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Indecent assault teacher loses bid to have sentence delayed
Indecent assault teacher loses bid to have sentence delayed
An elderly former school teacher convicted of fondling Dublin school boys five decades ago has lost his bid to have his sentence delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Mon, 06 Jul, 2020

Judge throws out 60k damages case after boy, 3, fell in Subway
Judge throws out 60k damages case after boy, 3, fell in Subway
A judge has thrown out a €60,000 damages claim brought on behalf of a three-year-old child, who fell and cut his bottom lip while running from a restaurant.

Mon, 06 Jul, 2020

Man says he was using speed 'so he could get up and go to work'
Man says he was using speed 'so he could get up and go to work'
A man accused of dealing amphetamine - better known as speed - claimed that he was not supplying it but using it “to keep himself fresh so he could get up and go to work”.

Fri, 03 Jul, 2020

Woman awarded €11k after fall in Cork City
Woman awarded €11k after fall in Cork City
A City Council lawyer suggested to a woman suing the local authority for compensation that she and members of her family seemed to have had a lot of similar claims in the past.

Fri, 03 Jul, 2020

Book of evidence served in Cork rape case
Book of evidence served in Cork rape case
A book of evidence was served yesterday on a 37-year-old Cork man accused of raping a woman in a house in Cork city during Christmas 2018.

Thu, 02 Jul, 2020

Bank worker deactivated security feature on 26 customers’ accounts allowing fraudulent transactions
Bank worker deactivated security feature on 26 customers’ accounts allowing fraudulent transactions
A bank worker deactivated a security feature on 26 customers’ accounts which resulted in fraudulent transactions of over €20,000 taking place, a court has heard.

Thu, 02 Jul, 2020

Judge throws out €60,000 personal injury claim after finding woman gave 'misleading' evidence
Judge throws out €60,000 personal injury claim after finding woman gave 'misleading' evidence
A judge has thrown out an Ennis woman’s €60,000 personal injury claim for a back injury after finding that she gave “misleading” evidence in court.

Thu, 02 Jul, 2020

Govt advice on two-hour limit on meetings caused 'huge confusion' in courts, documents show
Govt advice on two-hour limit on meetings caused 'huge confusion' in courts, documents show
The Courts Service were worried that “absolutely nothing could function” after concerns over a two-hour time limit for people to be allowed stay in the same place were raised.

Thu, 02 Jul, 2020

Gardaí continue probe into Ennis father who allegedly assaulted and neglected baby daughter
Gardaí continue probe into Ennis father who allegedly assaulted and neglected baby daughter
Gardaí have taken 60 statements and sought CCTV from 30 different premises in Ennis as part of an investigation into an alleged assault on a three-and-a-half-month-old baby girl.

Wed, 01 Jul, 2020

Man stabbed 16 times and set on fire after ex-girlfriend spread false rumour he was garda informant
Man stabbed 16 times and set on fire after ex-girlfriend spread false rumour he was garda informant
A low level drug dealer was stabbed 16 times in his Co Offaly home and set on fire after his ex-girlfriend spread a false rumour that he was a garda informant.

Tue, 30 Jun, 2020

Cork District Court: Son who put mother in fear promises to attend treatment centre
Cork District Court: Son who put mother in fear promises to attend treatment centre
A son who put his mother in fear for forcing his way in through a front window of her home promised yesterday that he would go into a five-month rehabilitation programme.

Tue, 30 Jun, 2020

Man who attempted to murder teen in hiking spot assaulted prisoner with hot kettle, court hears
Man who attempted to murder teen in hiking spot assaulted prisoner with hot kettle, court hears
A man who attempted to murder a teenager at a popular Dublin hiking spot and later tried to strangle a psychiatric nurse with a sock has attacked another prisoner in Mountjoy Prison with a hot kettle, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Tue, 30 Jun, 2020

Man swallowed heroin deals, knocked over garda and ran off, court hears
Man swallowed heroin deals, knocked over garda and ran off, court hears
A 41-year-old man swallowed 10 to 12 deals of heroin before knocking a garda to the ground and running from the scene in Cork city, it was alleged today.

Mon, 29 Jun, 2020

Former soldier admits punching man in the face during Cork card game
Former soldier admits punching man in the face during Cork card game
A card game in a pub got out of hand when one player punched another player four or five times in the face knocking him to the floor.

