A SPECIAL GARDA unit has been set up to tackle organised prostitution. The national unit has been established under the Garda National Protective Services Bureau.

A legal ban on reporting the identity of murdered children in Ireland must be changed to ensure transparency, the Taoiseach has said.

A NEW bill, which is focused on criminalising the sharing of intimate images without consent, has been signed into law, but a West Cork TD has said more needs to be done to address issues around consent at a social and cultural level.

CORK TD Holly Cairns has called for immediate action to be taken in relation to “image-based crimes and so-called revenge porn”.

A 21-year-old woman who endured years of abuse at the hands of her stepmother has encouraged other victims not to suffer in silence.

Renowned Irish playwright, screenwriter, director and producer Jim Sheridan is to make his documentary series debut with Murder at the Cottage: The search for justice for Sophie, examining the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier in West Cork in 1996.

A FRESH garda appeal for information on the unsolved murder of pensioner Gussie Hornibrook is being made to mark the 13th anniversary of his death. A tie found at the scene of the 73-year-old’s murder is seen as one of the vital clues in the murder.

Gardaí have seized five weapons during a search in Cork City. Shortly before 10am this morning, Gardaí from Blackrock and Anglesea Street Garda Station carried out search at a house in Mahon.

A LEADING campaigner has moved to allay concerns that services for women affected by violence will be suspended during the Covid-19 outbreak.

ISOLATION methods to battle coronavirus have resulted in fears for sexual abuse victims who remain in even greater danger at home.

BE wary when a love interest you meet online starts asking you for money. That is the warning from gardaí ahead of Valentine's Day, as they raise awareness of a scam called Romance Fraud.

CORK’s top cop, Chief Superintendent Barry McPolin, has promised to increase Garda visibility across the city centre to combat assaults and public order offences.

HUNDREDS of Cork men experiencing abuse from partners reached out to a domestic violence charity for help last year.

Communities on the northside of Cork city are being terrorised by teenage gangs, according to Fianna Fáil’s Pádraig O’Sullivan.

RESIDENTS of a northside estate say they are afraid to let their children outside following a brutal attack that saw their neighbour doused in petrol and set alight.

GARDAÍ say they are satisfied with the progress being made on a spate of incidents in the city in the last five days but renewed appeals for witnesses to come forward.

GARDAÍ in West Cork are seeking mobile phone footage and witnesses to an assault that took place last year. A man was struck on the nose and had his mobile phone stolen in an attack in Bandon in August of 2019.

Mourners at the funeral of murder victim Francis 'Frankie' Dunne have been told that 'although Frankie’s remains lie before us in death, his spirit is free because he loved and is loved'.

MURDERED homeless man Francis ‘Frankie’ Dunne will be laid to rest today. The funeral Mass will take place at St Mary’s on the Hill church in Knocknaheeny before Mr Dunne is buried at St Michael’s Cemetery in Blackrock.

The removal of tragic murder victim Francis ‘Frankie’ Dunne takes place in the city this evening, before he is laid to rest tomorrow in Blackrock.

TODDLER Santina Cawley died from traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injuries, an inquest into her death has been told. The inquest was opened at Cork Coroner's Court this morning into the death of the two-year-old on July 5 this year.

THE chairman of Cork City FC has warned people to be vigilant and to ensure their cars are locked, especially in the run up to Christmas.

AN APPEAL for information has been made by city Gardaí after an attack on an individual took place at Marina Walk yesterday. A man was set upon yesterday evening and needed hospital treatment after sustaining injuries.

GARDAÍ are asking the public to assist in an investigation into an attack on a homeless man in the city centre.

MORE than 13,000 burglaries have occurred in Cork over the past decade, according to CSO figures. A total of 13,296 reported burglaries were carried out in Cork over the past ten years.

A MIDDLE-aged man with Asperger’s Syndrome was conned by four men into paying over €4,000 for work that was never done on his house. One of the men involved in this scam - John Casey, 48, of Bay 5, St.

A woman was pushed aside and punched in the face during an incident after 2am, it was claimed yesterday as gardaí objected to bail being granted to the accused man.

PROVIDING Irish Rail staff with body cameras will make them a target for assault and antisocial behaviour, it has been claimed.

A 46-YEAR-OLD man appeared in court today charged with the murder of his wife, a native of west Cork.

A CORK man has paid tribute to his crime-fighting daughter for saving him from pickpockets on two occasions. Aileen Meere, from Grange, has defended her father, Tom Marshall, twice on holiday after he was targeted by criminals.

A 79-year-old woman visiting her dying brother was attacked and robbed in the early evening outside her own home, sustaining injuries that have deprived her of her independence.

A LIVE hack demonstration by cybercrime experts stunned audiences at Cork City Hall today. More than 400 audience members packed into Millenium Hall for the sold-out IT@Cork tech summit.

THE father of a man, presumed to have been murdered in Cork’s ‘House of Horrors’ in 1994, has issued an appeal for information in the hope of finding his son’s remains. Wexford native Cathal O’Brien disappeared from a flat in Cork on April 18, 1994.

A MASS for murder victim Ann Corcoran in Kilbrittain tonight will be followed by the unveiling of a plaque in honour of all those who helped search for her when she disappeared ten years ago.

A YOUNG WOMAN who was shot in the neck by a remorseless gunman in Cork city said the incident has left her completely broken.

A YOUNG man who is part of a Christian Fellowship was jailed for biting the nose of another man almost severing it off his face back in 2012.