Joshua Allen, 19, has been remanded to Cork Circuit Criminal Court after appearing before Midleton District Court on six drugs charges.

A 32-year-old man has appeared in court following an investigation into an incident that saw six horses and two dogs shot dead in Co Cork over the weekend.

The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) seized 1,100 animals following calls to its cruelty helpline last year, according to its annual report.

A former Senator appeared in court today charged with a number of offences including drink driving and dangerous driving as a music festival was taking place nearby, writes Joe Leogue.

Tie hole drama was the order of the day when the finals of three Munster inter-club competitions were decided over the weekend.

A 21-year-old woman has appeared in court charged with dangerous driving causing the death of a mother and daughter who were killed three days before Christmas.

A 21-year-old woman has appeared in court charged with dangerous driving causing the death of a mother and daughter who were killed three days before Christmas, writes Joe Leogue.

A woman has been charged with two counts of manslaughter, and one of arson, following a fire in which two men died, in the Cork town of Mallow.

Thirteen people yesterday pleaded guilty to attempting to defraud insurance firms by taking part in staged road accidents.

Cork Marts has been convicted and fined for using unauthorised animal remedies on cattle after it was supplied with drugs as part of a deal with a Spanish company.

Twenty people are facing charges of fraud following a garda investigation into car accidents that were allegedly staged to claim insurance payouts.

A 22-year-old father of seven and his 46-year-old father of 16 were among five people charged in district court yesterday in relation to an incident that saw a garda hospitalised with a serious head wound and another injured.

Of all the joints in all the world... a new Polish visitor to Cork certainly picked the wrong one to live in — and landed a prison sentence for cannabis possession as a result.

Sixty motorists accused of speeding in north Cork may be in line for a reprieve due to a recent High Court decision that they should be served with a photograph of their car at the incident.

Work is finally being carried out to prevent further vandalism of a former convent once earmarked for a multimillion-euro development.

They say crime doesn’t pay, but in this unique case it will help highlight the good work that many previously unsung young heroes do for their communities.

In what is believed to be the first ruling of its kind in the country, a 24-year-old man has been banned from sulky driving for six months.

A man who was charged in connection with an attempted raid on a filling station in north Cork has been remanded in custody for a week.

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney said he was "very embarrassed" after he had a summons for speeding struck out in the District Court.

A member of the Irish Naval Service was cleared yesterday of sexually assaulting a female crewmate on board one of the State’s fisheries patrol vessels.

Dairygold in East Cork was fined €12,000 and ordered to pay legal costs after it killed 20,000 fish by accidentally letting 150 litres of toxic insecticide run into a river.

A man accused of stabbing a garda during a standoff at a mart has been released on bail after giving a sworn undertaking to stay away from the premises and its staff.

Five Chinese men have been remanded in custody in connection with a garda raid on a cannabis growhouse in North Cork last Monday.

This year’s Meath SFC final will be a repeat of the 2006 decider between Navan O’Mahonys and Wolfe Tones following yesterday’s semi-finals at Páirc Tailteann.

Champions Summerhill impressively advanced to the SFC quarter-finals with a 5-13 to 0-8 win over a poor Nobber side at Walterstown yesterday.

A judge has commended the “swift action” of the gardaí in preventing an altercation escalating further between neighbours.

A man who claimed a neighbour of his parents came into their garden and attacked him with a hurley, told a judge “it was like something out of Braveheart”.

He may have been one of the best players of his generation but Trevor Giles was always an understated superstar and that penchant for modesty is alive and well these days as he works on the minds and bodies of those following in his footsteps.

Bonfires blazed across the Aran Islands and the coast of Connemara as the six spectacular Volvo Ocean Race yachts sped into Galway to a raucous reception in the early hours of this morning.

There are four Championship debutants selected in the Meath team to face Wicklow in Sunday's Leinster SFC first round clash at Dr Cullen Park (throw-in 3.30pm).

The state has been given more time to complete a book of evidence in the case of a Limerick woman accused of IRA membership and the murder a father-of-two in west Dublin in November.

The State has been given more time to complete a book of evidence in the case of a Limerick woman accused of IRA membership and the murder a father-of-two in west Dublin in November.

A man has been remanded in custody after been charged over the “tiger kidnapping” of a bank official’s husband and two young children.

HOPES that a cargo ship with two former Aran ferries would leave Galway harbour yesterday were dashed as the luckless project ran into further difficulties.

Meath 0-09 Donegal 0-15

Meath earned a deserved 0-13 to 1-3 win over Kilkenny at Pairc Tailteann in Navan in the O'Byrne Shield tonight.

Meath 0-10 UCD 1-9

A judge has refused to grant bail to a teenage boy accused of assaulting a 67-year-old man who sustained serious facial injuries during an attack in Dublin last month.

There was plenty of county final action in Gaelic football and hurling yesterday, with nine finals down for decision - including six football deciders.

Dublin's Bernard Brogan, who is hotly tipped to be named Footballer of the Year, is one of a top class list of stars who will be aiming for All-Ireland glory at the MBNA Kick Fada event in Bray Emmets GAA Club this Saturday.