A woman was terrified by her ex-partner, who warned her to board up her house but said it would do her no good anyway, as he was going to kill her.

A psychotic episode caused a man to strike his mother with a sweeping brush during an attack on her last weekend.

A young Roma man begging on the street with a puppy was jailed for 21 days yesterday as the sentencing judge said the accused had no regard for Irish laws.

A 71-year-old man from Newmarket was arrested yesterday and charged with impeding the prosecution of his son on a charge of dangerous driving causing death.

Threats to cut the heads off Jews were allegedly made by a 39-year-old man dressed in dark robes and carrying the Koran who appeared before Cork District Court today.

The DPP directed yesterday that a judge and jury will hear the case against a Cork man charged with discharging a firearm arising out of the investigation of a young woman being shot in the neck.

A 46-year-old Cork man dropped his pants and exposed his buttocks to gardaí in full view of a group of Spanish students in Cork city centre, writes Liam Heylin.

A young man accused of arson was remanded in custody and psychiatric attention was requested for him yesterday.

Nasty and abusive text messages were sent, late at night, by a young man to his own mother, putting her in such fear she called the gardaí.

A kleptomaniac was jailed for seven months yesterday for multiple counts of shop-lifting at outlets in Cork City.

A man who spat at a couple walking through Cork City said he was baptising them, and yesterday the judge said he needed care rather than custody .

A text containing the words ‘death’ and ‘meet the gods’, was sent by a man to his ex-partner along with dozens of sexually explicit messages and images. He was jailed yesterday.

A third person was arrested and charged yesterday arising out of the investigation into the death of a man who had allegedly ingested a drug known as N-bomb in Cork City in January.

Two students were arrested and charged yesterday arising out of the investigation into the death of a man who allegedly ingested a drug known as N-bomb in Cork City in January, writes Liam Heylin and Eoin English.

Two students were arrested and charged yesterday arising out of the investigation into the death of a man who allegedly ingested a drug known as N-bomb in Cork City in January.

An American honeymooner, arrested for taking a wrong turn in Cork, found himself before the district court yesterday.

A teen spat into the face of man working at a Subway sandwich outlet when he and others were told to move away from the premises.

Dozens of sexually explicit messages and images were sent by a man to his former partner even though he was on bail on a related matter.

An unruly teenager who spat at gardaí and bit one officer on the shoulder also dropped his pants and exposed his backside to a Garda car during a disturbance.

A man who fell through a glass coffee table during a domestic incident went on to arm himself with a hammer and lock himself into the house as gardaí gathered to restore order.

Death or serious injury could have resulted from the outrageous driving of a man who, speeding away from gardaí, drove the wrong way around roundabouts and crashed into a CIÉ bus.

An 11-year-old girl was left lying slumped on a road after being struck by a stolen BMW car that did not stop.

A man found on the kitchen roof of a house in Cork, who claimed he was engaged in the wall-jumping sport of free-running, decided to free himself of the obligation to come to court yesterday.

Gardaí objected to bail being granted yesterday to a 22-year-old man accused of threatening to kill a 14-year-old boy in Cork.

A 29-year-old Corkman charged with discharging a firearm, arising out of an investigation into a young woman being shot in the neck 10 days ago, yesterday said he was seeking bail.

A scam collection for a suicide charity was particularly mean thing to do, a sentencing judge said yesterday.

A woman responsible for stashing heroin and cannabis under a rubbish bin in a toilet at Cork University Hospital five years ago was yesterday given a five-month suspended jail sentence.

A 59-year-old man was charged yesterday with having cannabis for sale or supply on Barrack St in Cork City, and is required to stay away from the street and surrounding streets as a condition of his bail.

A former HSE official was arrested and charged yesterday with 80 theft and fraud charges related to €92,000 in cash and she immediately signed a plea of guilty to all counts.

A sawn-off shotgun was found at the feet of a passenger in a car being driven from Blarney towards Cork City, it was claimed yesterday as gardaí objected to bail being granted to the defendant in any circumstances.

A garda had two fingers stuffed up his nose as he was caught in a headlock by a motorist, and yesterday the accused was put on a 12-month probation bond.

A 72-year-old man was attacked when he admitted a young man to his apartment building thinking he was a resident and yesterday the culprit who sold his car to gather compensation was told he would have to get more money for the victim.

A man accused of carrying out a serious assault on a housemate with an iron bar in Cork City was remanded in custody to the Central Mental Hospital for a fortnight yesterday.

Two Lithuanians were described as ‘more Irish than the Irish themselves’ when they started the night with a bottle of Jameson with vodka and Red Bull before they even went to the pub and ended up smashing a front window at the premises when refused more drink.

A shoplifter who had a compartment in her apron for concealing stolen goods assaulted a shopkeeper during a theft, but yesterday she only pleaded guilty to the crimes so that she could get out of jail.

Gardaí investigating a reported assault on a rickshaw driver in Cork city centre encountered two men smiling and punching the air, and banging at a phone kiosk.

Four youths were arrested and charged over fire damage worth €250,000 to a pub in Cork.

A 33-year-old man made 60 silent phone calls to his ex-girlfriend after an acrimonious split, and yesterday the sentencing judge said the probation report on the accused was the worst he had ever seen.

A young man with a heart of gold who got addicted to drink, drugs and gambling stole a charity collection box from a fast food outlet to fund his addictions.

A middle-aged man who denied calling a member of An Garda Síochána a “fucking bollocks” recalled the incident yesterday as the garda in the patrol car taunting him.