Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin said yesterday that despite the moments of extreme tension that could occur in court, they had never erupted into trouble in Washington St, Cork, for the last 24 years — “thanks to the presence of The Ringer”.

A barwoman was allegedly caught by the throat and thrown against a glass-panelled door which shattered. Yesterday the man accused of assaulting her appeared at Cork District Court.

One word followed another at a pub in Cork City until a man punched the other in the face, breaking his nose.

A Ukrainian who obtained an Irish passport by using a forged Estonian passport yesterday pleaded guilty to this offence and got a three-month suspended jail term.

A Cork man who lunged at his own father despite the presence of gardaí was given a jail sentence yesterday suspended on condition that he would stay away from his parent’s home unless by their expressed invitation.

A care worker in a centre for troubled teenagers on the outskirts of Cork City was threatened that she would be thrown down a stairs by one of the residents.

A young American woman who spoke on television about working in Cork as a prostitute was put on trial yesterday for having a cannabis growhouse at her city apartment.

Selfies taken by a motorist led to his prosecution on multiple counts of dangerous driving after he took off at speed from gardaí through red lights in Cork City.

Threats to cut the heads off Jews were allegedly made by a 39-year-old man dressed in dark robes and carrying the Koran who appeared before Cork District Court today.

A young Cork soccer player, who was apprenticed to Glasgow Celtic, broke his leg and his life spiralled into chaos.

A 60-year-old man has been described as carrying out despicable thefts around the country — particularly one where he stole €1,000 from a 79-year-old woman in Bantry who acted as a Good Samaritan and took pity on him.

A former bookkeeper for the Brothers of Charity in Cork confessed yesterday to stealing more than €16,000 from the charity over a three-year period.

A 40-year-old man accused of multiple counts of raping his daughter over a seven-year period was served with a book of evidence yesterday.

Death or serious injury could have resulted from the outrageous driving of a man who, speeding away from gardaí, drove the wrong way around roundabouts and crashed into a CIÉ bus.

Sparks were seen coming from the front wheel of a car in the early hours of the morning as it swerved from side to side — and the driver was so drunk that she literally fell out the door of the car onto the side of the road.

Tensions between two men spilled over into an exchange of blows on the side of the street after one of them blew kisses at the other.

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.

A heroin addict was found lying across a pew in a Cork church last Christmas Eve with the paraphernalia of drug use scattered around him and yesterday the 28-year-old was jailed for eight months for that and a series of shoplifting offences.

A man has been arrested and charged with a count of assault causing harm to an 79-year-old man in Cork City.

A garda entered a building after she observed blood on the floors and walls, a smashed pane of glass in the front door and feared for the safety of those inside.

A busker caused a disturbance for city centre apartment dwellers by continuing to play his music after 2am and refused to stop when told to by gardaí.

A Corkman aged 43 was arrested at Cork Airport and charged with carrying out an armed robbery almost 19 years ago at Bandon Rd post office.

An aggressive man who taunted a guard to “go on and arrest me” and then took off on a lap around a block in Cork city centre got his wish when the guard knocked him to the ground and arrested him.

Cases arising out of a spate of thefts of full kegs of beer from pubs around Cork City during the summer of 2013 were heard in court yesterday.

A man who has been charged with a knife attack on his partner which left her with 14 wounds has been remanded in custody until his next court appearance on September 3.

Glaring discrepancies between the prosecution description of sexual offences at the centre of a case and the account given by the victim yesterday prevented the judge from proceeding to sentence the accused.

Teenagers who met via the internet site Tagged ended up going out together for three months and having sex. Two years later the girl made a complaint against the man to gardaí.

A man accused of a serious assault on his wife by allegedly turning her upside down and spear-tackling her — head first — into the ground wants his bail changed so that his wife can live with him.

A teenager hoping to make “a few bob” before Christmas arranged through the DoneDeal website to sell his Xbox and games to a man in Cork City but the ‘buyer’ and his wife drove off leaving the teenager on the side of the street with no payment.

A man accused of contacting a garda confidential line identifying a named soldier in the Irish army as a “legitimate target” and showing a picture of the same soldier on a “paedo” website went on trial for harassment at Cork District Court yesterday.

A father-of-nine threatened to destroy a new €5 million Traveller housing facility in Cork city and told gardaí: “We’ll make your lives hell in the new site.”

Hungarians hoping to get jobs in an apple-processing factory in Ireland were duped by a fellow national living in Cork into paying €156 each on the pretext that this would cover their flights and accommodation to come over to be interviewed.

Strenuous exertions by a young man trying to kick-start his Honda scooter proved so onerous that gardaí arrived to find the scooter lying on its side and the driver lying beside it fast asleep and snoring.

Bail has been granted to a motorist accused of carrying in his car a stolen Galaxy tablet and a clawhammer allegedly for the purpose of carrying out thefts.

A 15-year-old boy repeatedly punched a man twice his age at the entrance to a city- centre newsagents at three o’clock on a sunny afternoon — breaking the victim’s nose and jaw and putting him out of work for eight weeks.