AN apprentice carpenter from Beara has been given a conditional discharge after he admitted possession of €80 worth of cocaine.A conditional discharge means that there is no criminal conviction recorded against the accused.The facts of the case were outlined by the court presen
FIVE new charges have been brought against a woman from Kealkil who is already facing 57 drug-related charges.The accused, Helen Stone (57) of Kilnaknappogue, Kealkil, was initially brought before Bantry District Court last February, but the case was adjourned for the preparation
A FORMER deputy chair of An Bord Pleanála living in West Cork has avoided jail after he was given a suspended sentence and fined €6,000 over his failure to declare his interests in a number of properties when a member of the board, in breach of planning law requirements.Paul H