Organisation: Cork Circuit Criminal Court

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<p>53-year-old Michael Quirke of Manor Hills, Rathcormac, Co Cork had been jailed after he pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to Mary Quirke, two counts of threatening to kill her. and one of harassment. File picture: Cork Courts</p>

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Ex-husband added to family's years of 'hell and trauma' by contacting them from prison

Despite a court order not to contact his ex-wife, the violent convict caused further distress by 'bombarding' her with letters

<p>Bandon courthouse, Co Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins</p>

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Woman pleads guilty in West Cork court to defilement of a 14-year-old

<p>Christian Morey of 135 Ardcullen, Hollyhill, Cork, was given an 18-month sentence at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. Stock picture</p>

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Banned motorist jailed after endangering the lives of gardaí by driving at them in Cork

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Masked house intruder spoke to five-year-old girl in kitchen

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Girl used as ‘puppet for sexual gratification’ by relative, Cork court told

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Judge tells boxer in money-laundering scam to buy a terrier

Cocaine dealer released after serving half of sentence following rehabilitation

A cocaine dealer serving ten years for carrying a stash of drugs in Cork was released after serving half of his sentence — having been told on his sentencing day he had everything to play for in terms of rehabilitating in prison.

Wed, 10 Feb, 2021

Psychiatrists want patients and staff 'immediately' included in Covid vaccination rollout

College of Psychiatrists of Ireland also said the inability of the Central Mental Hospital to take in new patients was the result of underfunding in the psychiatric services and weak State governance

Wed, 20 Jan, 2021

Pistol and canister of petrol found in front of car, court hears

A loaded pistol was found on the floor in the front of an Audi car in the early hours of the morning, together with a canister of petrol.

Wed, 08 Jul, 2020

Man jailed for racist abuse of garda in Cork City

A member of An Garda Síochána was racially abused by a man who has been jailed for two months for the outburst.

Wed, 08 Jul, 2020

Sex offender jailed for failing to disclose change of address

A 29-year-old man on the Sex Offenders Register was jailed for eight months yesterday for failing to notify gardaí of a change of address - his second conviction for failing to notify gardaí.

Tue, 07 Jul, 2020

Bail condition sees drugs accused 'effectively banned from Cork city'

A District Judge said he had no problem with a bail condition requiring a man to stay out of Cork city in a case where he was accused of drug dealing and money-laundering in city locations.

Tue, 07 Jul, 2020

Man gets one year sentence for heroin dealing in Cork city

A man who confessed to heroin dealing in Cork city has been jailed for one year.

Mon, 29 Jun, 2020

Driver given suspended sentence after cocaine thrown from car window

A stash of cocaine with a street value of €8,700 was thrown out the window of a car as gardaí approached on a rural road in the Mitchelstown area.

Fri, 26 Jun, 2020

Momentary lapse by minibus driver led to horrendous Cork crash that injured five

Thomas O’Sullivan has pleaded guilty to driving dangerously causing serious bodily harm to a man, three women and a boy last year.

Thu, 25 Jun, 2020

Irish Examiner View: Falling short - sentences reduced

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin, speaking at Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday, expressed a frustration shared by many of his fellow citizens when he wondered if there was any point in sending people convicted of crime, or crimes, to jail.

Fri, 19 Jun, 2020

5-yr jail term for 'volatile' man who drove getaway car in robbery of elderly woman

“This unfortunate woman who was mobile and independent and is now suffering live-changing, ongoing, permanent injuries. This is exceptionally serious."

Thu, 18 Jun, 2020

Former bookkeeper who stole €74,000 given three-year suspended sentence

A former bookkeeper for Lisavaird Co-Op who admitted stealing over €74,000 in a four-year period has been given a three-year suspended sentence as it was confirmed that she had paid back the money in full.

Thu, 18 Jun, 2020

Jail term for Mallow teen who repeatedly slashed victim with Stanley knife

Childo Emeaugbor was sentenced to two and a half years in jail backdated to January and with the last six months suspended.

