans to back unrestricted access to abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy or to allow members to formally oppose the official position in a move that could ultimately see at least two pro-life TDs quit the party.