Armed members of the Garda Regional Support Unit attended at a domestic incident in Mahon where a man held a glass lamp and a pint glass and warned gardaí they would have to use Tasers to get him out of the house.

A woman granted temporary release from a prison sentence for shoplifting was caught stealing more than €360 worth of clothing from a store in Cork.

Gardaí expect to bring further charges against a 15-year-old Dublin schoolboy accused of a knife attack on a woman after allegedly meeting her through a social media website, a court has heard.

A mother whose husband allegedly attacked their disabled son with church oil was today denied a barring order against the man.

A 19-year-old man has been charged with assault causing harm to an Irish-Canadian woman who was visiting Ireland as part of the Gathering earlier this month.