Thu, 18 Jun, 2020

Man smashed up car with axe, set it on fire, and then watched it burn

An axe was used to smash up a car and the attacker then set it on fire and sat back into his own vehicle to watch it burn and yesterday the culprit was given a three-year suspended jail term for the arson.

Wed, 17 Jun, 2020

Cork man charged with false imprisonment and threat to kill

A Cork man was arrested today and charged with falsely imprisoning a woman at her home and threatening to kill her.

Tue, 02 Jun, 2020

Book of evidence served on man charged with sexually exploiting 15-year-old boy in Cork

Sergeant Gearóid Davis confirmed service of the book of evidence on Garfield Ebbs at Cork District Court on a total of 20 charges.

Fri, 29 May, 2020

Drug-dealer confesses over €35k stash seized in Cork last Christmas

Gardaí seized €35,000 worth of cocaine at Pope’s Quay in Cork at Christmas 2018 and yesterday a man confessed to drug-dealing charges arising out of the stash.

Wed, 20 May, 2020

Elderly Cork woman woke to see burglars posing as Gardaí in her bedroom

Two men confessed yesterday to their parts in a burglary of the home of an 83-year-old woman who woke to see two intruders telling her they were gardaí checking out burglaries.

Wed, 20 May, 2020

Jail term for getaway driver of perfume thief

The getaway driver for a woman stealing perfume sets was jailed for 10 months.

Tue, 19 May, 2020

Man stalked and assaulted woman on her 19th birthday, court hears

A Bandon woman walking home alone from her 19th birthday celebrations was violently attacked by a man who stalked her first and later told her she would get an arrow in the back of her head if she screamed.

Sat, 16 May, 2020

Man admits to stealing prosecco and handbag

Prosecco and a Burberry handbag were stolen by a man at Lindville in Blackrock and yesterday the culprit confessed to the crimes.

Thu, 14 May, 2020

Man ordered to stay away as court hears he believes Cork art college a portal to another dimension

Notice was served in court yesterday on a Croatian national to stay away from an art college building in Cork and not to harass staff at the premises.

Sat, 09 May, 2020

Shop assistant prays for attacker after steel baton assault

A shop assistant who was struck on the arm with a steel baton by a young raider has been praying for the young man who struck her during the violent robbery, it emerged yesterday.

Fri, 08 May, 2020

Same car rammed armed Garda unit and struck girl’s hand

A garda armed support unit car with two officers on board was rammed at a checkpoint and a schoolgirl was later struck on the hand by the same car as it sped from the scene, it was alleged yesterday.

Fri, 08 May, 2020

Drug dealer caught at Cork train station had been recruiting others

A Cork drug dealer who was caught getting off the Dublin train with more than €100,000 worth of heroin had texts on his phone showing he was recruiting others to deal drugs in Cork city.

Thu, 30 Apr, 2020

Man, 51, found guilty of sexual assault of teen

An unusual sexual assault saw a 51-year-old man grabbing a 14-year-old girl as she walked passed him in the afternoon in a busy city centre store in Cork city.

Thu, 30 Apr, 2020

‘He was always one step ahead of me’: Man, 53, jailed for indecently assaulting two young brothers

A Cork man who was jailed yesterday for indecently assaulting two young brothers in the 1980s “batted off our accusations like they were nothing”, one of the victims said yesterday.

Thu, 30 Apr, 2020

Addict gets 18 months after act of ‘brazen stupidity’

Behaviour bordering on “brazen stupidity” cost a man 18 months in jail, as he drove a car to within metres of a Garda station and then threw a €6,800 stash of heroin out the window as a detective approached.

Tue, 28 Apr, 2020

Man jailed for pulling knife on cashier

A shop assistant was terrified by a lone raider who pulled out a knife and forced her to hand over the contents of the cash register.

