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<p>Killian McCarthy solicitor said that Issa Kargbo (above) had been hoping to avoid a conviction in case it would interfere with future international travel in the course of his sports career. Picture: Larry Cummins.</p>

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Cork court: Soccer player who sent threatening texts to young man given suspended sentence

Issa Kargbo (23) is on a semi-professional contract with a Welsh soccer club.

Scales of justice and Gavel on wooden table and Lawyer or Judge working with agreement in Courtroom, Justice and Law concept

cork news

Judge says Cork man's 'shocking' record of shoplifting among the worst to come before the court

Judge Mary Dorgan imposed a series of consecutive sentences totaling 15 months on 30-year-old James McDonagh.

Cork Hurling: Injury blows for Sarsfields and Blackrock

cork sport

Cork Hurling: Injury blows for Sarsfields and Blackrock

Both sides have fared well so far in the Co-op SuperStores Premier SHC but they will have to cope without key men

nostalgia

Cork School of Commerce class reunite in city - 50 years on

Cork School of Commerce class reunite in city - 50 years on

what's on

Chalk it down... Cork star Cillian’s a class act in new film

Chalk it down... Cork star Cillian’s a class act in new film

cork news

Awards open to inspiring young Cork environmentalists

Awards open to inspiring young Cork environmentalists

cork news

Speedometer

Man caught driving at 152 km/h in Cork avoids dangerous driving conviction

Cork News

<p>The national forecaster has said that Cork, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, and Waterford can expect heavy spells of rain from tomorrow.</p>

Met Éireann issues status yellow weather warning Cork

Possible impacts include difficult travelling conditions, poor visibility and localised flooding.

Progress made in €31m West Cork cocaine prosecution

Progress made in €31m West Cork cocaine prosecution

Cork truck driver succeeds in avoiding mobile phone conviction

Cork truck driver succeeds in avoiding mobile phone conviction

Two-thirds back bid to reduce drink-drive limit

Cork driver who crashed into lamppost had 'huge quantity of alcohol in his system'

Merck opens new Cork facility which will support 200 new jobs

Merck opens new Cork facility which will support 200 new jobs

cork sport

<p>Cats v Rebels: Mikey Butler with Patrick Horgan at the Hurling for Cancer Research 2025 charity match. Picture: INPHO/Leah Scholes</p>

Kilkenny hurlers feeling the pain like Cork but how much change is needed?

Cats are suffered frustrating losses at Croke Park in the All-Ireland series despite dominating Leinster

Aghabullogue boss Ray Keane happy with how team is shaping up

Aghabullogue boss Ray Keane happy with how team is shaping up

CWSSL offer Cork businesses an opportunity to support their cup competitions through sponsorship

CWSSL offer Cork businesses an opportunity to support their cup competitions through sponsorship

Golfer Barry Keane wins second Bruen Title

Golfer Barry Keane wins second Bruen Title

Ciaran Kilkenny and Daithí McGowan 14/4/2024

Christy O'Connor: New football rules didn't address blight of handpassing

Cork Lives

<p class="contextmenu internal_Caption">Ciarán MacArtain is also hoping to bring out a second album with The Choke Collective soon</p>

'I enjoy going on walks in the woods, dipping in the ocean, and savouring Cork culture'

Person To Person: Theatre artist, poet, and producer Ciarán MacArtain talks about his many projects on the go, including events for the Bere Island Arts Festival and Culture Night this week

Corkonians Abroad: Why I swapped Cork for a new life in Kenya

Corkonians Abroad: Why I swapped Cork for a new life in Kenya

Cork charity runner: 'I lost 3 grandparents to cancer... I never knew any of them'

Cork charity runner: 'I lost 3 grandparents to cancer... I never knew any of them'

The future? I’ve no Plan B but couldn’t imagine life without this pub...

The future? I’ve no Plan B but couldn’t imagine life without this pub...

Pupils adapt classic Cork short story for stage for Culture Night

Pupils adapt classic Cork short story for stage for Culture Night

Cork Views

<p class="contextmenu internal_Caption">Dick Roche with his daughter Karen on the ‘Roche ground’ in Templeboden Cemetery on his last visit home to Cork in 2017</p>

Dick’s ashes brought home to Cork, to be scattered by his parents’ graves

On what would have been his 88th birthday, Corkman Dick Roche was finally brought home to the place he was born, relates JOHN ARNOLD

Man installing thermal roof insulation layer - using mineral wool panels. Attic renovation and insulation concept

Do you qualify for a free energy upgrade?

I felt like a Queen for a day... then reality intruded big time!

I felt like a Queen for a day... then reality intruded big time!

Primary school kids, wearing school uniforms and backpacks, running on a walkway outside their school building, front view

Budget must tackle our over-crowded schools

England v Senegal - International Friendly - The City Ground

Roy, Pat, Joanne, Anna... Cork candidates for future president

Nostalgia

<p>An Echo Boy with a yo-yo in 1957. In this memoir, Paul Martin recalls the world yoyo champion visiting the Model School he attended in Cork city</p>

Cork schoolboy's secret visits to pig slaughterhouse and city morgue!

In the days long before health & safety, youngsters were often left to their own devices and roamed free. In this memoir of his schooling in Cork, PAUL MARTIN recalls some of his antics...

Throwback Thursday: A lift into school? We walked or got the bus

Throwback Thursday: A lift into school? We walked or got the bus

Lincoln's Murder

How news of Abraham Lincoln's assassination took 12 DAYS to reach Cork

When beer was 20p a pint! A Cork college party 50 years ago

When beer was 20p a pint! A Cork college party 50 years ago

"The heels were blown off my shoes... the stockings were blown off my legs..."

"The heels were blown off my shoes... the stockings were blown off my legs..."

WOW

<p>Aisling Browne: “I felt very alone in the early days of my sobriety,” she admits.</p>

'I really thought you had to be an alcoholic to give up drink...'

Are you ready to break up with alcohol? Why not join Cork’s new Sober Club, founder Aisling Browne tells EMER HARRINGTON

'We’ll do The Echo Women's Mini Marathon for our warrior Leah'

'We’ll do The Echo Women's Mini Marathon for our warrior Leah'

Beauty in solarium.

Emer O'Callaghan: Wake up to the dangers of sunbeds

Cork painter: Art has been my ‘saviour’

Cork painter: Art has been my ‘saviour’

My Career: ‘My role requires a fair bit of juggling'

My Career: ‘My role requires a fair bit of juggling'

entertainment

<p>And Nun Came Back at the Crane Lane Theatre in 2015. They’ll be reprising Cork punk tunes on Culture Night.</p>

Kaught At The Karpark: Punk tunes from the 1980s for Cork Culture Night

Tonight, as part of Cork City’s Culture Night offering, the survivors of Cork’s generation-defining early-eighties punk scene come together for a current-day reunion, with solo music, new projects, and live revisitings of legendary music. Ahead of the event, Mike McGrath-Bryan catches up with Nun Attax/Big Boy Foolish guitarist Ricky Dineen.

Theatre Nights: All across Cork, a bonanza of culture

Theatre Nights: All across Cork, a bonanza of culture

A decade with Downtown: Thoughts on ten years of Echo music journalism

A decade with Downtown: Thoughts on ten years of Echo music journalism

Stevie G: Preserving culture in a digital world

Stevie G: Preserving culture in a digital world

Going out or staying in? Your weekend guide to what's happening in Cork

Going out or staying in? Your weekend guide to what's happening in Cork

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Ashton School invites you to an open day event

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Rockwell College – 160 years of excellence

Rockwell College – 160 years of excellence

Cork's rough sleepers: A harsh reality of a glorious morning

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