The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) is to review the deaths of three brothers in Cork due to the possibility that one of the deceased made contact with Gardaí before the incident occurred.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 612 confirmed cases of COVID-19 while Cork now has one of the lowest 14-day incidence rates per 100,000 population.

The Irish Government could introduce so-called "green cards" that allow people who have been vaccinated to access services including gyms and cinemas.

Greater public awareness of coercive control has been called for after new research found that 40% of people do not understand this type of abuse.

The Government hasn't got their mind around a long-term Covid-19 strategy according to a respiratory consultant based in Cork.

Twelve months on from the first official confirmed case of Covid-19 in Ireland, Maeve Lee looks back at the year that changed everything.

Four swimmers were rescued at Inch Beach on Saturday with the help of the combined efforts of a group of surfers and members of the public.

The Garda Commissioner has rowed back on comments he made about groups involved in Saturday's lockdown protests in Dublin. Drew Harris had said the demonstrators included people from different types of factions, including the far left.

The post mortem examinations have been completed on the three men who were discovered deceased in Mitchelstown. The three men have been named locally as members of the Hennessy family.

The Taoiseach has urged people to keep their guard up and remain cautious as families prepare for children in junior and senior infants, as well as first and second classes in primary school to return to school tomorrow.

For the first time, members of the public can enjoy art exhibitions from the comfort of their own home with a launch of virtual visits at a Cork gallery.

Charismatic Corkman, Martin Forrest will be offering a free FIIT Stick fitness class, as part of Social Impact Ireland's spotlight series. The FIIT Stick class will be free and open to members of the public on Thursday 4 March.

An Taoiseach Micheál Martin has condemned the protests in Dublin City Centre today and praised An Garda Síochána for their response in restoring order.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 13 additional deaths related to COVID-19 and 738 cases.

Being able to visit her local pub, the Waterloo Inn, is among the things which Cork woman Nora McAuliffe is most looking forward to once she receives her second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and restrictions are eased.

A protest has been held outside the Mother and Baby Homes Commission office to mark the end of its term.

A number of people have been arrested as hundreds of protesters took part in an anti-lockdown protest in Dublin. Protesters clashed with gardaí as they marched through the city centre and attempted to make their way to St Stephen's Green park.

Gardaí have said that they will be patrolling popular public amenities this weekend to ensure compliance with Covid-19 restrictions.

Post-mortem examinations are due to take place over the coming days on the bodies of three brothers which were discovered in the Mitchelstown area. The three men have been named locally as members of the Hennessy family.

A CORK nursing home resident and former dairy farmer enjoyed a special celebration for his 101st birthday, with a surprise visit from two Friesian calves.

A new virtual challenge along Cork’s coastline has been launched, encouraging people to get moving and to raise funds to help support Marymount Hospice.

From this weekend, Gardaí will be calling on people who have entered the state and have been reported for not engaging with the monitoring process.

The first vaccinations at the Covid-19 vaccination centre at the Bishopstown campus of Munster Technological University (MTU) will take place today, with approximately 350 people to be vaccinated.

Last week marked 100 years since the opening of the War of Independence prison on Spike Island. In February 1921 Spike Island became an island prison for the third time in its history.

A MAN caught stealing a tricycle from a toy shop tried to pick a fight a month later with gardaí calling on them by name during a street row.

A CORK businesswoman has said that she wants to reopen her business despite the current Level 5 restrictions and has asked other businesses to show their support for the idea.

QUIET gentlemen who kept to themselves is the description given again and again of the three Hennessy brothers, Johnny, Willie and Paddy, who died on Thursday night and Friday morning in an apparent murder-suicide in North Cork.

Two brothers armed with a shovel and wooden bedpost arrived at a house in Cork but were prevented from engaging in physical violence by a third man in their company.

A car was set alight on Friday night at the Tarry Path in Mayfield sparking frustration and fear in local residents.

UPDATED 8:30PMSHOCK and sadness has consumed Mitchelstown following the deaths of three brothers on the outskirts of the North Cork town in a suspected murder-suicide.

A melee at a football match saw one of the players being punched by a spectator – Cork goalkeeper Chris Kelly - at the match and he had to be taken away in an ambulance with a broken nose and dental damage.

CORK secondary school Coláiste na Toirbhirte will become a co-educational school from this September following a decision made by their board of management and trustees.

A fourteen-year-old girl met her elder sister’s 19-year-old friend through Snapchat and he brought her to a secluded seaside area in his car where he sexually assaulted her.

CORK saw a slight increase in the number of adults accessing emergency accommodation in January.

