An inmate at Cork Prison was caught twice in three weeks with a mobile phone in his cell.

A 47-year-old man who made two Facebook friend requests to a woman in her early 20s and spoke to her about not accepting them was prosecuted for harassing her, but the case was dismissed.

A young man threw stolen bottles of aftershave into a field as he was pursued by store detectives and yesterday his four-month jail term was increased on appeal to eight months but suspended.

Gardaí are appealing to those attending today's Rod Stewart concert in Páirc Uí Chaoimh to use public transport to access the stadium.

GAA All-Star camogie player Ashling Thompson has admitted that she assaulted another woman at a nightclub by elbowing her in the jaw.

The fuller than full house made the whole thing worse. More than three hundred guests were gathered in a massive dining room in the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, at lunchtime last Friday, for the inaugural Women of Concern awards.

Gardaí investigating an unrelated crime discovered stashes of cannabis in a caravan and concealed nearby in a ditch.

A householder reacted quickly when a man tried to set fire to the front door because of a drugs debt.

A Corkman’s drug addiction spiralled out of control and yesterday he pleaded guilty to having two deals of heroin in his possession.

A woman who stole 17 football jerseys from a shop claimed that she only went in to buy another item and never intended stealing anything.

A 58-year-old man was put on a two-year peace bond yesterday after grabbing an English visitor to Cork by the buttocks as she waited at traffic lights.

The Dr Joe O’Keeffe-owned/trained Hard Station lit up yesterday’s Killeady Harriers point-to-point meeting at Ballyarthur by making all the running with John Barry in the winners of one.

Cheltenham Gold Cup winning connections, jockey Bryan Cooper, trainer Gordon Elliott and owners Gigginstown Stud, combined to take the feature at the matinee meeting in Clonmel, the Suir Valley Chase, with Bright New Dawn.

Stuart Crawford fears Sunday's Imperial Call Chase at Cork could be the last suitable target for mudlark Fine Rightly this season.

A district court judge yesterday left it up to a circuit court to decide if upwards of seven senior counsel, along with junior counsel, would be assigned on free legal aid to a number of men and women facing various charges under money laundering legislation.

The woman who ripped open her blouse and ran towards gardaí claiming officers raped her was suffering from depression at the time as a result of a suicide and homicide involving relatives.

A woman ripped open her blouse as she ran towards gardaí and claimed that officers were raping her.

The Republic of Ireland U19 side suffered a heart-breaking loss to hosts Germany in their UEFA U19 Championships Elite Qualifying Round encounter in Sandhausen today.

Microsoft is to splash the cash on a multimillion-euro base in south Dublin for its 1,200 employees here.

A man on anti-depression medication, who went for a walk after a couple of cans of beer, ended up calling to another man’s house, got into an altercation and bit both of the victim’s ears.

Home Farm, formerly trained by Arthur Moore, made a winning start for Henry de Bromhead when taking the Listed John Meagher Memorial Chase at Thurles yesterday.

Nearly four out of 10 people who died by suicide had been in contact with mental health services — most of them "actively" — according to research.

A 50-year-old woman was arrested this week over alleged cocaine dealing at a bingo centre in Cork City.

Cobh Ramblers 0 Longford Town 0

A young man had such a quantity of anti-depressants, relaxants and alcohol that he could not remember breaking into a café at Blackrock village in Cork in the early hours of the morning.

Cobh Ramblers 0 Finn Harps 4

THOSE who fancy Boston Bob at Cheltenham will be encouraged by the performance of Lyreen Legend in winning yesterday’s Grade 2 boylesports.com Michael Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle at Thurles.

PUPILS, teachers and parents of a primary school in Cork are celebrating the start of building work on a new school after a decade-long campaign.

Wicklow 2-10 Wexford 2-9

THE Russian government honoured an Irish World War II hero yesterday for saving thousands of lives through his brave service on the treacherous wartime Arctic convoys.

ENOUGH people to fill Croke Park five times over will take to the highways and byways during April, picking up rubbish recklessly and shamelessly thrown to the four winds.

Donoughmore 3-13 Ballymacarbry 0-5