Earlier this year, an 85-year-old sheep farmer was in court for allegedly allowing her sheep to wander under an 1851 law. What happened next? Noel Baker found out.

A man in custody for an alleged assault on a pensioner has received two new charges arising out of the same incident and offered apologies when they were put to him by gardaí.

A man has been found guilty of attacking his then girlfriend by throwing her on the floor, beating her, and then pinning her to the bed in their flat before he then dropped her to work.

A man who stripped to the waist and spread himself on the bonnet of a car as he demanded a woman motorist take him home then hurled a bottle at the vehicle, shattering the windscreen, after she refused.

A grandmother has been sentenced to four months in jail after being convicted of possessing drugs for sale or supply — her car and handbag were searched when a garda in the public office of the local garda station smelt cannabis.

A grandmother has been sentenced to four months in jail after being convicted of possessing drugs for sale or supply - her car and handbag were searched when a garda in the public office of the local garda station smelt cannabis.

A woman who was stopped by gardaí while test-driving a car has been disqualified for having no insurance.

The two men already facing a charge of obtaining two cheques worth a total of €6,500 by deception have now been charged with additional offences.

A row between neighbours over water run-off from a boreen on the Beara peninsula has resulted in both men being found guilty of assault and bound to the peace on sums reaching €30,000.

A man is facing a jail sentence after being found guilty of head-butting the son of a former work colleague in a pizzeria.

Some might call it a ewe-turn - an 85-year-old sheep farmer who was found guilty of allowing her sheep to wander from commonage in west Cork has had the case dismissed under the Probation Act.

Some might call it a ewe-turn — an 85-year-old sheep farmer who was found guilty of allowing her sheep to wander from commonage in West Cork has had the case dismissed under the Probation Act.

A 30-year-old man has been remanded in custody after he was charged with a serious assault which has left a 73-year-old man in a critical condition in a Cork hospital.

Judge Dorgan said: “He must think we are all awful eejits and we are not.”

A man has avoided a possible jail sentence in a case involving a dead cat, an attack on sheep, two bench warrants, and 11 dogs — three of which were apparently shot and one of which was poisoned.

A man in Co. Cork has been disqualified from owning or keeping dogs for 12 months after being convicted of cruelty to a dog.

A couple who claimed they were chased in a road rage incident by someone whose driving they had earlier criticised have been praised for their “moral courage”.

A couple who claimed they were chased in a road rage incident by someone whose driving they had earlier criticised have been praised for their “moral courage”, writes Noel Baker.

A man has been found guilty of assaulting his neighbour in a row sparked by straying cattle, while his partner has been convicted of blocking the road with a car.

Two motorists involved in driving off from different garages without paying for petrol were in court yesterday where one got a one-year driving ban and the other was jailed for seven months.

A charge of drink driving against a 34-year-old man who failed a breath test after drinking a gin and tonic ahead of a hospital appointment was struck out yesterday.

He was a ‘mean machine’ by all accounts and the intimidating image of Billy Isaac was what most people who came in contact with him in West Cork will remember.

Licensed premises in receivership, including hotels, cannot neglect payment of commercial rates to local authorities, a district judge hinted yesterday.

A judge has assured victims of domestic violence the courts will protect them.

A waitress was lucky to escape serious injury when she was attacked and punched in the face by a woman who believed she had “disrespected her man”, Bantry District Court was told yesterday.

A British ex-boxer was yesterday jailed after ‘egging’ on his fiancee to beat up an innocent waitress who allegedly disrespected him in a West Cork restaurant.

A county councillor who voluntarily took a lie detector test has spoken of his “huge relief” after the High Court quashed his conviction for assault.

A man is due to appear before Bantry District Court in West Cork this morning, charged in connection with the death of Don Geasley.

MORE than 200 people became ill in France after eating contaminated mussels exported by a West Cork seafood company, a court heard yesterday.