Mon, 29 Jun, 2020

Woman gets suspended sentence after seizure of cannabis worth €40k in east Cork
Woman gets suspended sentence after seizure of cannabis worth €40k in east Cork
A stash of cannabis worth almost €40,000 was seized by gardaí in Midleton and now a young woman from Youghal has been given a four-year suspended jail term.

Fri, 26 Jun, 2020

Driver given suspended sentence after cocaine thrown from car window
Driver given suspended sentence after cocaine thrown from car window
A stash of cocaine with a street value of €8,700 was thrown out the window of a car as gardaí approached on a rural road in the Mitchelstown area.

Fri, 26 Jun, 2020

Man, 21, threatened to stab mother and bury her, Cork court hears
Man, 21, threatened to stab mother and bury her, Cork court hears
A 21-year-old man who threatened to stick a knife in his mother’s neck and bury her in the graveyard was released from prison to return home today following evidence that he was now “settled and not psychotic.”

Fri, 26 Jun, 2020

Swift return to court for man who threatened partner after bail granted at Cork court
Swift return to court for man who threatened partner after bail granted at Cork court
A 26-year-old man who got bail on condition that he would have no contact of any kind with his partner approached her moments later outside the courtroom saying, “You’ll regret this.”

Fri, 26 Jun, 2020

Jail for man caught with nearly €100k of cannabis
Jail for man caught with nearly €100k of cannabis
A young man with previous convictions for drug dealing has been jailed for four years after gardaí caught him with nearly €100,000 worth of cannabis.

Fri, 26 Jun, 2020

Clancy's Bar granted roof terrace extension
Clancy's Bar granted roof terrace extension
A large pub in the centre of Cork city was granted a licence today to extend its premises to include a roof terrace.

Thu, 25 Jun, 2020

Attempt to lodge counterfeit €580,000 bank draft spotted by eagle-eyed bank teller, court hears
Attempt to lodge counterfeit €580,000 bank draft spotted by eagle-eyed bank teller, court hears
A Scottish man whose “cack-handed” attempt to lodge a counterfeit €580,000 bank draft was spotted by an eagle-eyed bank teller has been jailed for two years.

Thu, 25 Jun, 2020

Man to make High Court application for bail in Cork stabbing case
Man to make High Court application for bail in Cork stabbing case
A young man accused of repeatedly stabbing a homeless man in the face when he was sleeping rough on the footpath outside a Simon hostel plans to apply to the High Court to get out on bail.

Thu, 25 Jun, 2020

Son of retired garda is jailed after caught storing over €1.3m of cocaine
Son of retired garda is jailed after caught storing over €1.3m of cocaine
The son of a retired garda has been jailed for eight years after he was caught storing over €1.3 million worth of cocaine in a rented storage unit.

Wed, 24 Jun, 2020

Community service for Cork teen who claimed to have coronavirus after spitting at Garda
Community service for Cork teen who claimed to have coronavirus after spitting at Garda
A Cork teenager who said he had Coronavirus as he spat at the face of a member of An Garda Síochána - after drinking up to 20 bottles of Budweiser - was ordered to do 240 hours of community service to avoid jail.

Wed, 24 Jun, 2020

Cork teenager who verbally abused gardaí jailed for four months
Cork teenager who verbally abused gardaí jailed for four months
Gardaí were verbally abused as pigs by a teenager who got aggressive with them near his home and yesterday he was jailed for a total of four months for this and other crimes.

Tue, 23 Jun, 2020

Cork man who pointed at gardai sergeant in witness box denies he was making a threat
Cork man who pointed at gardai sergeant in witness box denies he was making a threat
A Cork man who was jailed for 20 months for several crimes pointed across the courtroom at the sergeant in the witness box as he was being brought into custody but denied he was making a threat.

Mon, 22 Jun, 2020

Irish Examiner View: Falling short - sentences reduced
Irish Examiner View: Falling short - sentences reduced
Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin, speaking at Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday, expressed a frustration shared by many of his fellow citizens when he wondered if there was any point in sending people convicted of crime, or crimes, to jail.

Fri, 19 Jun, 2020

5-yr jail term for 'volatile' man who drove getaway car in robbery of elderly woman
5-yr jail term for 'volatile' man who drove getaway car in robbery of elderly woman
“This unfortunate woman who was mobile and independent and is now suffering live-changing, ongoing, permanent injuries. This is exceptionally serious."

Thu, 18 Jun, 2020

Former bookkeeper who stole €74,000 given three-year suspended sentence
Former bookkeeper who stole €74,000 given three-year suspended sentence
A former bookkeeper for Lisavaird Co-Op who admitted stealing over €74,000 in a four-year period has been given a three-year suspended sentence as it was confirmed that she had paid back the money in full.

