A Clonmel man who assaulted a female member of An Garda Síochána causing her harm in October last year waited until today to admit the offence and apologise to her.

GAA All-Star camogie player Ashling Thompson pleaded guilty to assaulting a second woman at a nightclub in Cork.

Gardaí have said it is not unusual for Tusla to take five months from the date of a referral in a child welfare case before making contact with the parties involved, with one senior officer citing the workload of social workers as the main reason.

Health support workers in 38 hospitals and health care facilities have announced strike action for June 20.

There will be 36 hospitals impacted by strike action by some 17,000 support workers who are in dispute with their employer over a jjob evaluation scheme.

SIPTU members backed the move by 94%.

A Romanian man caught in possession of a knife claimed he only had it for paring apples and today he was given a one-month jail term - suspended on condition that he would leave the country.

A motorist who crashed into a car and a bus and then drove away from the scene blamed the collision on a canister of lawnmower petrol bursting into flames inside his car.

A 74-year-old man accused of harassment of his neighbour by allegedly blocking a sewer pipe and other actions arising out of a disagreement over a window appeared at Cork District Court yesterday.

A woman who cried out when she was victim of a robbery that she needed the money to pay rent was given some of her money back by the culprit.

A four-year-old boy and his toddler sister were abandoned in a taxi by their drunken mother, it was alleged today as she was prosecuted for child cruelty.

Former Labour TD, Michael McNamara told the district court that he was “utterly and completely shocked” when pepper-sprayed by a Garda outside his home in December 2016.

A man acting as a carer for an 81-year-old wheelchair-bound neighbour was fined €1,200 and given a suspended five-month jail term for using the pensioner’s bank card to steal cash.

A married woman in the process of separation was terrified when her husband and a “mad-looking” man wearing a foxy wig and headband banged the roof and windows of the van in which she sat with a friend.

A father of five who caused a hazard by parking three caravans on the side of a busy road has claimed he was saving the taxpayer a hefty bill to house his family in a hotel.

Construction waste has been dumped at a site in north Cork which has been the subject of years of legal actions to have rubbish removed.

A man who claimed that a clamper’s van struck him after a clamp was put on his wife’s car has been convicted of making a false complaint to gardaí.

A Lithuanian man travelled to Cork on the promise of work but fell in with bad company and was caught with 10 deals of heroin on the Fever Hospital steps in Blackpool.

Garda surveillance cameras were used to prove a case against a man for dealing ecstasy tablets in Cork City centre in the early hours of the morning.

A Chinese woman who slammed another Chinese woman’s head on the ground in a daylight assault in Cork City paid €500 compensation to the victim and was given a suspended sentence.

A 68-year-old man who was upset about the noise of ball- playing outside his house denied folding back a tea-towel to reveal two steak knives and saying to his neighbour: “Let’s sort this out for once and for all.”

A motorist jumped on the bonnet of his car when gardaí began to seize it for being untaxed and later he went into a violent rage.

A man facing charges of turning up armed with knives to cause damage at a neighbour’s house in November committed the same crimes last Wednesday night, it was alleged yesterday, as he applied to be released on bail.

A young man found hiding in the attic of his home last week got a five-month jail term for driving offences, with another five months suspended to hang over him on his release from jail.

A security man was bitten on the arm by a woman when he intervened to prevent an escalation of a dispute between patrons in a city centre pub.

A young man got into a spiral of violent crimes following the drowning of a friend who tried to rescue a horse from a river’s undercurrent.

A missionary nun driving near Carrigaline, Co Cork, on a Sunday morning was strongly of the view that a car slammed on the brakes deliberately and without warning in order to force her to crash into the back of it.

A Chinese woman was seen by a garda chasing a fellow national down Cornmarket St in Cork City and then head on the ground.

A father-of-one charged over a botched raid at a pub in Dublin on New Year’s Day needed 30 stitches to his head and suffered two fractured ribs, a court has heard.

A motorist who was caught drink driving for the 11th time was jailed yesterday.

A motorist who was caught drink driving for the 11th time was jailed yesterday.

Two Corkmen accused of carrying out three robberies, four burglaries, and stealing two cars in Cork and Waterford applied to have all charges struck out because of delay in the case.

A 60-year-old man was accused of sexually assaulting four women in separate incidents in the Douglas area of Cork and gardaí wanted a bail condition that he would have no physical contact with “females”.

A book of evidence has been served on a 44-year-old man accused of murdering a mother of three in Cork City last March.

Firefighters have called for an urgent review of all public and residential buildings built over the past decade in direct response to serious fire safety fears in Celtic Tiger-era schools.

Firefighters have called for an urgent review of all public and residential buildings built over the past decade in direct response to serious fire safety fears in Celtic Tiger-era schools.

SIPTU has expressed disappointment that talks held yesterday between union representatives and management in Dublin City Council concerning the Dublin Fire Brigade ambulance dispute concluded without agreement.

A vicious assault on a security man at a Cork City pub saw him having a pint glass smashed into his face by a woman.

A Ukrainian who obtained an Irish passport by using a forged Estonian passport yesterday pleaded guilty to this offence and got a three-month suspended jail term.

A Cork man who lunged at his own father despite the presence of gardaí was given a jail sentence yesterday suspended on condition that he would stay away from his parent’s home unless by their expressed invitation.

A teenager found guilty of the false imprisonment of Joan Burton during the Jobstown protest has commenced proceedings to have his conviction overturned.

Update 4.54pm: A 17-year-old boy is planning to appeal the guilty verdicts handed down today for falsely imprisoning Joan Burton and her adviser in November 2014.