Barry Roche

Barry Roche

Southern Correspondent

Barry Roche is Southern Correspondent of The Irish Times.

Woman (40s) found dead at house in Co Kerry

Scene at residence in Muckross Road area of Killarney preserved pending technical examination

Man arrested following €1.67m drug seizure in Cork

Arrest followed a controlled delivery involving 83.5kg of herbal cannabis seized by Revenue Customs officers

Blood test results from man who died in Co Cork pub ‘could take two months’

Man (27) took ill and collapsed while being restrained by customers in a Riverstick pub at the weekend

Man (61) bled to death after suffering multiple stab and slash wounds, murder trial told

Daniel Hourigan has pleaded not guilty to murdering Michael Foley in his Macroom home in February 2024

Tributes paid to two Cork motorcycle enthusiasts killed at separate events

John O’Donovan and James Walsh were both from Kinsale and died within days of each other

Garda to send results of ‘complex’ postmortem to DPP following death of Romanian man in west Cork bar

Investigators hope CCTV footage will show sequence of events prior to man being restrained and falling unconscious

Scientific expert confirms bloodied palm print found at murder scene matched that of accused

Daniel Hourigan has denied murdering Michael Foley (61) in Macroom, Co Cork, in 2024

Man (20) convicted of murder of Co Cork postman

Alex Deady had pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of father-of-five Barry Daly (44) in Doneraile in 2025

Nurse tells how she found body of man (61) lying in pool of congealed blood at his Cork home

Daniel Hourigan, who is on trial in Cork, has denied murdering Michael Foley in February 2024

Palm print found in blood of victim matches that of murder accused, jury told

Daniel Hourigan charged with murder of Michael Foley at his home in Macroom, Co Cork in 2024

Man (37) remanded in custody after being charged with knife attack on woman in Cork

Man told judge: ‘I did something bad – I did not intend to kill anyone, but I must pay the consequences’

Martin tells Kenneally victims FF will examine TDs’ failure to notify authorities of abuse

Taoiseach gives undertaking to victims in advance of State apology

Solicitors walk out of courtrooms in protest over flat-fee changes

Controversial change to payment structure introduced on Wednesday further stokes tensions with Minister

Palestine solidarity groups to protest at Irish EU presidency event in Cork

Attacks on Gaza have destroyed schools and killed thousands of students, group says

Man (20s) held over knife attack on woman foiled by bystanders in Cork

Woman narrowly avoided serious injury after three men came to her aid during incident on Tuesday evening

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