The appearance came after gardaí had earlier revealed they had made two separate seizures of suspected cannabis with a combined estimated value of €195,000 in Mallow on Monday.

A man who was arrested in relation to a drugs seizure in Cork has been charged and is to appear in court this morning.

A Cork farmer whose defective tractor was responsible for the death of a boy has failed to stop a second prosecution being taken against him over the incident.

A father of four who died following an assault in Mitchelstown, Co Cork was remembered as a "one in a million family man" who loved a good chat and had a hearty laugh, his requiem mass in his native Ballindangan heard today.

A man in his 20s has been charged with the murder of a father of four in a bar in Mitchelstown, Co Cork, over the weekend.

A 27-year-old man has been remanded in custody after he was charged with the murder of a father of four in a row in a pub in Mitchelstown earlier this weekend.

Three people arrested in connection with drug seizures in Cork and Kerry on Friday are due to appear in court this week.

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A 32-year-old man has appeared in court following an investigation into an incident that saw six horses and two dogs shot dead in Co Cork over the weekend.

A man is due to appear before Mallow District Court this morning in connection with the shooting of several animals at two farms in north Cork over the weekend.

A Cork man has pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to a mare by a rope embedded in her nose.

A woman who refused to give a breath sample to a garda on the side of the road jumped into the back of her van and began to eat cheese and homemade pesto.

A postman who was dismissed for stealing post lost his case against An Post for compensation yesterday.

A 28-year-old woman confessed yesterday to the manslaughter of two men who died in a house fire in Mallow in north Cork almost two years ago, and she also pleaded guilty to arson.

A woman has been charged with two counts of manslaughter, and one of arson, following a fire in which two men died, in the Cork town of Mallow.

A water charges protester arrested three times since last Friday has vowed to continue his resistance to the installation of water meters.

A North Cork postman sentenced to three months in jail after admitting to stealing cash from envelopes has lost his unfair dismissal case against An Post.

Five people are due in court in Co Cork this morning, charged in connection with violent disorder, during which Gardaí came under attack.

Four men and a woman are due before Mallow District Court in the morning after gardai were pelted with stones in East Cork overnight.

A Cork farmer convicted of animal cruelty for ‘barbaric’ bovine tail docking has been fined €4,000.

Of all the joints in all the world... a new Polish visitor to Cork certainly picked the wrong one to live in — and landed a prison sentence for cannabis possession as a result.

Sixty motorists accused of speeding in north Cork may be in line for a reprieve due to a recent High Court decision that they should be served with a photograph of their car at the incident.

The parents of a young boy who died in a fall from a tractor with a defective passenger door said their son’s life could have been saved for the cost of a couple of euro.

It’s gas! A pungent smell wafting around an area sparked a major alert and resulted in a surprise find — a cannabis grow-house.

Officers from Revenue's Customs Services at Cork Airport have seized more than €19,000 in cash with the aid of one of their sniffer dogs.

A man in his 30s has been charged in connection with a shooting incident in which a man was injured in a Co Cork pub over the public holiday weekend.

In what is believed to be the first ruling of its kind in the country, a 24-year-old man has been banned from sulky driving for six months.

Two men were in custody last night after gardaí raided a large and sophisticated cannabis grow-house in Co Cork over the weekend.

A man who was charged in connection with an attempted raid on a filling station in north Cork has been remanded in custody for a week.

A cattle dealer accused of stabbing a garda attended court in Fermoy yesterday — on horseback.

Five Chinese men have been remanded in custody in connection with a garda raid on a cannabis growhouse in North Cork last Monday.

Two members of a highly dangerous gang were being held by gardaí last night after a horror attack on a family during which a teenage girl watched as a sawn-off shotgun was put to the head of her father after he was handcuffed and knocked to the ground.

A father was handcuffed and had a sawn-off shotgun pressed against his temple by a gang of robbers who coerced his wife and children to open a safe and hand over their savings.

A judge has ordered the confiscation of a herd of donkeys from a farmer who was convicted of animal cruelty yesterday.

A doctor has been returned for trial after he was charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of indecent assault on three separate women.

A doctor has appeared in court in Cork accused of four sex offences involving three women.

A former bank manager will appear at Cork Circuit Criminal Court tomorrow on five charges relating to theft and fraud.

A CORKMAN has been remanded on bail after being charged with the assault of a man who remains critically ill in hospital.

A TOWN council in County Cork has been granted a court order to allow it make safe a derelict hotel which has been the subject of two arson attacks.

FIVE Lithuanians, four of whom have only been in Ireland since Friday last, appeared before Mallow District Court yesterday charged with stealing goods valued at a total of €1,773.22 from 13 different pharmacies across Cork and Waterford on Valentine’s Day.

A 74-YEAR-OLD priest in the diocese of Cloyne in Co Cork has been charged with three counts of gross indecency against a teenage boy.

FOUR men have been remanded in custody after they were charged yesterday in connection with a high-speed car chase across two counties.

GARDAÍ have warned that lorry drivers who use magnets to tamper with their digital tachograph readings are posing a major threat to road safety.

A POLISH man has been charged with dangerous driving following the death of a 25-year-old woman last weekend.

The man accused of the murder of Sheola Keaney was today further remanded in custody.

A man appeared before a Cork court tonight charged with the murder of 19-year-old Sheola Keaney.