A garda who was punched to the ground in a violent incident has accepted an apology from the attacker, who was yesterday jailed for nine months.

A Ballincollig man who said he knew where a number gardaí lived and was going to burn down their homes was jailed for a year yesterday.

A troubled teenager who was never in prison before ended up there because he refused to take up the help of the probation service and wanted to go to jail.