A district court judge yesterday ruled that Go Safe employees don’t have the required authority to help prosecute speeding cases in the district court.

Sparks were seen coming from the front wheel of a car in the early hours of the morning as it swerved from side to side — and the driver was so drunk that she literally fell out the door of the car onto the side of the road.

A judge who was subjected to a man exposing himself in front of him in court demanded heightened security at future court sittings.

Officials pull out all the stops for more than 30 sick children from Mercy University Hospital.

A Co Clare couple, whose dog attacked an 84-year-old woman who sustained serious injuries, have been fined €1,000 at Kilrush District Court.

A 15-year-old boy repeatedly punched a man twice his age at the entrance to a city- centre newsagents at three o’clock on a sunny afternoon — breaking the victim’s nose and jaw and putting him out of work for eight weeks.

A 19-year-old American student had her skull fractured by a man who walked up behind her and swung a two-foot machete at her head before robbing her.

A situation whereby speed-camera operators who come to court but fail to prosecute alleged speeding motorists for “one bad reason after another” has been described as “a complete waste of public money” by one judge.

A woman who had been married for 37 years spoke yesterday of her terror when her ex-husband ran after her shouting abuse on the steps of Cork Circuit Court.

A 38-year-old man had four counts of sending threatening text messages to gardaí dismissed by a judge because the prosecution failed to prove they were sent within the State.

A 30-year-old New Yorker who spat at a flight attendant on board a transatlantic flight yesterday escaped jail.

Eastern European gangs are using specially made foil bags which bypass retail security scanners in smash-and-grab raids.

An electrician who slapped a garda on the face while she was dealing with an unruly situation on the street was sentenced to five months in jail yesterday.

A MIDDLE-AGED man was killed as he went to attend his badly injured dog after it was hit by a car, an inquest heard yesterday.

A TEENAGER was yesterday granted bail at Limerick District Court despite Garda objections.

DUBLIN county councillor Therese Ridge has described a IR£250,000 bribe allegation against a fellow Fine Gael member as “amazing, unbelievable and even quite hilarious”.

A Donegal publican refused to answer questions before the Morris Tribunal today until a number of gardaí he accused of mistreating him in custody were removed from the room.

A retired detective superintendent today revealed he had made a joke about a murder suspect confessing all to him hours before a false confession turned up on his behalf.