The people of Cork are being invited to put their best foot forward and hit the road in support of Cork Camogie and Jigsaw Cork as Camán Corcaigh, the virtual 5km gets underway.

A Cork comedian has sent the internet into overdrive with a sketch addressing the post-Brexit situation. In just 24 hours Tadhg Hickey's latest video, 'Loyalism, but in a house share in Cork', has amassed one million views on Twitter alone.

Gardaí have urged people to stay home this weekend and say if people are going out they should plan their activities and ensure they exercise within their 5km.

A 92-year-old resident in St Joseph’s Unit, a residential unit within Bantry General Hospital recently completed 500 steps as part of the Operation Transformation challenge.

A Cork-based Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) member has called on the Government to prioritise those with disabilities in the rollout of the vaccination programme.

An Bord Pleanála has upheld Cork City Council’s decision to turn down a plan for a 45-unit development on the Model Farm Road.

Sinn Féin TD Thomas Gould has written to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) requesting that it investigate the continuing closure of the SouthDoc Blackpool.

PEOPLE across Cork are encouraged to dress up as their favourite Father Ted character this weekend in honour of the annual celebration of Ireland’s favourite sitcom.

WELL-known Cork musician Shane Supple was recently discharged from hospital. He was treated for a heart attack. Shane comes from a prominent musical family. He has won numerous awards and has written many songs.

LATEST:Gardaí have said they have now located have located the red Toyota Corolla van that they had been searching for this morning. Investigations are ongoing. UPDATE:Two brothers have died, following an incident at a house in Mitchelstown.

The team from Kinsale Spirit Company were in the Port of Cork Container Terminal today to watch as a shipment of Kinsale Gin and Red Earl Irish Whiskey was loaded for export to China.

A YOUNG man ran from gardaí in Cork city centre and threw three deals of heroin into a flowerpot as he fled.

SOME primary school teachers are feeling “apprehensive” ahead of the return for junior classes on Monday, with one principal describing the decision as a “gamble”.

A member of An Garda Síochána trying to clear lunchtime street drinkers from the steps outside a Cork church was verbally abused as “a dirty Dub” by one of the men.

The commercial vacancy rate in Cork increased by 0. 5 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to a new report.

A SWIMMER got washed into a sea cave in West Cork and had to be rescued in a daring and "complex" operation by the Irish Coast Guard.

ANOTHER 35 deaths and 613 cases of Covid were confirmed this evening by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC). 21 of these deaths occurred in February, 12 in January, one in November, and one further death is under investigation.

TWO fatalities have occurred following a fatal road traffic collision between a car and a motorcycle that occurred on the N20, Rathgoggin North, in Charleville earlier this afternoon.

THE Covid-19 incidence rate per 100,000 people remains lower in every Local Electoral Area (LEA) in Cork than the national figure, following new figures released from the Covid-19 data hub show.

A Cork man who went to the trouble of breaking into a brewery to steal drink only got away with the alcohol-free product Heineken 0. 0. The judge said it must have been an embarrassing burglary for the man.

A 53-year-old man who carried out three sexual assaults in Cork city centre was jailed for four months after failing to take the opportunity to address a serious underlying issue with alcohol.

TWO months delayed but no less special, residents at a Cork nursing home were finally able to celebrate Christmas earlier this week.

Update 5:30pm: The local road between Belvelly and Cobh remains closed this evening. In a statement Gardaí said:"Gardaí are currently at the scene of an incident on the road between Belvelly and Cobh.

A staple of the Cork pub scene, The Roundy, is up for auction on March 19 with a guide price of €650,000.

Cork Airport, which was Ireland’s fastest-growing and most punctual Airport coming into the Covid-19 pandemic a year ago, welcomes the news that Lufthansa is to commence a twice-weekly Cork-Frankfurt service for Summer 2021, connecting the two ...

A lecturer at University College Cork (UCC) is among a research team which has found that mixed-gender software development teams perform better than male-only teams.

The number of people with Covid-19 receiving hospital care has dropped again, with the HSE’s chief executive saying that while there is a “long exit” from the current wave, “we will get there”.

A tech expert teaching the next generation about coding, Anthony Nolan talks to Roisin Burke about how Kinsale Coderdojo are navigating the pandemic onlineWITH the world’s reliance on technology growing daily, volunteer-led computer programming ...

From March 1, the cost of visiting a Civic Amenity Site in the county is to increase. Following intense discussions at County Hall, it was decided the entry charge to the centre is to increase by €1, from €3 to €4.

A Cork mother has welcomed the changes to the Covid-19 vaccination allocation strategy and the “passport to protection” it will provide for her son who was diagnosed with cancer in October.