Thu, 18 Jun, 2020

Jail term for Mallow teen who repeatedly slashed victim with Stanley knife
Jail term for Mallow teen who repeatedly slashed victim with Stanley knife
Childo Emeaugbor was sentenced to two and a half years in jail backdated to January and with the last six months suspended.

Thu, 18 Jun, 2020

Man's jaw broken in Halloween assault while walking his girlfriend home
Man's jaw broken in Halloween assault while walking his girlfriend home
A Halloween assault where the victim was walking his girlfriend home ended with him having his jaw broken.

Wed, 17 Jun, 2020

Soccer ref gets €5k for violent assault after 2018 match
Soccer ref gets €5k for violent assault after 2018 match
A soccer referee who suffered a broken jaw and fractured eye socket following a violent assault at the end of a match two years ago has been paid €5,000 compensation by his attacker.

Tue, 16 Jun, 2020

Man used garda’s PPS number to fraudulently claim Covid-19 payment
Man used garda’s PPS number to fraudulently claim Covid-19 payment
A Westmeath man has pleaded guilty to using a garda’s PPS number to fraudulently obtain Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payments totalling €1,050.

Sat, 13 Jun, 2020

Accused lost his bus pass ‘and ran all the way in’ to court
Accused lost his bus pass ‘and ran all the way in’ to court
A man accused of committing a burglary at the English Market when the premises were open for deliveries early in the morning narrowly avoided having a warrant issued for his arrest today.

Fri, 12 Jun, 2020

Young man sped through two red traffic lights in stolen car, court hears
Young man sped through two red traffic lights in stolen car, court hears
A young man who sped through two red traffic lights in a stolen car while under the influence of cannabis asked a guard why he blocked him in and said that they could have had a chase.

Tue, 09 Jun, 2020

Two men charged with separate rapes and sexual assaults of their younger brother in Cork family home
Two men charged with separate rapes and sexual assaults of their younger brother in Cork family home
The men today were each charged with 24 counts of rape and 24 counts of sexual assault of their younger brother on separate and different occasions at their family home in Co Cork in the 1990s.

Wed, 03 Jun, 2020

Bail for man who denies killing infant grandson
Bail for man who denies killing infant grandson
Baby Sean Wang, who was 10 months old, died at Temple Street Children’s Hospital, where he had been in intensive care for two days.

Wed, 03 Jun, 2020

Brothers accused of aggravated burglary in Cork
Brothers accused of aggravated burglary in Cork
Two brothers accused of carrying out an aggravated burglary at the home of a 53-year-old woman in Cork while armed with a shovel and the leg of a table on bank holiday Monday were refused bail today.

Tue, 02 Jun, 2020

One of State's youngest offenders admits 10-month robbery spree
One of State's youngest offenders admits 10-month robbery spree
The boy's solicitor said his client received very little of the cash, and was under the influence of other boys who were a little older than him.

Tue, 02 Jun, 2020

Man will avoid jail if he drinks beer, not spirits
Man will avoid jail if he drinks beer, not spirits
A 57-year-old man who put his wife in fear during a drunken incident will avoid a prison sentence — if he restricts his drinking to beer and stays clear of spirits.

Fri, 29 May, 2020

Galway farmer told 81-year-old man 'I'm going to cut the f**king head off you' in row over burial plots
Galway farmer told 81-year-old man 'I'm going to cut the f**king head off you' in row over burial plots
Martin O’Shaughnessy of Killina, Gort, pleaded guilty to the assault of John Connolly at the graveyard at Killinny, East Kinvara on October 1 last.

Thu, 28 May, 2020

Creche worker charged with assaulting two-year-old in her care
Creche worker charged with assaulting two-year-old in her care
The judge was told the nature of the alleged assault involved the “pushing down onto a bed and the rough handling a child”.

Thu, 28 May, 2020

Second-hand clothing business in Cork ‘used as front for drug distribution’
Second-hand clothing business in Cork ‘used as front for drug distribution’
A second-hand clothing business in Ringaskiddy was being used as a front for a major drug distribution business, it was alleged on Wednesday

Wed, 27 May, 2020

Judge unimpressed as Cork man says theft was ‘one moment of stupidity’
Judge unimpressed as Cork man says theft was ‘one moment of stupidity’
A Corkman stole a Renault Fluence and used it as a place to sleep and he was today jailed for eight months for the crime.

Tue, 26 May, 2020

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