A Chinese national shouted insults in Mandarin at gardaí in Cork but one of the gardaí was also Chinese and was able to provide a translation in Cork District Court of the verbal abuse.

A man crossing Daunt Square in Cork City after a night out socialising was set upon by another man who kicked and punched him for no apparent reason.

A young man squared up to a member of An Garda Siochána at the height of a melee outside the Savoy in Cork City and wanted him to have a fight.