A judge has refused to dismiss a minor road traffic case because the key Garda witness has been seconded as part of the security detail for the visit of US President Donald Trump.

A nun who only speaks for an hour a day due to a vow of silence has until December to find a new home after being brought to court by Cork County Council over an alleged breach of planning laws.

A man who failed to appear in a Dublin district court for alleged trespass was later reported as possibly being lost at sea, and spent three weeks on the water before being escorted ashore.

A man who set up a sophisticated cannabis growing operation in his bedroom worth almost €10,000 after sourcing the seeds online and ordering the equipment from Amazon was trying to treat his back pain, a Court has heard.

A woman has told how she feared for her life after being bombarded with 4,000 Twitter messages from her estranged husband that ranged from “nonsense” to death threats.

Four people charged in connection with an alleged cocaine extraction laboratory in a Bantry holiday home have been sent forward for trial, including on some new charges.

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.

A man broke into two houses on Sherkin Island and stole alcohol before being arrested after landing back on the mainland by ferry.

A man has been jailed after two unprovoked assaults which left three people “traumatised”.

Two men who pleaded guilty to a burglary spree and to possession of stolen property have had to produce a one-way plane ticket home to Lithuania to secure their release from prison.

The Courts Service has been summoned to appear before the Oireachtas Justice Committee about its proposal to close a courthouse in Co Cork.

Recent court closures have gone beyond what is rational, says John P Shaw.

A 30-year-old man charged with arson offences in West Cork, including damaging fire service training vehicles on two separate occasions, has been remanded on bail.

Two West Cork men, who aren’t immediate neighbours but who own adjoining lands, were yesterday told by a judge “life is too short” to be at war with each other.

A father and son were yesterday cleared of a charge relating to having a drift net for illegal fishing.

A judge yesterday warned a teenage father of one with alcohol and substance abuse problems to take responsibility for his own life and “stop the rot” of violence and criminality.

County councillors are backing solicitors in registering anger at the proposed closure of a courthouse in Co Cork.

Solicitors in West Cork estimate that the proposed closure of three courts in the region will cost the public and the State hundreds of thousands of euro.

THE fourth English man charged in connection with the largest cocaine seizure in the history of the State was yesterday sent forward for trial.

A JUDGE has sent out a stark warning that anybody who appears before him charged with the possession of cocaine in the west Cork area will face jail time.

THERE was a very strong security presence outside a Co Cork courthouse yesterday as two Englishmen in their 40s appeared on charges relating to the seizure of €107 million worth of cocaine.

A TURKISH barber was charged yesterday with the murder of his ex-partner and mother of his child in West Cork last week.

A man was today charged with the manslaughter of his partner, who disappeared without trace in Cork more than eight years ago.