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Landowners launch court challenge against wind-farm plan

by Echo Reporter 17/06/13 7:07pm

Two landowners have brought a High Court challenge against the planning authorities decision to grant planning permission for a wind farm near their home. The action is being brought by Mr Klaus Balz and Ms Hanna Heuback of Bear No...

Suicides in Cork up due to recession

THE impact of recession is pushing up suicide rates in Cork with former construction workers accounting for a third of...

Monday, 17/06/13 - 11:48am Read More

33 year old shot by IRA in Ballyvolane

A MAN has been shot in Ballyvolane in what the Real IRA is claiming is a punishment attack. In a...

Saturday, 15/06/13 - 9:40am Read More

Jerry Buttimer to back abortion bill

Cork South Central’s Deputy Jerry Buttimer, who was chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children, responsible for putting...

Friday, 14/06/13 - 10:17am Read More

EMC deliver ‘a great day for Cork’

TAOISEACH Enda Kenny hailed the “brilliant workforce and outstanding third-level graduates in Cork” as he formally announced 200 new jobs...

Friday, 14/06/13 - 10:15am Read More

The Next Level

by John Dolan 17/06/13 11:45am

Fashion by EMMA CONNOLLY IT IS possible to have a wardrobe full of clothes and nothing to wear. That’s what happens impulsive shoppers who accumulate a mountain of random separates without figuring out how they’ll actually work for them — ...

Haappy Father’s Day, From Afar

On Father’s Day this weekend, sons and daughters across Cork will be cherishing their dads. But for thousands of emigrants,...

Friday, 14/06/13 - 11:18am Read More

Is It A Turkey? Is It Plain? No, It’s Rather Good Actually

Cinema review by Gareth Naughton Man Of Steel, released nationwide June 14, Cert: 12A, Four stars out of Five SUPERMAN...

Thursday, 13/06/13 - 12:20pm Read More

Gardaí expected to launch double murder probe in Kerry

by Echo Reporter 18/06/13 7:00am

Gardaí are expected to launch a double murder investigation later this morning as inquiries continue into the death of a young mother and her eight-year-old daughter in County Kerry.They have been named locally as 27-year-old Jolanta Lubiene and her daughter...

Clare woman died from manual strangulation, pathologist tells court

A deputy state pathologist has told the trial of a FÁS worker accused of murdering a woman in Co Clare...

Monday, 17/06/13 - 7:04pm Read More

Emotional scenes in court as firefighter recalls death of colleague

A Bray fireman broke down a number of times in court while he described crawling through a fire to pull...

Monday, 17/06/13 - 6:59pm Read More

‘Buried alive’ case – Man jailed for eight years

A man has been jailed for eight years for killing a father-of-three who was buried alive in a shallow grave...

Monday, 17/06/13 - 6:52pm Read More

Trial of garda accused of harassment and insurance fraud nears end

Evidence has finished in the trial of a garda accused of harassment and insurance fraud.Garda Paul Fogarty, who is based...

Monday, 17/06/13 - 6:48pm Read More

Cronin could still feature against Clare

by Éamonn Murphy 15/06/13 8:38am

REBEL hurling captain Patrick Cronin could still feature against Clare in the Munster hurling semi-final, despite being hospitalised recently for a severe chest infection. The Bishopstown man was in Páirc Ui Rinn yesterday for the Cork hurlers press...

Daryl do nicely for City

Cork City 1 Drogheda United 0 CORK City’s latest U21 international Daryl Horgan scored a wonder solo goal to give...

Saturday, 15/06/13 - 8:37am Read More

McCarthy knows the dangers of complacency

HE LAUGHS when you bring it up, as the questions was inevitable. Tell us about 1997. Ronan McCarthy was in...

Saturday, 15/06/13 - 8:34am Read More

England come up short on the big stage again

England’s lamentable displays at the European U21 tournament have once again highlighted all that is wrong with their approach to...

Saturday, 15/06/13 - 8:33am Read More

Juliet signs off on a super career

Six-time All-Ireland winner Juliet Murphy reveals to Mary White her reasons for retiring from club and county football ...

Saturday, 15/06/13 - 8:31am Read More

WHY WE NEED TO UNPLUG FROM TECHNOLOGY

by Wendy Good 12/06/13 1:11pm

Put down that phone! Turn off that tablet! Psychologist COLM O’CONNOR on the longterm dangers of today’s smart living AT THIS time in human history, we are participating in the most widespread, fast-paced, unplanned development in human psychology. A...