A retired garda, who feared for his life when he was assaulted and dragged towards a river by an “enormous semi-naked” man, was yesterday awarded €80,000 compensation in the High Court.

A rapist was jailed yesterday for seven years for what the sentencing judge described as a horrific rape where the victim was beaten to a pulp.

A 19-year-old woman, raped in a north Cork town in an early hours attack, was afraid to cry out in fear of being murdered or thrown into the river.

A Garda was temporarily blinded after getting a kick in the face during disturbances at a Halloween bonfire, a court has heard.

A MAN who denied impeding a drugs search claiming gardaí had been harassing him for years and knew well that he was anti-drugs was convicted of the offence yesterday and given a three-month suspended jail sentence.