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<p>The child’s stepmother, a woman in her 30s from the South-West, has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to the boy’s manslaughter in March 2021. Picture: iStock</p>

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Doctors 'gasped' when they saw four-year-old's injuries, court hears

A consultant intensive care doctor who gave evidence said the injuries the boy suffered would usually be associated with a crash where a car hits a wall, or a fall from a 'very significant height'

<p>Sgt Mick Dee, of Gorey Garda Station, told a High Court jury that on the date of the incident, he and Supt Sheriff were operating a checkpoint outside Bunclody, having received reports of a burglary in the East Carlow area.</p>

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Strike on chase suspect was not assault, sergeant tells court

<p>Beloved student Joe Drennan was described as 'an exceptional young man with a promising career ahead of him' by Judge Tara Burns in court.</p>

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Gangland criminal who killed Joe Drennan in hit and run to serve extra jail time

Ethel Noonan JAILED CCJ1

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Cork woman jailed for sustained campaign of harassment against surgeon

Cork LGBT+ Pride Festival firm set to go into liquidation next week, court told

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Cork LGBT+ Pride Festival firm set to go into liquidation next week, court told

Sighting of torchlight at shipping container led Cork gardaí to €21k cannabis haul

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Sighting of torchlight at shipping container led Cork gardaí to €21k cannabis haul

Cork man had €15,590 in cash tied up with hair bobble

Cork man had €15,590 in cash tied up with hair bobble

Man who pleaded guilty to money laundering given suspended sentence

Thu, 06 Nov, 2025

FRANCE-DEMO-DRUG-CANNABIS

Man with back injury self-medicated with cannabis and grew plants at his Cork home, court told

The eight cannabis plants had an anticipated street value of €6,400, Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard

Thu, 06 Nov, 2025

Man and woman accused of murdering Macroom man Michael Foley blame each other, court told

Man and woman accused of murdering Macroom man Michael Foley blame each other, court told

Trial of Daniel Hourigan and Linda O'Flynn for the murder of the 61-year-old commenced on Thursday

Thu, 06 Nov, 2025

Boy, 4, who cannot walk or talk settles case over birth at Cork University Maternity Hospital

Boy, 4, who cannot walk or talk settles case over birth at Cork University Maternity Hospital

CJ Bohane was one of twins born at the hospital, but his twin brother, Baby Patrick, died the day after his birth in his father’s arms

Thu, 06 Nov, 2025

Jordan Dean Roddick CCJ2

Friends sentenced for attacking man they thought had 'prior incident with' one of their sisters

The victim was treated for broken teeth, a cut to the side of his head, and a concussion

Thu, 06 Nov, 2025

Cork man staggering along Temperance Lane arrested for own safety, court hears

Cork man staggering along Temperance Lane arrested for own safety, court hears

Judge John King convicted and fined the defendant €400 allowing six months to pay

Thu, 06 Nov, 2025

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Cork-based internet company convicted and fined for failing to comply with regulations

Macroom District Court heard that customers who wanted to complain also found it difficult to contact the companies, Tipp Broadband and Rural Broadband, by phone or email

Thu, 06 Nov, 2025

Man avoids conviction for illegal sea bass fishing on West Cork beach

Man avoids conviction for illegal sea bass fishing on West Cork beach

Court was told the nine fish defendant had caught were smaller than the minimum permitted size of 42cm and the maximum number of sea bass of the legal size that could be taken was two per day

Thu, 06 Nov, 2025

Drink driver addressing alcohol problem, court hears

Drink driver addressing alcohol problem, court hears

The man was convicted, fined €350 and disqualified from driving for three years

Wed, 05 Nov, 2025

The Criminal Courts of Justice, building in Parkgate Street, Dublin, Ireland.

Four-year-old boy was kept out of sight before being shaken to death, court told

Murder trial hears that the accused woman had described keeping the boy in his room in the days prior to his death

Wed, 05 Nov, 2025

Garda inscription on a police jacket from Ireland

Former garda sues over alleged injuries sustained in arrest following car chase

The ex-garda had been convicted of dangerous driving charges, and is now suing over injuries he allegedly sustained then

Wed, 05 Nov, 2025

Elizabeth Bello CCJ1

85-year-old tricked out of €24,000 in 'romance fraud'

Two people who acted as money mules as part of the fraud receive suspended sentences

Wed, 05 Nov, 2025

Enoch Burke court case

Gardaí remove four members of Enoch Burke's family from court over interruptions

The family repeatedly interrupted saying the judge was lying and that he would answer to God

