The Top Four Things You Need To Know Now

The main stories making the headlines across Cork

A rise in anti social behaviour in the city needs to be tackled urgently to ensure that it is a safe place to recreate, live and work in. That's according to Cork Senator Jerry Buttimer who says the city is becoming a "no-go" area with people feeling threatened and worried walking the streets due to the presence of gangs of youths.

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Cyber security experts will continue to assess a decryption code this weekend to see if it will unlock stolen HSE data. Dr Simon Woodworth, a lecturer in business information systems in UCC, and a cyber security expert. He says it'll be at least six weeks before the HSE's systems are working properly again - even if the decryption key works. 

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New legislation to involve families in the psychiatric care of relatives will be brought before Cabinet next month. Parents, whose children were killed by their spouses suffering from mental illness, are calling for urgent changes to the Mental Health Act to prevent such tragedies from happening again.

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It's six years today since people voted yes to marriage equality, but LGBTQ plus families say they're still not equal. The 'Equality for Children' group says in the eyes of the law one parent is still left out of decisions.

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