A chef broke into a credit union in the early hours of last New Year's Eve and was later found to have had in his apartment a steel safe that had been stolen from a Boylesports betting shop during the electricity blackout of Storm Ophelia.

A man could still face a month in jail or the prospect of his dog being put down after it bit an 81-year-old man in the leg.

A row over cattle fencing resulted in a man being convicted of assault and a second criticised for using inflammatory language in a case described by a judge as “a sorry mess between neighbours”.

A man had “no recollection” of an incident in which he began undressing in a car park, damaged cars, broke into a vacant apartment and was later found by gardaí, naked and barricaded in a bathroom.

A man has been sent forward for trial, on a plea of guilty, for trying to escape garda custody in a courthouse, and on a charge of assault, relating to the same incident.

A man who overtook more than eight cars at speeds of up to 150kph has avoided jail. 

Two sets of sisters have been handed jail sentences for a “savage” attack on another woman outside a pub.

Two sets of sisters involved in an “all-girlie” violent attack on another woman in a street fight in Kinsale, Co Cork, were yesterday remanded in custody for sentencing next week.