Wed, 05 Nov, 2025

Garda inscription on a police jacket from Ireland

Man caught in North Cork with 'Christmas present' had almost €13,000 in cash in car

Defendant pleads guilty to money-laundering charge

Wed, 05 Nov, 2025

Cork man who stole €400 in coins from city centre pub returned later to try to steal alcohol

Cork man who stole €400 in coins from city centre pub returned later to try to steal alcohol

Accused stole a bucket containing €400 in coin from The Welcome Inn at 5am on March 16, 2024, and returned at 7.30am to steal alcohol, court told

Wed, 05 Nov, 2025

Cannabis ready to roll

No jail for man found with €19k worth of cannabis at his home in Cork City

Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard the accused 'was engaged in drug-dealing because of a drug debt'

Wed, 05 Nov, 2025

'People should not have to battle like this': Husband settles lengthy fight over wife's cervical cancer death

'People should not have to battle like this': Husband settles lengthy fight over wife's cervical cancer death

The court heard the woman's son could not cope after she died and he took his own life on a Mother’s Day

Wed, 05 Nov, 2025

Cork woman 'medically unfit to attend' her sentencing for deceiving man she met on dating site

Cork woman 'medically unfit to attend' her sentencing for deceiving man she met on dating site

Judge O’Kelly said this was not the first time that Catherine O’Brien’s 'medical condition has caused difficulties with this trial'

Wed, 05 Nov, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: How did it all go wrong for DJ Carey?

The Mick Clifford Podcast: How did it all go wrong for DJ Carey?

DJ Carey has been for defrauding at least ten people out of various sums of money on the false premise that he was suffering from cancer. Carey was hurling’s first superstar whose exploits on the pitch thrilled the whole country.

Listen | Wed, 05 Nov, 2025

Cork woman to be sentenced for deceiving man she met on dating website

Cork woman to be sentenced for deceiving man she met on dating website

Catherine O'Brien was found guilty by a jury in July on three charges relating to the purchase, transport, and insurance of a French mare called Lingreville

Wed, 05 Nov, 2025

Shoulder patch of a soldier from the Irish Army on camouflaged uniform.

Former army captain who sexually assaulted female soldier loses appeal against dismissal

Ross O'Shea claimed a sexual assault on a female solider was an 'aberration' in an otherwise 'glittering career'

Tue, 04 Nov, 2025

Five deny anti-competitive practices in school transport services

Five deny anti-competitive practices in school transport services

The prosecution is being taken by the Competition Authority and the trial is expected to last up to six weeks

Tue, 04 Nov, 2025

COLOMBIA-MARIJUANA-PROTEST

Cork man parked near checkpoint and left with Lidl bag containing cannabis worth almost €40,000

Man gets suspened sentence after pleading guilty to having drugs for sale or supply

Tue, 04 Nov, 2025

'I went on the beer for four or five days': No bail for two men accused of driving cherry picker through Cork City

'I went on the beer for four or five days': No bail for two men accused of driving cherry picker through Cork City

Cork District Court heard that one of the defendants 'disputes cheering loudly in a celebratory manner'

Tue, 04 Nov, 2025

Cork man accosted UCC student and threatened her with blood-filled syringe

Cork man accosted UCC student and threatened her with blood-filled syringe

Court told the young Indian student suffered severe anxiety, compounded by the fact she is alone in Cork without her family

Tue, 04 Nov, 2025

Woman denies murder of four-year-old boy but admits manslaughter

Woman denies murder of four-year-old boy but admits manslaughter

The accused, aged 32, and from the South-West of the country, cannot be identified due to an order made by the court

Tue, 04 Nov, 2025

CC JOHN MOYLAN

Court orders Cork solicitor John Moylan to pay compensation to family of dead man

The court heard it was very upsetting and distressing for the deceased man’s family when the funeral directors said they still had not been paid out of the father’s estate two years after the funeral

Tue, 04 Nov, 2025

Denis DJ Carey CCJ1

Financial alert in summer 2022 led to DJ Carey fraud investigation

Suspicions when customer wanted to transfer large amount of money to Carey

Tue, 04 Nov, 2025

Four Courts Building on the river Liffey in Dublin Ireland

Cork mother takes her challenge of verdict of her daughter's inquest to the High Court

Angela Redic claims her daughter was found dead in what she describes as 'untimely, avoidable and extremely suspicious circumstances'

