A criminal act of the first rank — planned, organised, and determined — saw one of those involved getting what was effectively an 11-year sentence yesterday.

A armed robber who was caught with a loaded shotgun outside a family home in Cork last year has been jailed for 14 years.

A 46-year-old man has been sentenced to 14 years in jail after being found guilty of all firearms and burglary charges relating to an attempted break in at the home of a Cork businessman over a year ago.

A man who gardaí claimed was spotted with a Remington 12-guage pump-action shotgun during an attempted burglary at a family home on the outskirts of Cork City, was yesterday found guilty at a jury trial.

A ballistics expert criticised prosecution evidence about a garda flash-bang grenade as preposterous, requiring the kind of chance that would see one winning the lottery twice in a row

A Garda Regional Support Unit member testified in a trial yesterday he was briefed in advance that an accused man was expected to be at the scene of an attempted aggravated burglary.

A man who denied an attempted aggravated burglary while armed with a shotgun was seen at the scene of the crime by an armed member of the Garda Regional Support Unit, a judge and jury was told yesterday.

The trial of a man accused of arming himself with a pump-action shotgun for an attempted aggravated burglary in Glanmire collapsed yesterday.

Two men were arrested near the scene of an attempted aggravated burglary and an officer testified yesterday the last sighting he had of a third man was when he disappeared in a field of cows.

The lawyer for a man charged with carrying a pump-action shotgun during an attempted aggravated burglary accused a garda of telling great lies in the witness box as the officer said he clearly saw the defendant at the crime scene.

A Garda helicopter flew to the scene of an attempted house raid in Cork that was intercepted by armed officers, while a heat-seeking device in the helicopter picked up a man trying to conceal himself in undergrowth.

Acting on a tip-off that a robbery was planned at the home of a businessman who sometimes kept money in his safe, gardaí who were lying in wait detonated a stun grenade to disorientate three men creeping around the house, it was claimed yesterday.

A gangster whose meticulously-planned raid on a safe in a businessman’s home was thwarted by armed gardaí with grenades and helicopter support has been jailed for 12 years.

Two men have been jailed after pleading guilty to their part in a raid on the home of a Cork businessman, which was foiled by gardai.

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Three men charged in connection with a foiled raid at the house of a Cork businessman have been further remanded in custody.

Three men who were arrested by gardaí after attempting to raid a businessman’s house have been refused bail after appearing at a special sitting of Cork District Court.