A fresh approach to road safety needs to be found in the wake of a rising death toll. 13 people have been killed on Cork roads so far this year and road safety campaigner Christina Donnelly says drivers who break the law need to face tougher consequences.
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Victims' advocacy groups want the Commission of Investigation into reports of historic sexual abuse at some religious schools to be carried out in an "expedient" and "victim-centred manner". A statutory inquiry has been ordered after almost 2,400 allegations involving 884 alleged abusers were made to a scoping inquiry. They included over 300 schools spanning a 30-year period including 32 cork institutions.
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Students say brown dirty water running through their homes is unacceptable considering the cost of rent. People living on College Road are calling on Uisce Eireann to resolve the water discoloration issue throughout the city.
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and finally A social media trend has started to cause chaos at some supermarkets in Spain. A TikTok craze is encouraging single people to turn up at branches of grocery chain Mercadona between 7 and 8 pm, and put an upside down pineapple in their trolley if they're looking for love. Police were reportedly called to one branch in Bilbao after too many people showed up and "overwhelmed" it.
