A woman was pushed aside and punched in the face during an incident after 2am, it was claimed yesterday as gardaí objected to bail being granted to the accused.

A doctor who put an old laptop in a box and returned it to a shop with a receipt for a new one and got €599 has been found guilty of professional misconduct by a Medical Council inquiry.

A HEROIN addict who was desperate for cash to buy drugs robbed a 75-year-old woman in Cork city but was apologising to her victim in the course of the robbery.