The Main Stories Making The Headlines Across Cork
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An elderly man has died in a house fire in Carrigaline.
Neighbours raised the alarm around 9 o'clock last night and local fire services rushed to the scene.
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The surge in viruses is the worst seen 'within living memory.'
That's the view of Professor of Health Systems in DCU Anthony Staines, as the country's in the grip of covid 19, flu and RSV.
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ogue motorists were caught speeding by up 47 kilometres per hour above the speed limit - in the past 24 hours.
Some of the worst drivers recorded were going 146km/h in a 100km/h zone on the N71 Cork-Clonakilty Road, near the turn-off for Waterfall ---- and 77km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the Cork-Limerick Road, near Mallow.
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One hundred and fifty five people lost their lives on Irish roads this year, including 16 in Cork according to the Gardaí.
They report drivers accounted for nearly forty per cent of all casualties.
