There's a call for more Gardaí to be assigned to the city divisions in Cork. Labour says otherwise the new All Island Community Safety Network won't be worth the launch by the Justice Minister today.
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A Status Yellow weather alert has been issued for Cork. The warning for wind and rain starts at 7 o'clock this evening and lasts until 6am tomorrow.
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A man is due in court this morning charged in connection with a large drugs seizure in Dublin at the weekend. Cannabis worth 720,000 euro was discovered at Dublin Airport on Saturday.
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Celebrity Big Brother makes its return to our TV screens tonight for the first time in six years. A group of famous faces will make their way through the iconic doors, shut away from the rest of the world.