Man charged over possession of pistol

Francis Kearns of Middle Road, Crosshaven, Co Cork, had sentencing in his multiple public order cases adjourned.

A four-year-old boy and his one-and-a-half-year-old sister were described as being in a ‘horrific’ condition when gardaí first saw them in a taxi and their mother appeared to be “out of it”.

A motorist who was banned from driving because of three previous counts of having no insurance was caught again when she decided to drive to hospital for a medical appointment.

Denying an obstruction charge, Edward Cichan said: “It is complete lies....When they showed a warrant I said let me read it. They said, the last time we done that they ate it."

An appeal has been lodged against a 90-day prison sentence handed down to a member of the Church of Scientology for verbally abusing an autism campaigner over the phone.

A seven-month jail term was imposed yesterday on a man caught in a church car park with heroin for his own use.

A court in Cork has heard how a man dealing with the grief of his mother’s death had his car was stolen shortly afterwards, adding to his distress.

A man was jailed for five months on his 42nd birthday today for burgling a house in Cork.

Someone could have been killed when a disqualified driver drove through a junction in reverse on the wrong side of the road in an effort to get away from gardaí, a court heard yesterday.

A 57-year-old man who put his hand on the leg of a 19-year-old woman sitting beside him on a bus in Cork city has been found guilty of sexual assault, despite his claim it was merely an empathetic tap to say “be happy”.

An amateur boxer was convicted of assaulting his ex wife when he called to pick up their child as part of an access arrangement.

A leading member of a gang on the north side of Cork city who call themselves ‘Farranree Joyriders’ was jailed for 12 months today.

A woman returned to her Cork City home to find a man burgling the house having smashed glass in the front door to get inside.

A man acting as a carer for an 81-year-old wheelchair-bound neighbour was fined €1,200 and given a suspended five-month jail term for using the pensioner’s bank card to steal cash.

Two prisoners at Cork Prison were caught in possession of mobile phones during routine searches and each got a two-month term added his sentence.

A passenger who assaulted a taxi driver in a dispute about a fare has been ordered to pay €1,300 for damage to the car to avoid spending five months in jail.

A teenager grieving after her father’s death was introduced to “something to take the pain away” by a neighbour and this resulted in a 10-year heroin addiction.

The Courts Service opted for a soft opening of their massive new courthouse complex in Cork yesterday — so soft that one man didn’t get to hear at all about the criminal courts’ move to Anglesea St.

Gardaí were notified in a 999 call of a man running around a residential area of Cork with a shotgun, but yesterday a man admitted to making the call as a hoax.

A man facing charges of turning up armed with knives to cause damage at a neighbour’s house in November committed the same crimes last Wednesday night, it was alleged yesterday, as he applied to be released on bail.

A security man was bitten on the arm by a woman when he intervened to prevent an escalation of a dispute between patrons in a city centre pub.

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 landscape gardener with 141 convictions for drunken behaviour on the streets was described yesterday as a gentle giant who is incapable of having even one drink without causing trouble.

A thirsty beer drinker helped himself to a few bottles in Cork’s Heineken brewery after throwing a rock through two glass door panels.

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 arrested as part of the investigation of a burglary nine years ago where jewellery was stolen came to court yesterday to apply for the return of his own bracelet from gardaí, saying it was of sentimental value.

Five men involved in a storm in a teacup at the Fox and Hounds pub in Cork were told they were fortunate that the judge had adjourned penalty until yesterday rather than on the day the evidence was heard.

A drunken man let fly with a large axe causing extensive damage to a patrol car parked outside a Garda station.

A prisoner remanded in jail on burglary charges renewed his application to be released on bail on compassionate grounds to attend his sister’s funeral yesterday.

A 58-year-old man complained in court that he was sick of being a punch bag for his 22-year-old son.

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 burglar who targeted a retirement home for Presentation Brothers has indicated, through his solicitor, that he would be pleading guilty to the crime.

A trainee manager at Starbucks pleaded guilty to embezzling €15,000 in the course of his work at the outlet at Douglas, Cork, in 2015.

Three young men were balanced on a small motorbike driven at speed in the direction of a Garda minibus.

A man charged with stealing six watches guaranteed a judge it was one million percent certain he would never commit a crime again.

A 79-year-old housebound man who is confined to a wheelchair had his Visa card used without his knowledge by a neighbour who was ostensibly acting in a caring capacity.

A motorist with 373 convictions under the Road Traffic Act was brought before Cork District Court yesterday for driving two different cars without insurance in one week.

Staff at Cork Penny Dinners were verbally abused by a drunken man who fell asleep after they had given him a three-course meal.

Gardaí objected to bail being granted to a man facing a serious assault charge arising out of the investigation of a young man having a finger cut off.

A vicious assault on a security man at a Cork City pub saw him having a pint glass smashed into his face by a woman.

A 21-year-old Cork man put his own parents in fear at the family home and attacked a man at a nearby off-licence to grab his beer.