A garda has brought a High Court challenge against the Garda Commissioner's decision to dismiss him from the force.

An “isolated” man who sexually exploited 24 girls through Skype, WhatsApp, and other online communications has been given a six-year sentence, with half of the term suspended.

A drug dealer who carried out his business in a rent-free apartment in Cork City showed no remorse for an attack on a student in a nightclub where he struck him with a bottle and kicked him in the head when he was on the floor.

Gardaí objected to bail being granted to a man caught with a €9,000 stash of drugs on Union Quay in Cork at a time when he was out on bail on an assault charge.

A man has been sent forward to the criminal court on 18 charges of sexual exploitation of minors using electronic media, including Skype.

A former solicitor has pleaded not guilty to a theft charge dating back more than a decade and allegedly involving a sum of more than €60,000.

A 23-year-old American man wanted in relation to a high-speed crash in Florida which claimed the life of a young woman, has been remanded in custody by the High Court after he was arrested in Cork.

A “GENTLEMAN robber” armed with a gun told a startled postmistress “I’m sorry” twice during the course of a daylight robbery before making off with over €3,000.

A “GENTLEMAN robber” armed with a gun told a startled postmistress “I’m sorry” twice during the course of a daylight robbery before making off with over €3,000.

DETAILED evidence was given in a trial yesterday of what was seen in the seconds before two cars crashed, resulting in the deaths of two teenagers.

A Longford resident has been given a four year suspended sentence for stealing over €49, 000 from his former employer in Swords, County Dublin.

A TURKISH barber was charged yesterday with the murder of his ex-partner and mother of his child in West Cork last week.

A motorist who crashed into a cyclist in West Cork killing him was banned from driving for eight years and given a two-year suspended jail sentence today.

A 26-year-old Finglas man appeared in court yesterday over the alleged abduction of a man who was discovered in the boot of a car in Dublin on Wednesday evening.