Unlucky for some - a judge has refused an application by a publican to hold a bingo fundraiser, in a case which could spell the end of bingo callers in bars.

A "deeply vulnerable" young woman with a traumatic history who is considered a "very serious" risk to certain persons is objecting to being made a ward of court.

An observant passer-by saw signs of a Christmas burglary at a house in Cork City and yesterday the culprit was jailed for six months.

The hearing into what is set to be a full appeal by two sons of Independent Kerry TD Michael Healy-Rae and a friend against conviction for assault, has been listed.

The victim was brought to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital with apparent stab wounds.

A man has been charged with racking up thousands in hotel bills and then leaving without paying in a number of locations in Cork and Kerry.

The man had been convicted in November 2015 of a sexual assault while working here as a taxi driver and received a three-year sentence which he unsuccessfully appealed.

A woman is facing dozens of charges relating to the theft of amounts totalling almost €75,000 from a creamery and more charges of false accounting to cover it up.

Mr Justice Barniville accepted there would be enormous damage to the creche business with the loss of 45 jobs and alternative places having to be found for 220 children by their parents if the order were not granted.

Gardaí are questioning a man in his 30s after seizing €350,000 worth of heroin in the city centre.

The man was arrested this morning and he is due to appear before Clonakilty District Court 10.30am.

A judge has praised a woman for posting images of her injured face after she was beaten by her then-boyfriend, saying “maybe she is setting the example for others to follow”.

The barrister representing 25 landowners opposed to the compulsory purchase of their lands for a greenway in south Kerry has told the An Bord Pleanála hearing the board will be acting contrary to a 2014 European Directive and to Irish law if it does not grant an adjournment.

A 24-year-old man was arrested at a café in the early hours of morning for his ninth count of being drunk and a source of danger — but he said yesterday he did not have a drink problem.

The High Court has directed the District Court to impose a new sentence on a man who admitted taking 12,000 pictures of a female neighbour without her knowledge or consent.

Three men were arrested in what was an joint operation between Gardaí and the UK's National Crime Agency.

A man charged in connection with the seizure of drugs worth €1m will appear in court tomorrow.

The High Court has set aside the nine-month custodial sentence imposed by a lower court on a man who admitted taking 12,000 pictures of a female neighbour without her knowledge or consent.

A High Court judge has warned a woman that she could end up back in prison unless she stops posting information about childcare proceedings involving her son on social media.

A speedy response by gardaí in Cork city ensured that a tourist robbed of her travel documents on the day she was due to fly out was able to make her flight.

The unconstitutionality of certain sections of the road traffic laws could lead to the wiping out of thousands of penalty points and convictions for speeding if a High Court challenge to the legislation succeeds.

The fastest sharks in the oceans find few refuges from longline fishing, according to an international study.

Kieran Griffin showed no emotion as he was sentenced to a total of three years in prison for a range of sexual offences by Judge John Aylmer at Letterkenny District Court in Co Donegal.

The seizure was made as part of an ongoing investigation into the sale and distribution of illegal drugs in west Tallaght.

The High Court has ruled the State has a constitutional duty to make "reasonable efforts" to assign a bilingual judge in a District Court criminal trial as requested by a man who wants to conduct his side of the case in Irish.

A challenge against a decision of a District Court judge to strike out charges linked to redundancies at Clerys department store in Dublin due to delays of disclosure of evidence has been dismissed by the High Court.

The Courts Service Annual Report for 2018 shows that the biggest falls were in the High Court

A man has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Jordan Davis in Darndale in Dublin last month.

Two men in their forties have been charged in connection with a drugs haul in Cork over the weekend during which Gardai seized almost €800,000 worth of cannabis herb.

A 47-year-old man who made two Facebook friend requests to a woman in her early 20s and spoke to her about not accepting them was prosecuted for harassing her, but the case was dismissed.

The man, who is in his 50s, is due before the District Court in Loughrea this evening.

The organisation which supports victims of crime in court has seen a 27% increase in the number of people availing of its services over the past two years.

A man is due to appear in court in Roscommon today charged with assault during a house repossession in Strokestown.

Gardaí investigating reports of shots fired outside a nightclub in Dublin have arrested two men.

A 20-year-old man has been remanded on bail on a dangerous driving charge in connection with a Garda investigation into the suspected abduction of a 14-year-old youth in Finglas in Dublin.

A teenager charged with the murder of a man in Co Monaghan three years ago has been served with a book of evidence and returned for trial to the Central Criminal Court.