Barry Roche

Barry Roche

Southern Correspondent

Barry Roche is Southern Correspondent of The Irish Times.

Man remanded in custody after pleading guilty to his grandmother’s manslaughter in Co Cork

Brian Nnadi Ogbo (38), who has mental health issues, dragged Stella Ejiatu Nnadi down stairs after going into a rage and attacking his mother

UN human rights report on Garda pepper spray ‘ill-informed and inaccurate’, Minister says

Rapporteurs criticised use of strong spray and potential deployment of Tasers

Temple Bar attack victim’s injuries make identification difficult as gardaí pursue suspects

Minister and Garda Commissioner say Dublin still a ‘safe city’ in wake of city centre assault

Man who kicked ‘good-natured’ pensioner to death after chance meeting admits manslaughter

Aaron Wolfe attacked Florrie O’Sullivan hours after they got talking in pub, court hears

Farmer tells gardaí he’s ‘no Pablo Escobar’ after arrest for cannabis farm in west Cork

West Cork sheep farmer Daniel Kelleher (53) pleads guilty over growing more than €100,000 worth of plants

No option but to order man to Central Mental Hospital again despite lack of space, judge says

Psychiatric condition of Patrick Sibanyoni deteriorating in prison – but all beds in Portrane occupied

Central Mental Hospital at capacity with all 111 beds occupied and of 38 waiting, court hears

Information emerges after judge seeks place for man deemed unfit to plead because of mental illness

‘I’ve always been terrified of him’: Woman voices relief at jailing of husband for assaults with hammer and boiling water

Sentence reduced after Noel Twomey (64) presented at Garda station, made admissions and entered guilty plea

Man (24) suffers injuries after jumping from window to escape suspected arson attack in Cork

Gardaí say they are keeping an open mind in relation to the incident

Government backs Cork Event Centre despite 10 years of inaction, Taoiseach says

Derelict site branded ‘biggest white elephant’ in Cork City by Social Democrats

Government open to banning vapes in cars with children, says Taoiseach

Micheál Martin says he is worried vapes came to market ‘without any proper health assessment’

Man remanded for sentence after court hears he threatened to chop up and kill young woman

The man, who has been diagnosed with severe autism, pleaded guilty at Cork Circuit Criminal Court

Equestrian coach jailed for nine years for grooming and raping girl (14)

Gardaí alerted after child’s mother found two inappropriate texts from William Connolly on daughter’s phone

Taoiseach says Ireland against Israel football fixtures should proceed

‘Sport can be challenging when it crosses into the realm of politics,’ Martin says

Mentally ill defendant sent to jail due to lack of places in Central Mental Hospital

Judge says Patrick Sibanyoni is ‘deteriorating’ in prison and court is ‘completely hamstrung’ by situation

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