The Main Stories Making The Headlines Across Cork
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There's a call for the State to step in to control the cost of energy.
People Before Profit TD Brid Smith is making the call, as customers across the country face energy bills going up yet again.
Yesterday, SSE Airtricity announced that they will increase electricity prices by 35 per cent and gas prices by 39 per cent.
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BusConnects Cork are holding five Community Forums over the coming weeks.
The public consultation concerns the 600-million restructuring of Cork's public transport system.
The proposal contains 12 new Sustainable Transport Corridors, including 93km of bus or bus-priority lanes, and 56km of the cycle network across the city.
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The Gardaí will be holding a National Centenary Commemorative Event in Dublin today.
The force is marking 100 years since the first Garda Commissioner Michael Staines marched into Dublin Castle for the handover of policing duties from the British.
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In the UK, police have arrested a second man on suspicion of the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel.
The nine-year-old was shot dead in her home in Liverpool on Monday night, when a man unknown to her family ran into her home being chased by a gunman.
