Gardaí are now satisfied that a knife was not produced during an assault on a late-night cinema goer in Mahon Point shopping centre in Cork on Friday night.

Update 1pm: Gardaí say they are now satisfied that a knife was not produced following an alleged assault on a late-night cinema goer in Cork's Mahon Point shopping centre on Friday night.

Armed gardaí dealt with a violent row where one man was seen carrying a hatchet and a crowbar but the accused man claimed he only had the items after he tidied up the scene because children were in the area.

Man, 30, told gardaí he would harm local schoolchildren and wanted to commit ‘suicide by cop’

A teenager was arrested after a near-riot involving several groups of young people in Cork City at the weekend.

Two brothers were jailed yesterday after they were caught with house-breaking equipment in their car on a quiet country road — an offence described by the judge as sinister and creating unease in society.

A criminal gang based in Limerick City was targeted yesterday by the Criminal Assets Bureau in a bid to identify lands purchased by the group.

Gardaí are investigating possible links between a gang arrested in Kildare and a spike in burglaries in Cork City.

Gardaí have arrested three men after a shot was fired during a high-speed chase in Co. Kildare last night.

City Hall officials considered injuncting the Cork County GAA Board in a standoff over its mobility plan just hours before the revamped Páirc Uí Chaoimh hosted its first major games.

City Hall officials considered injuncting the Cork County GAA Board in a standoff over its mobility plan just hours before the revamped Páirc Uí Chaoimh hosted its first major games.

Gardaí have seized a firearm along with ammunition and arrested a man during an operation in Convoy, Donegal yesterday.

Gardaí have arrested two men for a series of early-morning raids on shops across Cork.

A suspected terrorist was ‘injured’ and airlifted to hospital after armed gardaí stormed a suspect vehicle carrying explosives yesterday.

Gardaí went to arrest a man for allegedly fracturing a woman’s cheekbone when he appeared at an upstairs window of a house armed with a petrol canister and later barricaded himself into a room.

A man in his 50s has been arrested in Co. Monaghan, in connection with dissident republican activity.

Latest: An internal family dispute is believed to have triggered a tense four-hour hostage stand-off on the northside of Cork city this morning which resulted in armed gardaí making a forced entry into a house and tasering a man.

Gardaí have made 30 arrests following raids of 12 properties in Co. Carlow.

More than €90,000 worth of cannabis herb has been seized by gardaí as part of Operation Thor.

Gardaí in Kerry were last night hunting a third member of a gang after a post office was robbed at gunpoint, a Garda car repeatedly rammed, and detectives discharged warning shots.

Delays to the establishment of a much-publicised elite armed response unit for Dublin have been averted. A legal challenge has been withdrawn.

An unruly teenager who spat at gardaí and bit one officer on the shoulder also dropped his pants and exposed his backside to a Garda car during a disturbance.

Gardaí in Kildare have seized around €40,000 worth of drugs.

A Limerick man, who gardaí allege is a senior criminal figure, has appeared in court charged in connection with a high-speed chase over the weekend.

A Co Cork man threatened to carry a shotgun on the city’s MacCurtain St in an attempt to get himself killed by drawing the fire of armed gardaí. He was remanded in custody.

The new armed response unit for Dublin, announced as part of a government package to fight gangland feuding, is not expected to be up and running for at least five to six months.

A man in his 50s has been arrested after almost €250,000 worth of cannabis plants were seized in Co Offaly.

Five people have been arrested following a car chase through east Cork in the early hours of Monday that saw a Garda car rammed and members of the force hospitalised for treatment.

An 18-year-old man has been arrested following an armed siege at a house in County Cork.

A man who gardaí claimed was spotted with a Remington 12-guage pump-action shotgun during an attempted burglary at a family home on the outskirts of Cork City, was yesterday found guilty at a jury trial.

A woman and a man are recovering and a second man is in custody following an alleged assault and carjacking incident in Longford, gardaí said.

A man who denied an attempted aggravated burglary while armed with a shotgun was seen at the scene of the crime by an armed member of the Garda Regional Support Unit, a judge and jury was told yesterday.

A man is due in court in Kilkenny this morning charged in connection with the seizure of over half a million euro worth of cocaine.

Gardaí have seized drugs and drug cultivation equipment during a series of raids in North Tipperary.

Two people were arrested in Roscrea, Co Tipperary this morning as part of a garda crackdown on organised crime and drugs in the town.

A house was barricaded with a stove as a woman armed herself with a knife and three men armed themselves with implements including golf clubs, an iron bar, and a machete, and taunted gardaí during a four-hour late-night stand-off with gardaí.

Around 100 Gardaí are taking part in a series of searches targeting organised crime in Waterford city.

A house was barricaded with a stove as people armed with knives, golf clubs, and a machete threw bottles from inside during a face-off with gardaí, with a television thrown through an upstairs window.

Gardaí have arrested a man while seizing a large quantity of cannabis plants in Co. Cavan.

A Garda helicopter flew to the scene of an attempted house raid in Cork that was intercepted by armed officers, while a heat-seeking device in the helicopter picked up a man trying to conceal himself in undergrowth.

Gardaí used an iPhone app to track a father accused of snatching a 9-month-old boy from his mother in Kilkenny as he allegedly drove at high speed to Cork with the infant unrestrained in the front seat.

An estimated €1.5m worth of counterfeit Ugg boots have been seized from a warehouse on the northside of Cork City.