Irish police seize yacht with cocaine worth more than £500m

A yacht from Ireland was siezed this morning in a raid, and 700 million euros worth of cocain was found on board. The capture follows an investigation which was launched after one of the yachts in the smuggling ring overturned off the coast of Cork and dumped 62 bales of...

ICL rubbishes ‘World Cup’ claims

"The Indian Cricket League (ICL) rubbished reports that it was planning to stage a Twenty20 ‘World Cup’ type of tournament and was trying to sign up cricketers from England, South Africa, Pakistan, New Zealand and India. “The reports are not true. We have no such plans...

Cork pulls out all the stops for its Midsummer Festival of the Senses

Going from Green Day to Ireland feels natural even if I had to jump all the way from South Africa.Topics come to me sometimes as is the case with Cork's Midsummer Festival.For whatever reason, someone from The Independent (Ireland) visited this site, I returned the favor and...

Seven rescued from cargo ship

"Seven people have been taken off the cargo ship the Horn Cliff by helicopter this morning. This includes the injured captain and six passengers. The captain has spinal injuries, one passenger has minor head injuries and another passenger has a suspected broken clavicle. The...

Novartis to cut 2,500 jobs worldwide

"Swiss drugmaker Novartis said it plans to cut 2,500 global jobs in a restructuring programme aimed at generating yearly cost savings of $1.6bn (€1.08bn). Novartis currently employs more than 600 people in its manufacturing facility in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, and its ethical...

Three Cork women jailed for drugs trip (comedy of errors)

"Three women from Cork who drove to Dublin on 'a day out' to collect €140,000 worth of cannabis have been jailed at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Nicola Duggan from Dublin Street in Blackpool, Vivienne O'Donovan from Farranferris Green in Farranree, and Niamh Tracey from...

Argos flying in strikebreakers: Union

"Mandate, the trade union representing striking Argos workers, has claimed the company has flown in staff from the UK to staff stores during today's one day strike. A spokespeson for Argos has confirmed that some staff were brought over from the UK to support those working in...

Heart attacks tumble after Irish smoking ban

Ireland's rate of heart attacks fell by around a tenth in the year following the introduction of the world's first nationwide ban on workplace smoking, boosting the case for more similar bans.