A man who continually cried during a bail application was told by a judge to pull himself together and not act like a 16 year old caught with his hand in a cookie jar.

Two circus workers were abducted when they came on a promotional visit to Limerick, a court heard.

A 67-year-old Co Clare man told gardaí that he never threatened to kill his neighbour, but instead asked him to smile.

A man who gave a “torturous beating” to a horse that had to be put down was yesterday jailed for six months.

A "hardworking family man" and cocaine addict who had his three-year-old son in the car with him when caught with a cache of the drug valued over €564,000 has been jailed for ten years by Judge Patricia Ryan.