A 25-year-old student from Bishopstown caught with €130,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis has confirmed his plea of guilty to the crime.

A 67-year-old man was yesterday remanded in custody when he pleaded guilty to multiple counts of sexually assaulting his granddaughter over a two-year period from when she was aged 11.

A heroin ‘runner’ in Youghal caught with €3,800 worth of the drug in his jacket pocket has been jailed for 18 months.

A man who spent €58,000 accidentally lodged in his bank account claimed he did not set out to defraud anybody but the sentencing judge said the accused needed to make a phone call to reality.