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Last week
12th April 2026 - 18th April 2026
Patient who beat elderly man to death in hospital bed jailed for 12 years
Man (27) charged with dangerous driving over five incidents during fuel protests
Man charged with assaulting his father, who was found dead at his home in Waterford
This month
April 2026
'Titan of a ginger haired man': Tributes paid after death of 35-year-old Belfast actor Michael Patrick
Parrot found perched outside Dublin Airport terminal reunited with owner
Tributes paid to former World Open Water Swimming Association award winner Paddy Conaghan
Visitor restrictions continuing at Tipperary University Hospital to reduce Norovirus spread
Last month
March 2026
Restoration completed on historic 'Four-Faced Liar' clock in Cork city
Family of man (88) killed in hospital asks court to impose maximum sentence on attacker
Man charged with murder of Oleksandr Zhyvytsky in Cork City
Brother of Daena Walsh says 'life will never return to normal' as man is jailed for life for her murder
Adam Corcoran (31) was found guilty of murdering his partner of ten years at their apartment in Midleton, Co Cork in 2024.
Man (30s) dies in suspected stabbing in Cork
Man charged with the murder of his partner denies trying to dismember her body
Possible attempt made to amputate left arm of woman after she died, murder trial hears
Man charged with murder of partner in Cork told paramedic he planned to propose, court hears
Man jailed for assault that shattered ankle of woman he mistook for someone who was 'trolling' him
Man charged with murder of partner in Cork says she stabbed herself in the stomach
Former Cork City boss Ger Nash charged with drink-driving
Man (55) who died saving six people caught in rip current was a 'hero', inquest told
February
February 2026
Chinese students beaten with crowbar left Ireland following vicious attack
Former professional soccer player jailed for raping woman at knifepoint in her home
Cork sex offender sent Snapchat message to schoolgirl within three hours of prison release
Bessborough campaigners shocked that apartments will be built on site of former mother and baby home
Couple (40s) who died in Tramore crash to be laid to rest
Two men died within ten minutes of each other at Ironman event in Cork, inquest hears
Man whose attack on partner left her having to eat and drink through straws is jailed
'Destroyed her innocence': Man who sexually assaulted four-year-old granddaughter jailed
Man who poured boiling water over his wife and attacked her with a hammer as she slept jailed
Supervalu and Centra owner announces that over 80 jobs are at risk
Woman who stole €303,000 from TV chef Martin Shanahan's restaurant to sell home to repay funds
Anti-immigration activist Derek Blighe to go on trial on charge of harassing garda
Emergency department at Cork's Mercy University Hospital closed due to flooding
January
January 2026
Man charged with murder of retired bus driver Timothy 'Teddy' Murnane in Tipperary
'I don't feel bad anymore': Woman speaks out on rape by sports coach in Cork when she was 14
'A pure gentleman': Former MEP Brian Crowley laid to rest after funeral in Co Cork
Man jailed for sexually and physically assaulting woman after breaking into her home
Bruna Fonseca's ex-boyfriend sentenced to life for her murder
‘A life was taken because a woman was not allowed to move on,’ says cousin of Bruna.
Man found guilty of the murder of Bruna Fonseca in Cork city
Man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend was 'self absorbed coward', murder trial hears
Young woman strangled to death begged ex to get psychiatric help, court hears