The Top Four Things You Need To Know Now
The main stories making the headlines across Cork
A 31 year old man was brought before a special sitting of Bandon District Court yesterday evening.
He was charged with assault causing harm to his mother Mary Coughlan at a house, on a dairy farm, in Innishannon, last Friday afternoon.
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The finishing touches are being put to restaurants and bars ahead of todays's reopening of outdoor dining.
Thousands of staff have been hired in the city and county ahead of the latest easing of restrictions, which come less than a week after hotels and other accommodation centres were allowed to open.
Traders in the City centre are hoping the pedestrianisation of 17 streets to allow for over 2,300 outdoor seats, will help them to go some of the way towards making up for lost earnings.
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Eight people have been arrested for public order offences in Cork City.
Gardaí say the vast majority of people were enjoying the outdoors responsibly, but they dispersed a crowd from Kennedy Quay at around 11pm.
In total, eight people were arrested across the city last night - three arrests were in the city centre.
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The Children's Minister says he hasn't received a commitment from religious orders to contribute to a redress scheme for survivors of Mother and Baby Homes.
Roderic O'Gorman wrote to them after the commission of investigation's report was published in January, asking them to contribute.
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