Tue, 28 Apr, 2020

Motorist who ‘lost the run of himself’ jailed

A motorist who became “unhinged and lost the run of himself” jumped into the driver’s seat of his car before taking off at speed across rural backroads in the North Cork and the only thing that stopped him was crashing into a stone wall.

Mon, 27 Apr, 2020

Court hears Cork bank cashier asked 'is this a joke?' as man attempted to rob bank

A man who poses “a potentially serious risk to the community” was stopped outside an AIB bank in Cork with three knives in an open position, a tin of butane gas and he had a lighter taped to his left hand.

Thu, 23 Apr, 2020

New charge for man accused of knife attack on family at Christmas

A new charge of assault causing serious harm was brought today against a 54-year-old man accused of a Christmas knife attack on a family that resulted in the mother having to undergo nine hours of emergency surgery.

Mon, 06 Apr, 2020

Man assaulted by man with baseball bat in Cork housing estate

A middle-aged man was viciously assaulted by a younger man armed with a baseball bat as he took a shortcut home through a housing estate after midnight with his wife.

Mon, 23 Mar, 2020

€350,000 worth of heroin seized in Cork city

The biggest seizure of heroin ever made in Cork — a €350,000 stash — resulted in the accused man confessing to the crime yesterday.

Mon, 09 Mar, 2020

Man who drove at off-duty garda banned from driving

An off-duty garda had to jump out of the way in a car park by his home when a motorist twice drove at him deliberately.

Tue, 25 Feb, 2020

Jail term suspended if Lithuanian man leaves Ireland

A seven-year jail term was suspended today in the case against a Lithuanian man on condition that he would leave Ireland by midnight tomorrow.

Fri, 21 Feb, 2020

Man jailed for pulling knife on paramedics

A patient pulled a knife out of his sock when being tended by paramedics in the back of an ambulance and yesterday he was jailed for his actions.

Fri, 21 Feb, 2020

Judge describes dogs at scene of man’s obstructive behaviour towards gardaí as 'quasi weapons'

Two German Shepherd dogs at the scene of a man’s obstructive behaviour towards gardaí in Crossbarry were described by a sentencing judge yesterday as “quasi weapons”.

Thu, 13 Feb, 2020

Drink binge man crashed car into garda station

John Murray, 39, of Derragh, Dunmanway, Co Cork, was arraigned at Cork Circuit Criminal Court where he pleaded guilty to damaging the station, threatening to kill Garda Heather Chandler, and dangerous driving.

Wed, 12 Feb, 2020

Man with MS beaten with his own crutch, court hears

Darren Linehan of 47 Killala Gardens, Knocknaheeny, Cork, was sentenced to two years in jail on charges including assault causing harm to the man with MS which occurred in the victim’s own home.

Wed, 12 Feb, 2020

'I don't want to go out on my own': Teen speaks about man who asked her to engage in sex act after giving her a lift

A teenager has spoken of the anxiety and despair caused to her when she was asked to engage in a sex act after she was picked up by a 42-year-old man while hitch hiking two years ago.

Wed, 12 Feb, 2020

'I thought I would be safe in hospital' - Man sexually assaulted teenage patient in CUH ward

Andrew O’Donovan of Butlersgift, Drimoleague, County Cork, was given an 18-month suspended jail term for sexual assault — his first criminal conviction of any kind.

Tue, 11 Feb, 2020

Cork man who stole €7k from employer jailed

A Cork gambler who was active in Gamblers Anonymous stole €6,900 from his employer and drove from Cork Airport to Dublin for a gambling spree where he blew all the money has been jailed for two years.

Fri, 20 Dec, 2019

Year’s reduction in 14-year sentence ‘hardly worth my while’

A Cork man who got a 14-year jail term for crimes including the robbery of a 79-year-old woman, causing her horrific life-changing injuries, had one year reduced from his sentence on appeal today.

Tue, 03 Dec, 2019