Mon, 03 Nov, 2025

Four people awarded over €300k in total for damages arising from wind farm nuisance

Four people awarded over €300k in total for damages arising from wind farm nuisance

The court had heard a claim that the nuisance caused the breakdown of one couple's relationship

Mon, 03 Nov, 2025

Teacher who had sexual relationship with Leaving Cert student struck off register of teachers

Teacher who had sexual relationship with Leaving Cert student struck off register of teachers

Court heard in relation to Miss A, who was 18 years of age, there was inappropriate social media messaging on Snapchat and an inappropriate sexual relationship was conducted

Mon, 03 Nov, 2025

Case against Ross Lahive on charge of harassing librarian at Cork City Library adjourned

Case against Ross Lahive on charge of harassing librarian at Cork City Library adjourned

Case centres around protests about a publication called 'This Book is Gay' appearing on a shelf for teenagers in the library

Mon, 03 Nov, 2025

Cork gardaí seized 2kg of cannabis after stopping speeding car

Cork gardaí seized 2kg of cannabis after stopping speeding car

Front-seat passenger ran away from the scene was caught with €40,000 worth of cannabis herb, court told

Mon, 03 Nov, 2025

Cork man who has used numerous types of drugs for 35 years jailed for drug-dealing

Cork man who has used numerous types of drugs for 35 years jailed for drug-dealing

Dean Coughlan, who has been a polydrug user from the age of 15, was caught with €10k worth of heroin in his underpants

Mon, 03 Nov, 2025

Huntingdon train incident

Man in court charged with attempted murders after Huntingdon train stabbings

A man charged over a mass stabbing on a busy train in Cambridgeshire and a separate attack at a London station earlier that day has been remanded in custody.

Mon, 03 Nov, 2025

Man accused of making false claims asylum seeker had exposed himself to teenage girl on bus

Man accused of making false claims asylum seeker had exposed himself to teenage girl on bus

Wicklow man charged under Coco's Law of distributing or publishing a threatening or grossly offensive communication about an individual with intent to cause harm

Mon, 03 Nov, 2025

Teenage sisters accused of false imprisonment and theft of money from vulnerable adults

Teenage sisters accused of false imprisonment and theft of money from vulnerable adults

Girls targeted two men, one with Down syndrome, the other autistic, and told them they were homeless and led them to shops and ATMs to steal from them, court hears

Mon, 03 Nov, 2025

DJ Carey court case

Former Kilkenny hurler DJ Carey jailed for 'reprehensible' cancer fraud

DJ Carey pleaded guilty to 10 counts of dishonestly inducing others to pay money to him after fraudulently claiming to have cancer

Mon, 03 Nov, 2025

Mick Clifford: DJ Carey — hurling legend who sank to the depths in pursuit of a life full of lies

S Mick Clifford: DJ Carey — hurling legend who sank to the depths in pursuit of a life full of lies

If he is so minded, DJ Carey may be in a position to make amends and show that there can be second acts in GAA lives. But it will be a long, long road back

Mon, 03 Nov, 2025

Man who was caught in Cork with over 1,000 child sex abuse images gets suspended sentence

Man who was caught in Cork with over 1,000 child sex abuse images gets suspended sentence

The man claimed he accidentally downloaded them when viewing adult pornography and immediately deleted them

Sun, 02 Nov, 2025

Man hired haulage firm to unknowingly steal Masterkabin from derelict Cork house

Man hired haulage firm to unknowingly steal Masterkabin from derelict Cork house

At one point in the proceedings, Judge Helen Boyle said the defendant had told 'a pack of lies'

Sun, 02 Nov, 2025

Criminal Courts of Justice

Cork man appeals conviction for sexually abusing teenage sister-in-law over prejudice about temper

Barry McDonagh, of Avoncore Bungalows in Midleton was found guilty of 17 counts of rape and one count of sexual assault

Sat, 01 Nov, 2025

Denis DJ Carey CCJ2

Former hurler DJ Carey told to expect custodial sentence in €394k cancer fraud case

Among those he defrauded was billionaire businessman Denis O’Brien who gave him €125,182 and $13,000, none of which has been repaid

Fri, 31 Oct, 2025

Cork man jailed for 'callous' burglary at home of woman, 91, who he did odd jobs for

Cork man jailed for 'callous' burglary at home of woman, 91, who he did odd jobs for

The man shouted at her for cash, ripped off her duvet and cut her phone line as she lay terrified in bed on St Stephen’s night

Fri, 31 Oct, 2025