A Lithuanian caught with €1,000 worth of heroin in his pants in Glanmire claimed he was in Cork as a tourist and fell into bad company.

A rose by any other name may smell as sweet but cannabis by any other name might not be illegal — no matter how it smells.

A cleaning woman working at a number of houses in Co Cork admitted burgling four of them yesterday and in one house stealing €5,725 worth of jewellery.

A claim by an alibi witness in the double murder case that a garda offered him money to give evidence against the accused was rebutted by gardaí yesterday.

A man accused of clocking up thousands of euro in unpaid hotel bills in Cork City has been remanded in custody as details of his identity need to be checked through Interpol.

A man accused of being part of a criminal gang that put a skimming device and concealed camera on an ATM has been refused bail.

A grandmother who stole a 92-year-old woman’s life savings of €41,000, has been given three months to repay €10,000 or else go to prison for two years.

AN asylum seeker who stole the identity of a university professor and used it to claim disability benefit will get a suspended sentence next week.

A Fingal man facing a firearm and a drugs charge that carries possible life imprisonment has been refused permission to visit Amsterdam to celebrate his birthday.

The legal minimum standards for tyres on garda cars should be reviewed after a pensioner was fatally injured by an out-of-control patrol car, a jury recommended tonight.