A man arrested for driving while uninsured, disqualified and while intoxicated started headbutting the windows of a patrol car, while his female companion struck a garda across the face, a court has been told.

A motorcyclist who first hit a car, then crashed into a house and was then thrown from his vehicle fled the scene when told gardaí were on the way.

A man has failed in his appeal against a decision by a senior garda not to grant him a taxi licence after a court heard he had not fully disclosed previous convictions when making the initial application.

A domestic dispute spiralled “out of control” leading to a woman repeatedly ramming her boyfriend’s car, with him jumping onto the bonnet of the moving vehicle to avoid serious injury.

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

A man extradited to Ireland is to face trial on a single charge of child sexual abuse, possibly as early as today.

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 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 woman began verbally abusing ambulance staff while being brought for treatment and when concerned staff pulled in she left the vehicle barefoot and was found later following a Garda search.

A man among a group caught in a vehicle in a church car park with a hammer and two large knives has been given an eight-month prison sentence.

The 51-year-old unemployed man had been arrested at Dublin Airport on Wednesday and charged later that day in Bandon garda station.

A construction company has pleaded guilty to not having one of its drivers properly insured in a case where iron bars in a trailer struck and seriously injured a pedestrian.

A row over cattle fencing resulted in a man being convicted of assault and a second criticised for using inflammatory language in a case described by a judge as “a sorry mess between neighbours”.

The brother of a Government minister has been convicted of not paying the duty on a quantity of cigarettes after a senior lawyer for the Revenue Commissioners said the legislation in place does not allow any alternative.

A pork factory was discharging effluent at “fish-kill level” into a stream that leads into a special area of conservation on the Wild Atlantic Way.

One of three people facing charges of alleged criminal damage to a Garda station was arrested in court for intoxication. He later said he had drunk a bottle of whiskey and taken anti-depressants.

Gardaí have said they expect to have a book of evidence completed by next month in relation to an alleged cocaine extraction laboratory in Bantry in West Cork.

One of four people arrested and charged in connection with an alleged cocaine extraction laboratory has been granted bail.

A man who was already the subject of two separate driving bans was caught driving his son home from national school while over the drink-driving limit.

Update 3.40pm: An 18-year-old man has been remanded on bail after he was charged with a serious assault on his 10-week-old baby daughter.

Two brothers, one a Leaving Certificate student, have been jailed for “brutal” assaults two years ago.

Two brothers, one a Leaving Certificate student, have been jailed for “brutal” assaults two years ago.

A man with an online gambling addiction sought to cover debts by shortchanging his employer while working in the bar of one of the country’s best-known hotels.

The 12 pubs of Christmas, seven women, three incidents, multiple cases of guilt proven, one acquittal, and — possibly — no convictions following a hearing yesterday described by a judge as “women behaving badly”.

Review follows case where disqualified driver back on roads

A man has been banned from driving for 20 years after he drove dangerously from Cork to Clonakilty in the early morning, crashing into a Garda car, repeatedly failing to stop for police, and only finally coming to a halt when gardaí employed a stinger which burst the tyres on his vehicle.

A woman who made a false report of rape has received a six-month suspended jail sentence.

A man who stole a trailer from a charity shop that was used to collect donated items has been jailed.

Five kegs of beer stolen from a premises in Cork City were delivered to a pub in West Cork a little over an hour later, leading to a man being convicted of handling stolen goods.

A man has been convicted of two separate assaults and of resisting arrest with a court hearing told that he also “went AWOL” to England for a time before he was taken into custody.

A firefighter in West Cork made a series of hoax emergency calls that led to the deployment of the fire brigade to non-existent fires.

A man who has been charged with a knife attack on his partner which left her with 14 wounds has been remanded in custody until his next court appearance on September 3.

A case in which two Romanian pleaded guilty to stealing €600 worth of perfume and aftershave from a pharmacy in Macroom has been referred to a later court date for sentencing.

A man has been remanded in custody with consent to bail after being charged yesterday with a knife attack on his partner which left her with 14 wounds.

A man is due to appear in court in connection with a stabbing in Cork.

A man in his 30's is due in court in West Cork tomorrow morning charged in connection with a number of arson incidents.

A man who was charged yesterday with dangerous driving causing the death of a young woman in a car crash in West Cork last April has been sent forward for trial.

A 26-year-old Cork man has been charged with dangerous driving causing death on connection with a crash in which a woman was killed and four others injured.

A man is due to appear in court this morning charged in connection with the fatal road traffic collision that occurred in Skibberreen on April 8.

An innocent passerby was bitten on the thigh by a German shepherd that has “a fear of women”.

A man accused of theft and serious assault in West Cork fled the country but was intercepted by French authorities who deported him for having false travel documents.