"We have so many objects of national importance, but sometimes it’s the everyday gems that capture the imagination. "Those were the words of the National Museum of Ireland following a social media stir surrounding one of their archived items.

A CORK actor is making the world his stage as he prepares for a streamed theatre performance live from New York.

The graveyard in Mahon was the scene for a drunken disturbance in the early hours and now one of the culprits has been ordered to do 150 hours of community service.Garda Nigel Desmond said that at 2.20 am on January 6 2020 gardaí received a call ...

A 31-year-old man who took the unilateral decision to breach domestic safety orders and put his wife in fear was jailed for six months. Judge Olann Kelleher dealt with the case at an in camera hearing of Cork District Court.

CORK school principals have welcomed the phased reopening of schools in the latest ‘Living with Covid’ plan, with some school pupils set to return to the classroom on Monday next, March 1.

THE Catholic Bishop of Cork and Ross is in discussions with parish finance committees and clergy in the diocese about how parish finances can be sustained.

THE decision behind a phased return to school reopenings has been met with scepticism from some secondary school students who confessed to being tired of false hope.

The Carrigrohane Road west of Cork city will remain closed following a review from Cork City Council’s flood assessment team. The road will remain closed until further notice with an update to follow from the council tomorrow morning at 9. 30am.

“STAY out of Clonakilty” - that was the order a sentencing judge made in the case against a young man who chased a Polish man around another part of West Cork with a knife.

A ‘UNIQUE’ case saw a Cork man being convicted and sentenced today for having child pornography in the form of the written word only and no images.

THE ABP meat plant in Bandon has had no new cases of Covid-19 recorded in the past week. A statement from the company issued to The Echo said: "There are no further cases recorded. The plant is operating as normal.

MORE than 100 people were detected for flouting Covid-19 regulations in Cork city last weekend. Chief Superintendent Barry McPolin revealed the figure to The Echo, saying that people who flout the public health guidelines are "irresponsible".

A further 56 deaths related to Covid-19 and 574 new cases of the virus have been recorded in Ireland.

Footage taken by a local videographer shows the extent of flooding in Fermoy from the sky as the Blackwater River burst its banks following heavy rainfall.

The Government's revised pandemic plan is a "wing and a prayer" strategy that contains nothing to give people hope, the Dáil has heard.

Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman has said an extension to the Mother and Baby Homes Commission would serve "no practical purpose" now that audio recordings of survivors' testimony have been recovered.

A landmark theatre in Cork city has reached its fundraising target to better secure the future of the theatre. Back in November, Cork Arts Theatre, fondly known as the 'CAT Club', launched a GoFundMe campaign in a bid to avoid closing permanently.

Update: Cork County Council’s Severe Weather Assessment Team convened again this morning to assess the impact of significant amounts of rainfall over the past two days.

Cork writer, Billy O’Callaghan will be celebrating his new novel, Life Sentences with an online webinar this evening as part of the West Cork Literary Festival.

Mallow Search and Rescue were called into action yesterday after it emerged a person needed help after being cut off by rising floodwaters. Mallow Fire Service assisted and Mallow Search and Rescue launched a rescue boat.

A marquee tent is being purchased by Cork County Council for use by communities in towns and villages across the county.

THE CEO of the Health Service Executive (HSE) Paul Reid has spoken of how Government departments and agencies’ response to the pandemic has benefitted the health service.

A project for 22 wind turbines in the heart of the Bride Valley was discussed at Cork County Council on Monday with elected members raising a number of concerns about the project.

A British citizen who fled from an open prison in the UK and came to Ireland five years ago did not take long to set himself up in the drug-dealing business, a sentencing judge said.

THE latest data on the impact of the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine should give cause for a rethink of Ireland’s Covid-19 vaccination strategy, according to an immunologist at University College Cork (UCC).

RESIDENTS in Belvelly have called for urgent action to improve road safety in the area.

A KNIFE was handed to a man during a street row with another man and he used it to slash his opponent across the arm and now his violence has seen him jailed for 18 months.

A 49-YEAR-OLD man was killed in a workplace accident at Irish Distillers in Dungourney three years ago and yesterday the company was convicted and fined €40,000 when a plea of guilty was entered to two health and safety breaches.

WEATHER conditions continue to affect Cork roads. The Carrigrohane (Straight) Road is closed to traffic and will remain closed overnight with diversions in place due to flooding. A review will be undertaken at 09. 30 a. m. tomorrow.

The Taoiseach has confirmed that Level 5 restrictions will remain in place until 5 April when, depending on the transmission of the virus and the vaccination progress, further options will be considered.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 45 additional deaths related to Covid-19 and 575 new cases. Of the deaths reported, 41  occurred in February, while four occurred in January.