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

A Wexford man claimed yesterday he was in the UK when a member of An Garda Síochána saw him in a drunken disturbance at a hotel in Cork in 2015.

A Corkman’s drug addiction spiralled out of control and yesterday he pleaded guilty to having two deals of heroin in his possession.

A woman who stole 17 football jerseys from a shop claimed that she only went in to buy another item and never intended stealing anything.

A 58-year-old man was put on a two-year peace bond yesterday after grabbing an English visitor to Cork by the buttocks as she waited at traffic lights.

A 58-year-old man grabbed an English woman visitor by the buttocks as she walked along a road in Cork City, but she slapped him across the face and he ran away.

A district court judge yesterday left it up to a circuit court to decide if upwards of seven senior counsel, along with junior counsel, would be assigned on free legal aid to a number of men and women facing various charges under money laundering legislation.

Four women and two men from one Cork city family were arrested yesterday, as part of a lengthy investigation, and charged with various counts under money-laundering legislation.

The woman who ripped open her blouse and ran towards gardaí claiming officers raped her was suffering from depression at the time as a result of a suicide and homicide involving relatives.

A woman ripped open her blouse as she ran towards gardaí and claimed that officers were raping her.

A man on anti-depression medication, who went for a walk after a couple of cans of beer, ended up calling to another man’s house, got into an altercation and bit both of the victim’s ears.

A 50-year-old woman was arrested this week over alleged cocaine dealing at a bingo centre in Cork City.

A Swiss army knife with a blade open was thrown in the window of a patrol car striking a garda in the neck when a public order incident was being probed at Bandon Rd in Cork.

A young man had such a quantity of anti-depressants, relaxants and alcohol that he could not remember breaking into a café at Blackrock village in Cork in the early hours of the morning.

A judge has ordered the closure of hunt kennels in Bandon that housed 36 hounds whose howling kept neighbours awake.