Got neighbours from hell? - then take the advice of a top garda who was a victim of them.

A senior garda says that a growing number of elderly people are driving the wrong way on motorways — sometimes with fatal consequences — and they need to be educated on how to deal with fast, modern highways.

A teenager who used his karate skills to fight off a bull which gored his father and flipped him in the air like a rag doll and another boy who saved a mother and child from drowning have received outstanding bravery awards from the gardaí.

Gardaí are concerned at a recent rise in thefts of catalytic converters from vehicles — the latest of which were stolen in broad daylight from busy car parks in Co Cork.

Shoplifting gangs are shifting their attention from Cork City centre to county towns connected by the railway.

Half of all fatal crashes in Cork this year have occurred within 50km/h speed limits, and gardaí believe the reason in many cases is drivers are failing to slow after coming off motorways.

The number of assaults causing harm has dropped significantly in rural parts of Co Cork, but they are on the rise and “from more aggressive” elements in the city.