Questions linger over how former Christian brother Edward Bryan, jailed last month for sexual offences, remained working with young offenders for so long - and whether it should have been handled differently, writes Noel Baker

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.

No prosecution evidence was offered yesterday against a member of An Garda Síochána on a charge of forging a document.

The DPP appealed the leniency of a fully suspended jail term being given to a garda in Cork on corruption charges but the Court of Appeal decided yesterday that it would not alter the two-year sentence.

Detective Garda William Hosford said the cocaine was one part of a total drugs haul with a street value of €646,000.

An application for a gaming licence for an arcade in Mitchelstown has been dismissed in court - because of a 35-year-old by-law that specifically bans such businesses in the Co Cork town.

“Our perfect happy, healthy little boy would have to fight the bravest battle of his life at the tender age of two years and eight months."

A worker with a grievance against his supervisor took inspiration from the “Unsolved Crimes” TV programme to import poison and apply it to the handle of the boss’s car, confiding in colleagues that it would kill him within 24 hours.

An out-of-control Sligo man threatened to bite the nose off a garda as he threatened to kill her during an extremely violent incident in Allihies, Co Cork, during the summer.

An ageing burglar who shows no signs of slowing down was questioned about a €23,000 burglary and after he was shown CCTV in the garda station he even stole the garda USB stick.

The teenage son of TV chef, Rachel Allen, has been remanded on continuing bail for sentencing on drugs charges later this year.

Kieran O’Regan of 2 Greenfields, Model Farm Road, Cork was caught with more than €3,000 worth of heroin at his home in Cork.

A Ballineen man has been jailed for two-and-a-half years today for an assault where the victim had his jaw broken in an attack by two men on Christmas Eve 2016 in Clonakilty.

Of John Long, the judge said: "He allows his frustrations to boil over. This was something that happened suddenly on the street when he assaulted this man.”

A ‘Daniel O’Donnell superfan' has had her prison sentence for participating in a cocaine “factory” cut in half by the Court of Appeal.

A pensioner who was stabbed in the legs at his home in Cork City and believed he was going to die saw his attacker jailed for five years yesterday.

Peter Mulcahy of 34 Willow Drive, Cluain Ard, Cobh, County Cork, revealed that to gardaí when he was under investigation four years ago for the possession of child pornography.

An “isolated” man who sexually exploited 24 girls through Skype, WhatsApp, and other online communications has been given a six-year sentence, with half of the term suspended.

A Hungarian national working in a chipper in Bandon used his knowledge of the business to set up a €15,000 burglary back in 2008 and later fled the country.

A man was put on trial by judge and jury yesterday charged with harassing four teenaged girls on a bus journey and sexually assaulting one of them.

The partner of a motorcyclist whose death was caused by the dangerous driving of a van driver at a junction near Rathcormac, Co Cork, described it yesterday as “a stupid waste of a young man’s life”.

A drug dealer who carried out his business in a rent-free apartment in Cork City showed no remorse for an attack on a student in a nightclub where he struck him with a bottle and kicked him in the head when he was on the floor.

A Kilmichael man, with the last year of his three-year jail term suspended for dragging a teenage girl into a building and assaulting her, had that last year activated yesterday for becoming aggressive with the probation service.

A prisoner released after a long sentence for drug- dealing soon carried out a burglary where he stole €30,000 worth of jewellery, and yesterday he was sent back to prison to start another sentence of four years.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin said yesterday that despite the moments of extreme tension that could occur in court, they had never erupted into trouble in Washington St, Cork, for the last 24 years — “thanks to the presence of The Ringer”.

A former officer of Gurranabraher credit union who confessed to the theft of more than €300,000 from her employer over a period of several years said through her barrister that she would have €10,000 compensation in court by Friday.

A 57-year-old man dozed off on his couch with his arm in a sling but woke to a masked raider striking him with force with a heavy yard brush.

A pensioner property developer who orchestrated an elaborate mortgages fraud which saw Bank of Ireland scammed for almost €1m was jailed yesterday for four years.

A Cork family was terrorised by two men armed with a gun and a meat cleaver who forced their way into their home at night and yesterday one of the raiders was jailed for five years.

Cork City Council gave a young man a €23,000 mobile home on a rental basis to live in and he arranged for a crane and haulier to remove it to Co Kildare.

A brick was used to beat a man around the head as his attacker left him bleeding on the ground crawling away to get medical help.

A vulnerable Portuguese man living in Cork was attacked and robbed and yesterday one of those involved in the crime was jailed for 18 months.

An 82-year-old man, living alone, was inveigled into paying €17,500 to a workman for a job that cost no more than €400.

Man, 74, directed to be found not guilty on 36 sex assault charges.

Girls making their first confession were sexually abused by a priest who afterwards put his hand on their heads and said: “Your sins are forgiven.”

A cyclist who did everything right was killed by a motorist who turned around momentarily to tell one of her children to remove a tag from a toy they had just bought.

A prisoner bolted for freedom at Macroom courthouse but only succeeded in colliding with a member of An Garda Síochána causing the guard to crack his head against a pew in the courtroom.

There have been fresh calls for new sentencing guidelines for sex offences after a priest who sexually assaulted a little girl during her First Confession was given a suspended jail term.