Paschal Sheehy

Southern Editor

Man, woman on trial for murder of Michael Foley in Cork

A man and a woman have gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the murder of a 61-year-old father-of-four at his home in Macroom, Co Cork, last year.

Courts • 06 Nov 25

Man seriously injured after house explosion in Tralee

A man has been seriously injured in an explosion and fire at a house in Tralee, County Kerry.

Munster • 06 Nov 25

The man is being questioned by gardaí from Mallow

Man arrested after discovery of loaded handguns in Cork

A man in his 40s is being questioned by gardaí in Cork after he was arrested in possession of three handguns, two of them loaded.

Munster • 07 Nov 25

Picture of Kieran Quilligan weating a red top

Two men jailed for life for murder of Kieran Quilligan

Two men have been jailed for life for the murder of another man whose skeletal remains were found in a gravel bag in a ravine in east Cork, five months after he went missing.

Courts • 29 Oct 25

Catherine Connolly, left, Heather Humphries, right

Polling stations close as Presidential Election vote ends

Voting in the 2025 Presidential Election has ended, with the more than 5,000 polling stations across the country closing at 10pm.

Presidential Election • 24 Oct 25

Comments by Humphreys a 'new low', says Connolly

Independent presidential candidate Catherine Connolly has described as "a new low" comments by her Fine Gael opponent for the role, Heather Humphreys in a newspaper interview, that she had tried to make money out of people's misfortune by representing banks in home repossession cases.

Presidential Election • 20 Oct 25