A young woman claimed her ex-boyfriend threatened to slice her face and rip her in two, during an alleged incident last weekend. But the accused denied being present, denied making threats, and insisted he was never her boyfriend.

A man swallowed a handful of tablets as gardaí went to search him in connection with a drug-dealing investigation.

A farmer charged with 23 counts relating to alleged animal cruelty at his farm in Cork two years ago yesterday indicated he would be denying the charges.

A 79-year-old priest who got a suspended jail term last month for sexually assaulting a girl throughout her First Confession in West Cork pleaded guilty yesterday to carrying out similar assaults on three other girls in the mid-1970s.

A motorist jumped on the bonnet of his car when gardaí began to seize it for being untaxed and later he went into a violent rage.

A man with psychiatric difficulties who stole a €500 flatscreen television from a Tesco outlet was given a suspended jail sentence as the judge warned he could not hide behind his depression to avoid jail.

An extremely drunken man got into a very violent fight with his brother — knocking him unconscious — and when gardaí arrived at the house to restore order he sprayed a can of deodorant into an officer’s eyes.

A man who believed people were trying to kill him became incensed when water dripped on his head from an apartment owner who was watering plants on his balcony.

A Chinese national who studied hospitality and is known to his friends in Ireland as Finbarr pleaded guilty yesterday to charges related to running a brothel in Cork in August 2016.

A man with Asperger’s syndrome who assaulted his mother was sentenced to a four-month prison term after efforts to get him into a residential medical facility to deal with his issues were exhausted.

Water dripped on a man’s head when an apartment owner was watering plants on his balcony — the man below got so incensed that he threw bricks up at the apartment, causing €3,760 in damage.

A bloodstained man was found at the scene of a reported disturbance and yesterday he was jailed for six months arising out of that and other incidents.

A “bit of a fantasist” was sentenced to eight weeks for wandering into a house late at night and taking random things. He claimed he had an open invitation.

A man who was serving a prison sentence for assault and violent disorder was caught with a mobile phone in his cell and was sent back to jail for two months for the crime.

A man who had just attended a religious meeting in Cork could not explain why he carried out an unprovoked assault on a couple.

A man seeking the return of property from the State accused the gardaí of not giving a shit and he claimed the judge was working for the prosecution and the reporter covering the case was backing the guards.

A Catholic priest shot and killed Patrick Pearse and two other Irish republicans in west Cork during the Civil War, leading anti-Treaty IRA members later claimed, writes Niall Murray.

A motorist who was caught drink driving for the 11th time was jailed yesterday.

A motorist who was caught drink driving for the 11th time was jailed yesterday.

Two Corkmen accused of carrying out three robberies, four burglaries, and stealing two cars in Cork and Waterford applied to have all charges struck out because of delay in the case.

A 60-year-old man was accused of sexually assaulting four women in separate incidents in the Douglas area of Cork and gardaí wanted a bail condition that he would have no physical contact with “females”.

“You called me a langer and you’d want to apologise for it.”

Almost 200 explicit messages and images were sent to a young woman’s phone from a man with whom she had been friendly for a brief period years ago.

Gardaí objected to bail being granted to a man charged in relation to an allegation of masturbating behind a woman in a queue in a supermarket in full view of the public.

A taxi driver was elbowed in the face by a passenger who also grabbed the steering wheel at one stage during the incident, in an effort to stop the taxi.

A man threatened to cut his ex-girlfriend’s throat in front of gardaí, it was alleged yesterday.

A man serving a lengthy sentence for discharging a shotgun while shouting a death threat got a six-month jail term on drugs charges yesterday.

A man who was told by his grandmother to turn down loud music at home responded by spitting at her and putting her in fear.

The Director of Public Prosecutions directed trial by indictment yesterday in the case of a burglary at a retirement home where a woman working in the kitchen was startled by an intruder.

A man tried to attack his partner at her home on Christmas Eve, even though gardaí were present at the time.

The partner of the young woman who was found dead at Sheares St, Cork City, on Sunday was in court yesterday charged with assault causing harm to a young man on Monday.

A drunken motorcyclist tried to overtake a car at speed in Ballintemple village in Cork City but crashed into a wall and was fortunate to survive from his serious injuries.

A suspended sentence was imposed yesterday on a Macroom man who was caught masturbating in bushes near a park playground in Cork City.

A young man threatened to smash up his grandfather’s house and gardaí arrived to find the pensioner visibly shaken and in fear.

A Macroom man who was caught masturbating in bushes near a playground in Cork city said in court yesterday: “I was sightseeing, watching the wildlife.”

One of the country’s most notorious mother and baby homes is set to get a new lease of life as a specialist suicide support and prevention centre.

A man who gardaí claimed was spotted with a Remington 12-guage pump-action shotgun during an attempted burglary at a family home on the outskirts of Cork City, was yesterday found guilty at a jury trial.